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.
Tokyo 2020: Day Five Preview
July 28th, 2021Day Five marks one of the biggest days of action for our Victorian Institute of Sport scholarship holders, with plenty of gold medals up for grabs.
Tokyo 2020: Day Five Review
July 28th, 2021It was a golden Wednesday in Tokyo, headlined by the Women's Four who controlled the race from start to finish.
It's Tokyo Time: Preview
July 21st, 2021
WEEKEND WRITE-UP: Smith breaks 8-year-old record, Divers make a splash and Alcott adds another Grand Slam title to his record
June 16th, 2021In VIS Sport, Brendon Smith dominated in the swimming pool as VIS Divers finished on the podium in the diving pool. Dylan Alcott added another Grand Slam title to his impressive record and Aoife Coughlan another step closer to her Olympic Judo dream.
WEEKEND WRITE-UP: Podium finishes and the Vixens were back on centre court
April 13th, 2021In VIS Sport, Aoife Coughlan found the podium at the Asian and Oceania Judo Championships, O’Brien was just shy of a top podium finish at the John Woodman Memorial Cycle Classic and the Melbourne Vixens were back on the court in their pre-season match up against Adelaide.
WEEKEND WRITE-UP: Olympic Qualifiers, National Champions and Tokyo athletes on target
March 29th, 2021In VIS sport, Linden Hall and Cat Bisset both recorded Olympic 800m qualifying times, the VIS rowers and cyclists dominated national championships and Penny Smith proved that she is on track for Tokyo.
Coughlan proves she belongs amongst the World's best
January 15th, 2021After recently graduating from the Victorian Institute of Sport Future Talent program into the Individual Scholarship program, Aoife Coughlan proved she could match it with Judo's best, placing 5th at the International Judo Federation World Masters.
Cath Arlove: Lessons in sport, life and the Olympic journey.
September 1st, 2020Triple Olympian Catherine Arlove was able to successfully juggle her work, study and sport commitments throughout her journey. After the Athens Olympic Games in 2004, the VIS Marketing Team caught up with her to see how she was able to do so.
VIS athletes triumph at Athens
August 26th, 2020The performance of our Olympic and Paralympic teams in Athens was exceptional.
VIS SPORT: UPDATES ON THE EVENTS CANCELLED/POSTPONED
March 16th, 2020The sporting calendar has been heavily impacted by the global coronavirus outbreak.
