Olympic gold medallist and former NSWIS diver Matthew Mitcham will be inducted into The International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) as part of the Class of 2020.
NSWIS Wheelchair Track & Road Coach Louise Sauvage OAM becomes the first Paralympian to be elevated to legend status within the Sport Australia Hall of Fame at the 35th Sport Australia Hall of Fame Induction and Awards Gala Dinner in Melbourne on Thursday.
Based on world-class performances in 2019 on the World Surf League (WSL) World Championship Tour (WCT) and competition results so far in the Roxy Pro, currently being held in Hossegor France, both Sally Fitzgibbons and Stephanie Gilmore have secured the WSL ranking requirement for qualification for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Southern Design’s ongoing support of the NSW Institute of Sport’s annual awards ceremony will see them sponsoring the Coach of the Year category at the 2019 NSWIS Awards.
Amanda Spratt (NSWIS) of Mitchelton-Scott claimed the bronze medal in a stunning women’s road race at the 2019 UCI Road World Championships in Yorkshire on Saturday.
Australia will aim for a fifth softball Olympic medal after dominating the WBSC Asia/Oceania Olympic Qualifier in Shanghai, China.
Australia’s paddling star and world’s most successful female canoe slalom paddler of all time Jessica Fox (NSWIS) has wrapped up the 2019 canoe slalom world titles with one team gold and two individual silver medals after finishing second in the women’s C1 on Sunday. Fox also secured Australia another Tokyo 2020 quota spot in the process.
Coaches from the NSW Institute of Sport and the extended network recently took part in the Mizuno Coach Performance, Recovery & Wellbeing Forum, which featured Dr Michael Kellmann, Professor at Ruhr-Universität Bochum.
NSW Institute of Sport 400m runner Steve Solomon recently spoke to students at Knox Grammar.
Last year Tess Coady was injured in a training run at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics and was unable to compete.