The VIS Individual Athlete Scholarships are offered annually to athletes from sports which do not have a VIS Tier 1 program. The program features a range of Australia’s leading high performance athletes across numerous Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth sports.
The athletes, who are all achieving excellent results in senior national and international competition, are able to access the full range of comprehensive performance services as well as utilising the outstanding training and recovery facilities at the VIS headquarters at Lakeside Stadium.
Brilliant Birmingham 2022
August 10, 2022It was a golden Games for Victorian Institute of Sport athletes, who took home an incredible 13 gold medals from the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games.
Ten medals from ten VIS scholarship holders
August 5, 2022Ten medals, two gold and eight bronze, is the most ever won by an Australian judo team at the Commonwealth Games.
Coughlan's gold leads Australian Judo medal rush
August 3, 2022The medal haul for the Australia Judokas continues on Day 5 with Aoife Coughlan winning gold in the women’s 70kg division.
Judo gold for Easton, Bronze for Katz brothers
August 2, 2022Australia’s Tinka Easton has completed her perfect Commonwealth Games debut, claiming women’s judo gold, while siblings Josh and Nathan Katz earned bronze medals.
Bring on Birmingham: Event Preview
July 28, 2022The Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games have arrived!
67 VIS scholarship holders bound for Birmingham
July 25, 2022The Victorian Institute of Sport (VIS) is proud to announce that 67 scholarship holders have been selected to represent Australia at the upcoming 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games.
Victoria's finest off to Birmingham Games
June 10, 2022Minister for Tourism, Sport and Major Events Martin Pakula today announced 32 athletes and seven para-athletes from the VIS have been selected to represent Australia at the Games. Further selections will occur in coming weeks and around 70 Victorians are expected to make the trip to Birmingham.
Double act: Judo brothers go for gold in Birmingham
May 18, 202210 Victorian Institute of Sport scholarship holders have been selected in the Australian Commonwealth Games squad of 12 judokas for Birmingham.
WEEKEND WRITE-UP: Vixens crowned 2022 Team Girls Cup Champions
February 28, 2022In VIS sport, The Melbourne Vixens will head into the 2022 Suncorp Super Netball season full of confidence after winning the Team Girls Cup over the weekend. Meanwhile, Joshua Katz is back on the podium after he won silver at the Warsaw European Judo Open in Poland.
WEEKEND WRITE-UP: Olympics wrap up in Beijing as records tumble on the track
February 21, 2022In VIS Sport, the Winter Olympics wrapped up over night in Beijing as Australian records tumbled on the athletics track. Our Para-swimmers returned to pool-deck and India Robinson impressed in Hawaii.
