The VIS Open Day is back in 2023 with the opportunity to meet Olympians, Paralympians and World Champion athletes, learn from high performance sport experts and experience the inner workings of a high performance sport facility.
Performance Science
VIS power LSVs top tier athletes during Winter months
The Victorian Institute of Sport (VIS) provided support to Life Saving Victoria’s (LSV) top tier athletes and coaches during the winter months in Melbourne, to help them prepare for the upcoming national competitions.
The brains behind the brawn: Sylvie Withers
VIS lead sport scientist, Sylvie Withers, whose parents were Olympic rowers, was training to qualify for the Australian Rowing Team before she realised that she wouldnt make it to the Olympics. It was then that she decided to help others achieve their Olympics aspirations.
VIS ‘crucial’ in Hewitt’s Beijing dream
Dean Hewitt insists that the multidisciplinary team at the Victorian Institute of Sport (VIS) is a crucial reason as to why hes about to create history and become one of Australia’s first ever Winter Olympic curlers with his teammate Tahli Gill.