NSWIS 2017+ Sport Inclusion Announcement

The New South Wales Institute of Sport (NSWIS) is proud to announce an increase in the number of sports and the total number of athletes that will receive NSWIS support during the 2017 – 2020 period. 

Throughout the 2017- 2020 cycle the NSWIS will partner the following sports: 

• Athletics 

• Basketball 

• Canoe Slalom 

• Canoe Sprint 

• Cycling 

• Diving 

• Hockey 

• Netball 

• Rowing 

• Sailing* 

• Swimming 

• Triathlon* 

• Winter Sports 

• Water Polo 

* New sports 

The NSWIS will also provide Individual Scholarships for athletes in sports not listed above, as well as additional resources for para integration and campaign projects which may include baseball, bowls, equestrian para, football women’s, gymnastics, rugby 7s, shooting, softball, surfing and taekwondo.

The sport inclusion process reflects the Institute’s commitment to engagement with key stakeholders including national and state sporting organisations, performance staff, performance clubs, the national institute network, regional academy of sport network, local councils, facility managers and sponsors. 

Since the doors of NSWIS were officially opened in 1996, the Institute has grown to consistently be regarded amongst the world leaders in supporting and developing athletes to become world’s best. 

The NSWIS has a proud history of success and over the last 20 years has produced a number of outstanding results, including: 

• 230 NSWIS athletes who have won 283 senior and junior world championships 

• 108 NSWIS athletes who have won 76 summer Olympic medals 

• 59 NSWIS athletes who have won 136 summer Paralympic medals 

• 99 NSWIS athletes who have won 105 Commonwealth Games gold medals 

• One NSWIS athlete who has won one Winter Olympic gold medal, and one Winter Olympic silver medal 

• Five NSWIS athletes who have won 12 Paralympic medals 

An increase in funding from the NSW State Government of $2 million per annum ($8 million over four years), enables the NSWIS to support a broader range of sports and initiatives throughout the next Olympic and Paralympic cycle. 

The total number of athletes that will now be supported by NSWIS’ world recognised coaching, performance support and innovative training environments will increase from 350 to approx. 500. 

“Due to the increased Government funding the Institute is now able to increase our investment in high performance sport,” NSWIS CEO Charles Turner said. 

Through collaborative partnerships, NSWIS will also be in a position to leverage joint investment from national and state sporting organisations to better achieve high performance sport outcomes in NSW. 

“In collaboration with our sport partners the Institute will be heavily involved with a number of national high performance training centres and initiatives which will enable us to support internationally focused performance outcomes with sports including canoe slalom, cycling, diving, rowing, swimming, water polo and winter sports,” Turner added. 

 *Image: (From left to right) Melissa Wu, Louise Sauvage, NSWIS Chairman Gary Flowers, NSW Minister for Sport Mr Stuart Ayres, NSWIS CEO Charles Turner and Josh Clarke