The VIS Sailing program operates in partnership with Australian Sailing’s high performance program to provide key support in the performance pathway program through to the Australian Sailing Squad & Australian Sailing Team. The VIS Sailing program work closely with our program partners, state network coaches, national program coaches & staff, along with performance services staff to provide high quality support to nationally categorised athletes within the high performance pathway.
VIS athletes compete across the majority of Olympic boat classes with a focus on providing a strong domestic training base, while exposing athletes to high quality national and international training and competition opportunities. The program has been successful in increasing representation on national squads, with the ultimate aim to have our athletes competing at the 2020 Olympic Games and ISAF World Championship events
New coaching apprenticeships to fast-track next generation
July 7, 2022Australian sport has taken an enormous step in its bid to become a world-leader in coach development ahead of the 2032 Brisbane Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) today naming 31 coaches as part of a flagship national apprenticeship program.
Key appointments to drive coach development
June 8, 2022The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) and National Institute Network (NIN) continue to prioritise and progress coach development, announcing three key new appointments across the country.
Tokyo Champions take top honours
May 13, 20222021 VIS Award of Excellence winners revealed.
WEEKEND WRITE-UP: Scotty back on the winners list
January 24, 2022In VIS sport, Scotty James is back on the winners list after an impressive performance in Aspen, as Dylan Alcott triumphs in a three-set battle at the Australian Open.
Returning Olympians share stories with school's across Victoria
August 24, 2021Tokyo Olympic Games athletes have dialled into virtual classrooms across Victoria.
The brains behind the brawn: Sylvie Withers
August 21, 2021VIS lead sport scientist, Sylvie Withers, whose parents were Olympic rowers, was training to qualify for the Australian Rowing Team before she realised that she wouldn’t make it to the Olympics. It was then that she decided to help others achieve their Olympics aspirations.
The VIS Family is about to expand
August 10, 2021Come and join our world class team
VIS results at Tokyo 2020
August 9, 2021See below all of our Victorian Institute of Sport scholarship holder results from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
It's Tokyo Time: Preview
July 21, 2021After a year of impossible setbacks, the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games are finally here!
100 days to go
April 14, 2021As the clock ticks over to 100 days until the start of the Tokyo Olympics, meet some of our athletes who are gearing up for what's going to be one of the most unique Olympic Games.
Australian Sailing
Royal Brighton Yacht Club
Sorrento Sailing and Couta Boat Club
