Swimming Australia National Training Centre ("NTC") (formally the AIS Swimming Program) is an
Olympic
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** Summer Olympic Games
** Winter Olympic Games
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and
Paralympic swimming scholarship program based at the
Australian Institute of Sport
The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) is a high performance sports training institution in Australia. The Institute's headquarters were opened in 1981 and are situated in the northern suburb of Bruce, Canberra. The AIS is a division of the ...
. Set up as one of the eight founding program of the AIS in 1981 It is supported by the
Australian Sports Commission under the Winning Edge 2012-2022 strategy and identified by
Swimming Australia
Swimming Australia is the peak governing body for competitive swimming in Australia. The body has approximately 100,000 registered members nationally in 1100 clubs across the country, which includes swimmers, coaches, officials, administrators ...
as a Podium Performance Centre.
The programs administration and swimming coaching services is run by
Swimming Australia
Swimming Australia is the peak governing body for competitive swimming in Australia. The body has approximately 100,000 registered members nationally in 1100 clubs across the country, which includes swimmers, coaches, officials, administrators ...
. The sports medicine, sports science and strength and conditioning services are provided by the AIS.
History
The National Training Centre programme replaces the AIS Swimming scholarship programme that ran from the AIS's formation in 1981. As well as the AIS Paralympic Program that ran between 2009 and 2011.
The Swimming Australia NTC scholarship program is funded by the Australian Federal Government, through the Australian Sports Commission. The program provides both residential and off-site living arrangement depending on the choice of the athlete. The program provides funding to those athletes who choose to live off-site.
The NTC program was set up as part of the Australian Sports Commission Winning Edge 2012-2022 strategy and officially replaced the AIS Swimming Program on January 1, 2014.
Current coaching staff include
Tracey Menzies
Tracey Menzies is an Australian swimming coach, most known for coaching five-time Olympic champion Ian Thorpe, Australia's most successful Olympian, from late 2002 until his retirement in 2006.
She was an assistant of Doug Frost, Thorpe's form ...
and Yuriy Vdovychenko. The program is managed by former AIS Swimming Scholarship holder
Petria Thomas
Petria Ann Thomas, (born 25 August 1975) is an Australian swimmer and Olympic gold medallist and a winner of 15 national titles. She was born in Lismore, New South Wales, and grew up in the nearby town of Mullumbimby.
Career
In 1993, at the a ...
.
See also
*
Australian Institute of Sport swimmers
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** Aboriginal Au ...
*
Australian Institute of Sport Paralympic swimmers
Australian(s) may refer to:
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** Aboriginal Aus ...
References
External links
Australian Institute of Sport alumni
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