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Reflection by Imogen Barnett, VIS Human Resources Administrator   Three athletes. Three different sports. Three different lives on paper. A basketballer rushing from training to a classroom. An AFLW player leaving recovery for a hospital night shift. A soccer player lacing up the boots they once wore professionally, now searching for purpose beyond the game. […]

Since its inception, the Victorian Institute of Sport (VIS) has been a driving force in shaping Australia’s sporting success. Behind every VIS athlete is a network of high performance experts working together to bring athlete’s ambitions to life – including the next generation of professionals stepping into the industry. VIS athletes have stood on Olympic, […]

By Chris Burke, VIS baseball athlete Ohtani will no doubt go down as one of the best players to ever play the game. I told myself, you can go out there and watch three rounds of his batting practice and be a little kid watching it, be in awe, soak it in. However, once those […]

Australian curlers Dean Hewitt and Tahli Gill have claimed a historic first World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship title, defeating Sweden’s Therese Westman and Robin Ahlberg 8–4 in the gold medal match in Geneva, Switzerland. The victory marks Australia’s first ever world title in curling and an exclamation mark on the recent remarkable Australian winter sport […]

Behind every VIS athlete is a community. Family Day brought them into the building. On the last day of the school holidays, the screens at Lakeside Stadium, ordinarily tuned to elite sport, switched to Disney. For one afternoon, the Victorian Institute of Sport (VIS) opened its high performance facility at Albert Park to the families […]

Working collaboratively, the Victorian Institute of Sport (VIS) Community Programs, South West Academy of Sport (SWAS) Advancing Performance to Enhance Excellence program (APEX) and the Victorian Regional Academies of Sport (VRAS) are creating more mentoring opportunities for regional athletes.  The VIS Community Programs aim to connect and inspire as many Victorians as possible, and this […]

Victorian Institute of Sport (VIS) wheelchair basketball coach Jeremy Synot has been appointed head coach of the Australian Gliders, Australia’s women’s national wheelchair basketball team, by Basketball Australia. Synot works daily with VIS scholarship holders at the forefront of wheelchair basketball in Victoria, supporting athletes who train and develop within the Institute’s high performance program. His appointment […]

Reflection by Andrew Palumbo, Hazel Glen College teacher  As a leader of a College Athlete Academy, at Hazel Glen College, it’s a no-brainer to welcome athletes from the Victorian Institute of Sport (VIS) to our campus to speak to our students. Particularly Para athletes, whose stories of resilience and perspective add a powerful and meaningful dimension to the inspiring visits.  In the past three […]

Despite pouring rain over Melbourne, the 2026 Maurie Plant Meet delivered a night of standout athletics, with over 15 Victorian Institute of Sport (VIS) athletes on the schedule. Competing on home ground against some of the world’s best, it was a night to remember. Claudia Hollingsworth lined up against formidable opposition in the Women’s 1500m, […]

Australia has enjoyed one of its most successful international table tennis performances, led by Victorian Institute of Sport (VIS) athletes Nicholas Lum and Yangzi Liu. Both athletes produced outstanding victories to reach the Round of 16 at the World Table Tennis (WTT) Champions Chongqing 2026. Their results mark a significant milestone for Australian table tennis, […]

For most Victorian Institute of Sport (VIS) athletes, the Olympic, Paralympic, and Commonwealth Games represent the pinnacle of sport, a moment when years of training, discipline, and belief come together on the world stage. VIS curling athlete Dean Hewitt experienced this honour at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games. However, his recent bid for selection […]

A nationwide talent search to discover Australia’s next generation of Olympic and Paralympic athletes returns in 2026 with registrations opening today for the Future Green and Gold campaign. Delivered by the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) in partnership with state institutes, Paralympics Australia and more than 30 national sporting organisations, the initiative identifies athletes with […]