Graduates of the Australian Olympic Indigenous Coaching Scholarship Program have returned to remote communities with Olympians! Supported by Toyota Motor Corporation Australia, our graduates and Olympians recently visited Alice Springs, Katherine, Beswick, and Barunga in the Northern Territory to share their expertise with local coaches and students through coach courses and #HaveAGo school clinics. Highlights: 🏑 Hockey coaching course in Alice Springs 🏃♂️ Athletics coaching course in Katherine 🏀 Basketball, Athletics and Hockey #HaveAGo clinics delivered to Alice Springs, Katherine, Beswick and Barunga. A huge thank you to Toyota for their support, and to Hockey Australia, Indigenous Basketball Australia and Katherine High School for making this trip possible! #AOICS
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The AOC is committed to developing, promoting and protecting the principles of Olympism and the Olympic Movement in Australia in accordance with the Olympic Charter. The AOC is committed to Australia's athletes and encourages the development of high performance sport through athlete support and funding initiatives. It is our responsibility to select, send and fund Australian Teams to the Olympic Summer and Winter Games, Youth Olympic Games and Regional Games. The AOC aims to promote, raise awareness of and encourage participation in sport for benefits of health, longevity, fitness, skill, achievement, social interaction, wellbeing and other benefits of exercise for all individuals in Australia. The AOC is dedicated to the education of Australia's youth and runs a number of programs through all levels of school, including the Olympics Unleashed program and the Australian Olympic Change-Maker program. The AOC is a non-profit organisation, independent of Government and Government funding other than contributions by State Governments to the Olympic Team Appeal. The AOC is an Incorporated Association whose members are the national bodies of sports on the Olympic program. State Olympic Councils represent the AOC in every State and Territory.
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📣 TEACHERS 📣 Enter the competition to be one of FIVE winners! 👇 💚 $1000 Qantas voucher 💛 $100 Woolworths Supermarkets voucher 💚 Olympian visit to your school #WorldTeachersDay
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The Australian Olympic Committee has awarded nine Indigenous Olympians $5000 grants to recognise their efforts in Paris and assist their future performance. Two of the grant recipients, basketballer Alex Wilson and sailor Conor Nicholas, have also been appointed as Indigenous members of the AOC Athletes’ Commission. Boxing Australia Limited | Hockey Australia | Australian Sailing | Swimming Australia | Athletics Australia | Basketball Australia | Volleyball Australia
Paris Indigenous athletes receive AOC performance grants and Indigenous appointments made to the AOC Athletes' Commission
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Three cheers for "Mrs G!" For Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024 Hockey Olympian Tom Wickham, sport and Mrs G provided him with an outlet at a crucial time in life for the youngster. #WorldTeachersDay2024 | Hockey Australia
Teachers are about more than education
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On the 10th of August this year, Elle Armit stood on the Olympic podium in Paris, arm-in-arm with her Stingers teammates. Just six short weeks later, ‘Miss Armit’ was back in front of her secondary students, teaching at St Jospeh’s Gregory Terrace in Brisbane. #WorldTeachersDay2024 | Water Polo Australia
Teaching with a silver sting: Celebrating Elle Armit on World Teachers’ Day
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Happy World Teachers Day! Today we're celebrating each and every teacher! Thank you for all that you do for your students 👏 📣 Enter the competition to win 👉 teama.us/Teachers2024 #WorldTeachersDay | Qantas | Woolworths Supermarkets
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Congratulations Mark Knowles and Sally Pearson OAM! The Olympic gold medallists are set to be inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame 👏 #TeamAUS | Hockey Australia | Athletics Australia
Mark Knowles OAM and Sally Pearson OAM included in Sport Australia Hall of Fame's eight new inductees
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When Melbourne 1956 Olympic modern pentathlete Terry Nicoll was a child in the late 1930s, he saw a film about the Berlin Olympics that ignite the Olympic dream. "That went through me like a knife in my chest, and from then on all I wanted to be was an Olympian." Modern Pentathlon Australia
How Tarzan, Strickland and Cuthbert made sure Terry Nicoll competed at Melbourne 1956
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Welcome to the AOC team, Ellie Laing-Southwood GAICD Ellie will join the AOC as Chief of Communication and Media, beginning her new role late November 2024. Joining from the Property Council of Australia, Ellie is also serving her second term on the board of Sport NSW, the peak body representing the state’s sport and active recreation sector. Ms Laing-Southwood’s career includes significant experience in television journalism with Channels Seven, Ten, SBS and the ABC and she has previously lectured in journalism at Macleay College in Sydney.
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Triple Olympic basketball medallist Suzy Batkovic and 1984 Olympic shooting bronze medallist Patricia Dench are set to be inducted into the NSW Hall of Champions. Basketball Australia | Shooting Australia
Batkovic and Dench to be inducted into NSW Hall of Champions
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