Australian Institute Of Sport - History history of the AIS. The new decade brought no respite either as the AustralianOlympic Federation (now the AOC) ignored the government s request to http://www.ais.org.au/overview/history.asp
Extractions: Home About ASC AIS Developing ... Sponsors You are here Home AIS Overview Did you know...? In 1981 the AIS held a competition for a symbol that would depict the AIS aim of "achieving supremacy in sport". Over 500 designs were submitted. The winner was a design student from Bendigo in Victoria, Rose-Marie Derrico. Her design shows an athlete with hands clasped above the head in recognition of victory. The colours of the logo are red and blue, which are the same colours as the Australian flag. The AIS - An Icon for Excellence in Sport by Matthew Eggins From: Excellence : the Australian Institute of Sport. Canberra, Australian Sports Commission, 1998 (updated Jan 2002) The race for excellence has no finish line. In Australia, the race starts at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS). While the catalyst for an institute of sport was Australia's performance at the Montreal Olympic Games in 1976 (one silver medal and four bronze medals) moves had been made three years earlier to adopt a more professional approach to elite sport. In 1973 Professor John Bloomfield was commissioned by the government to prepare a sports plan. His report, The Role, Scope and Development of Recreation in Australia was based on studies of sports institutes in Europe and their success in developing elite athletes. Bloomfield suggested to the federal government that it should establish a national institute of sport similar to those operating in European countries.
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