Tour guide takes two!

Jared Tallent
AIS athlete Jared Tallent walks into history

21 Nov 2008

Walk into history on an athlete guided tour of the Australian Institute of Sport!

AIS athlete and campus tour guide, Jared Tallent made history in Beijing by becoming the first male track and field athlete since 1906 to win two medals at one Olympic Games!

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

Quick numbers

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