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VIS seeks a dynamic Director High Performance to drive 2028 and 2032 Olympic and Paralympic success hero image

VIS seeks a dynamic Director High Performance to drive 2028 and 2032 Olympic and Paralympic success

February 10, 2025

The Victorian Institute of Sport is recruiting a new Director High Performance to join the organisation, to lead the VIS towards to the Los Angeles 2028 and Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games and beyond.

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The countdown to Milano Cortina 2026 is on

February 6, 2025

The VIS joins the Australian Winter Olympic Team and the country's winter sports community in celebrating one year until Australia takes on the world at the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympic Winter Games in Italy.

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VIS welcomes Our Connection to Country Officer

February 5, 2025

The Victorian Institute of Sport (VIS) in collaboration with the Australian Sports Commission (ASC) has appointed proud Wadawurrung man Jamie McPherson to the role of Our Connection to Country Officer.

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VIS Physical Preparation Traineeships are now open for 2025

February 3, 2025

Become a career strength and conditioning coach in high-performance sport with exciting opportunities to join the Physical Preparation department at the Victorian Institute of Sport now available.

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VIS cyclists recognised at Australia Day Honours

January 28, 2025

Cyclists Grace Brown and Kelland O'Brien have been honoured at the 2025 Australia Day Awards for their maiden gold medals at the Paris Olympic Games.

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Carol's Cycle of Life

January 21, 2025

​After 14 unforgettable years at the top level of the sport, having won nine world titles and three Paralympic gold medals, Carol Cooke AM PLY has called time on her incredible Para cycling career.

New talent breaks through as Australian cycling bids farewell to legend at Road Nationals hero image

New talent breaks through as Australian cycling bids farewell to legend at Road Nationals

January 14, 2025

The 2025 Australian Road National Championships highlighted the emergence of rising stars as new champions, while bidding farewell to Para-cycling legend Carol Cooke AM.

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Victorian athletes join new Win Well Strategy Leadership Group

January 14, 2025

Recently retired Olympian and Paralympian Milly Tapper and Australia’s first Indigenous female Olympic boxer Marissa Williamson Pohlman have been announced as members of the Leadership Group for the next stage of Australia’s High Performance 2032+ Sport Strategy.

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History-making Tapper ready to embark on coaching career

December 18, 2024

Table tennis trailblazer, Melissa ‘Milly’ Tapper will guide the next generation of Olympians, Paralympians and Commonwealth Games athletes after being named in the second Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) Gen32 Coach Program.

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Qian Yang OAM | In a class of her own

December 3, 2024

​Not many people can say they've won a Paralympic medal, let alone winning multiple medals across four consecutive Paralympic Games. But Qian Yang OAM can.

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