Western Australian Institute of Sport

The morning involved a brief workshop + networking scenario, and covered topics such as career advice, education pathways, and general employment opportunities. A big thanks to all who took part!

To celebrate National Careers Week, WAIS was privileged to host a networking breakfast with a mix of our current WAIS athletes, Members of the WAIS Board, and a number of CEO’s from other WA sports organisations.

Congrats to John Hedges and Luke Pavillard who will make their Olympic Debut as part of the Aussie Sharks team in Paris 🦈 For those playing along at home, 16 of the now 100 Australian Olympic Team are from WA! 🥳🎉

We are proud to again join our partners in sport to reaffirm our commitment to reconciliation. 🔗ASC joins partners in sport in recommitting to reconciliation sportaus.gov.au/media-centre/n… #NRW2024 #NowMoreThanEver

The selection comes a week after the pair achieved a gold medal finish at the Olympic Test event in Paris and World Championship silver earlier this year 🥇🎖

Olympic bronze medallists Anabelle Smith and Maddison Keeney are the first two divers selected to the Australian Olympic Team for Paris 2024! 🙌🎉 Maddi, originally from WA, will contest her second Olympic Games in Paris after injury ruled her out of Tokyo 2020.

100 DAYS TO GO until the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games 🥳🎉 We can't wait, bring it on 🚀

After captivating his local crowd at the Margaret River Pro, Jack Robinson becomes the first ever West Australian to be named as part of the Olympic Surfing Team🎉 The Surfing competition window will run from 27 July-5 August at Teahupo’o located on the west shore of Tahiti 🏄‍♂️

HISTORY for the Gangurrus who will become Australia's inaugural 3x3 Women's team at the Olympics! Special shoutout to WAIS athlete Anneli Maley who was crowned MVP of the FIBA 3x3 Olympic Qualifiers! 🏆 See you in PARIS 🚀🥐

And that's only to name a few of the phenomenal achievements our athletes, and their support teams have achieved since the beginning of the year. So we just wanted to take a minute to congratulate them all, and remind them how brilliant we think they are 🥰

They include: - Olympic team announcements - World Championship medals - Paralympic qualifiers - Junior world representation - Athletes graduating to national teams - State records

During an Olympic/Paralympic year, it's easy to get caught up in the hype, the excitement, and very rightly so, we cant wait.... BUT, it is important to take a moment every now and then to pause, and celebrate some of the many wins our team has had since the start of the year🙌

Can you believe it? Only 100 days until the action kicks off in Paris 🤯🙌 Bring it on 🚀 #AllezAus | @AUSOlympicTeam

WAIS BOARD APPOINTS NEW CEO The WAIS Board is very pleased to announce the appointment of Matt Fulton as CEO. Matt, who had previously run the State’s peak sporting body, SportWest, has been Acting CEO since October last year, and will propel WAIS forward into a new era.

How about that Australian Olympic Team kit 😍😤 Ready to show the world what we've got 💪 #AllezAus | #Paris2024 | #TeamAus | @AUSOlympicTeam

Ladies and Gentlemen, you 2023 WAIS Awards of Excellence winners 🎉 Athlete of the Year: Nina Kennedy Coach of the Year: Paul Burgess Young AOY: Jacqui Swick Program of the Year: Rowing Wally Foreman Scholarship recipient: David Bryant Comm Games Bronze Medallist: Ben Wright

The funding includes a $5,000 direct payment for all WA athletes selected in either the National Olympic or Paralympic teams to assist with their preparations 🎉