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AIS Archery

Modern archery is an intricate sport, which is both mentally and physically challenging. Archers require technique, discipline, mental resolve, and a high degree of fitness to allow them to shoot with intensity and frequency during training.

The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) archery program provides scholarship holders with world-class training in all required areas, under the guidance of Australia’s national head coach: champion archer Simon Fairweather.

About The Program

AIS Archery is a high performance program based in Canberra, catering for archers all over the country. The program was launched in 1997 to prepare Australian archers for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. It began with five female archers, and expanded to offer male archers places in late 1997.

The AIS Archery Centre was opened in 2003. It is a training centre which caters for both indoor and outdoor shooting and performance analysis, and includes meeting facilities, offices, a workshop and storage areas.

The centre’s outdoor range can accommodate up to 30 archers at distances of up to 90 metres, while the indoor range allows 15 archers to train up to 30 metres. In the cold winter months, the facility also allows archers to shoot on the outdoor range from an indoor area.

AIS Archery works with Archery Australia to promote the sport from the grassroots to high performance level.

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Australia is one of only two nations to have competed in every modern Summer Olympic Games.

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700 athlete scholarships are offered annually at the AIS.
263 current and former AIS athletes competed at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
142 Olympic medals have been won by athletes from the AIS since its establishment.
40 thousand kilometres were swum by Petria Thomas while at the AIS.
1 million people visit the AIS each year.
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