Custom Seating
The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) mission is to lead and enable a united high performance (HP) system that supports Australian athletes/teams to achieve podium success.
Custom Seating
Erik Horrie, Para-rowing
Ahead of the 2018 World Rowing Championships, the AIS was approached by the NSW Institute of Sport to develop a new seat design for para-athlete Erik Horrie. A project team was set-up to work on the design, including the AIS Applied Technology and Innovation team, Paralympics Australia and Toyota Australia (Olympic and Paralympic partner).
Para-rowing had four key parameters that were required to be met by the project team:
- The seat design had to be minimum weight possible
- Increase athlete stroke length
- Allow the athlete to product more power
- Reduce a risk of a pressure injury to skin and muscle tissue.
The final design was used by Erik in the 2018 World Rowing Championship, where he went on to win the PR1 Men’s Single Scull in the chair’s first competitive outing.
