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The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has the exclusive
responsibility for the representation of Australia at the Olympic
Winter Games.
To help achieve Australian Olympic Winter Team objectives, the AOC
provides funding (AOC Funding) to its member National Federations (NFs),
athletes and coaches.
AOC Funding is derived from income distributions from the Australian
Olympic Foundation, grants from the International Olympic Committee
(IOC), the licensing and sponsorship activities of the AOC and
fundraising by the AOC, State Olympic Councils and their Corporate
Appeal Committees.
AOC Funding for the 2010 Olympic Winter Team preparation is
determined in accordance with its Program and Funding Guidelines for
the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, Vancouver (Guidelines). Specifically,
AOC Funding is provided through one of three programs:
- AOC Funding for International Competition
- adidas Medal Incentive Funding
- Olympic Winter Institute of Australia (OWIA) support
The Guidelines are available on olympics.com.au
For the calendar year 2006, the AOC provided the following support
to Ski and Snowboard Australia, its athletes and coaches:
- AOC Funding for International Competition $102,000
- adidas Medal Incentive Funding $12,500
In addition, the AOC supported the OWIA to the extent of $650,000
during 2006. The scholarship holders from the discipline of Alpine
Skiing, Freestyle Skiing and Snowboard have enjoyed some of the
benefit of this support.
The AOC's current budgeting for the 2010 Olympic Winter Team to
Vancouver is $2.3 million.
The AOC is proud to be able to support Australian athletes to
realise their Olympic dreams.
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The Olympic Winter Institute (OWI) is Ski & Snowboard Australia’s major
high performance program partner, operating elite level programs in
Mogul Skiing, Snowboard Half Pipe, and Aerial Skiing.
The Australian Olympic Committee formed the Australian Institute of
Winter Sports (AIWS) after the Nagano Winter Olympics in 1998, to
enable the development of elite performances in winter sports by
Australian athletes, through the provision of adequate funding,
world-class sports programming and technical coaching.
On July 1st 2001, the organisation was renamed to become the Olympic
Winter Institute of Australia (OWI). The Australian Olympic Committee
provides over 50% of the total funds for the operation of the OWI. The
AOC also provide International Competition Grants directly to SSA for
non-OWI program sports.
The OWI is a partnership program of the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS)
and receives considerable support from the Australian Sports Commission
and benefits from the sport programs and from the many experts based at
the AIS in Canberra.
At present, the OWI employs eight coaching staff and provides sport
program opportunities for up to 37 athletes across seven winter sport
disciplines: alpine skiing, mogul skiing, aerial skiing, half pipe
snowboarding, short track speed skating, figure skating and skeleton.
The OWI also works closely with Ski & Snowboard Australia and the State
Institutes of Sport, to supply an overall National technical direction
for the individual sport throughout the athlete pathway in Australia.
While it is clearly the role of the OWI to operate elite programming,
the OWI will provide technical assistance to SSA for the task of
developing the elite athletes of tomorrow with the very best technical
assistance possible.
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The National Alpine Team program is operated by NSWIS under a joint
agreement between SSA, NSWIS & the OWI.
SSA, together with the OWI, contributes in excess of $400,000 in
cash and kind to the National Alpine Team program, with a further
$50,000 contributed by SSA for Mogul Development and Snowboard Half
Pipe development each year.
SSA is also in partnership with the NSW Institute of Sport (NSWIS)
to operate National High Performance development programs in Mogul
Skiing and Snowboard Half pipe.
NSWIS contributes over $180,000 in cash and kind per annum to
operate and manage the development and elite level programs on
behalf of SSA.
The sport program operations are managed by Kate Greenwood and based
out of Jindabyne Sport & Rec. The southern hemisphere on-snow
training is conducted at Kosciusko Thredbo and Perisher Blue ski
resorts.
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The Victorian Institute of Sport (VIS) is a program partner of SSA
for the delivery of the highly successful Aerial Development &
Transition Program.
The VIS/SSA Aerial development program is a world leading acrobatic
transitional program that continues to produce a talented stream of
elite level athletes to the OWI aerial program. The program is
funded largely by SSA, and is based at Snowbasin Resort in Utah.
Snowbasin is an important partner in the Aerial Program.
The VIS provides around $24,000 in cash support to the Aerial
Development program along with use of the new facility at Olympic
Park. SSA contributes in excess of 90,000 to the operation of the
program, which is managed day to day by the OWI.
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Falls Creek is the National Training Centre for the SSA Cross Country
Program.
SSA Southern Winter Cross country activities take place largely at Falls
Creek, and in return the resort has agreed to contribute $20,000 per annum
to the National Team program. SSA contributes a further $40,000 to the
National Team program which qualified 3 athletes to the Torino Games. The
first time since Nagano in 1998.
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