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Wilmot & Page Olympic Games 2008
Wilmot & Page Olympic Games 2008
Sailing Gold 2008
Sailing Gold 2008
2008 Sailing Olympic Team
2008 Sailing Olympic Team

Sailing at a competitive level is physically and mentally challenging. At the high performance level, it is not only a fiercely competitive sport but also a highly sophisticated science that requires athletes to be highly fit and agile, as well as tactically and mechanically aware.

Each sailor’s diet, equipment, problem-solving abilities and reaction time can make a huge difference to a team’s performance.

The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) Sailing program focuses on all of these elements, bringing together sports science and sports medicine support, international competition programs, training facilities and world-class coaches.

About the program

The AIS and Yachting Australia (formerly Australian Yachting Federation) established the AIS Sailing program in January 2001, which is currently administered from Yachting Australia’s offices in Sydney.

The primary objective of the AIS Sailing program is to support competitors with the best possible chance of continuing to achieve a top ten overall place at their Olympic-class world championship and then preparing those competitors for Olympic Games team selection.

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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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