OWI Deputy Chair elected to FIS Council 07 June 2010
Deputy Chairman of the Olympic Winter Institute of Australia Dean Gosper is the latest Australian to win a key position in global sport.
Gosper, son of International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Kevan Gosper, and President of Ski & Snowboard Australia, has been elected to the International Ski Federation (FIS) Council which controls skiing and snowboarding worldwide.
The success of the 2010 Vancouver Olympic and Paralympics teams was celebrated in Sydney over the weekend, at a welcome home function hosted by the Australian Olympic Committee.
The night featured speeches from Australian Olympic Committee President John Coates, Vancouver Olympic Team Chef de Mission Ian Chesterman and Gold Medallist Lydia Lassila. [more]
Vancouver 2010 provided a brilliant conclusion to the Olympic Winter Institute’s 2006/7-2009/10 quadrennium, as Australia’s winter sports athletes collected a record medal haul.
For the first time, the nation could proudly claim three Winter Games medallists, as well as a string of other top ten placings. [more]