Matt Favier

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Matthew "Matt" Favier (born 16 October 1965) [1] is an Australian sport administrator. He was appointed the eighth Director of the Australian Institute of Sport in December 2011. [2] [3]

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Education

Favier was educated at Tully State High School in Queensland, has a Bachelor of Education in Physical Education from the University of Canberra and an MBA from the University of Technology, Sydney. [4]

Athletics career

He held an Australian Institute of Sport track and field scholarship from 1983 to 1986. Favier, an 800m runner, was coached by Pat Clohessy. [5] [6] He won the Junior Men's 800m title at the 1983/84 Australian Athletics Championships. He was third in Senior Men's 800m at the 1987/88 and 1989/90 Australian Championships. He competed in the Men's 800m at the 1985 Summer Universiade in Kobe, Japan. [1]

Sport Administrator

From 1988 to 1993, Favier was a physical education teacher in the Australian Capital Territory school system.[ citation needed ]

In 1994, Favier moved into high performance sport administration and has since worked for a range of Australian and British sports organizations: Athletics Australia (1994–1996), Western Sydney Academy of Sport (1997–1998), Soccer Australia (1998–1999), Australian Paralympic Committee (1999–2000), Queensland Academy of Sport (2000–2003), UK Athletics (2003–2009), UK Sport (2009–2012) and Australian Institute of Sport (2012 -). [2] [7] [8]

He has been an athletics coach, and while in the United Kingdom coached British sprinter Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, a former youth world champion. [7]

His appointment as Director of the Australian Institute of Sport worried some British sports officials, as it could have impacted Great Britain's medal tally at the 2012 London Olympics. [8] He is the second AIS scholarship holder to be appointed Director[ citation needed ], the first being Robert De Castella (1990–1995).

In June 2017, Favier resigned as AIS Director after being appointed chief executive officer at Hockey Australia. [3]

He was the inaugural inductee to the University of Canberra Sport Walk of Fame in 2022. [9]

Personal life

He was married to Jane Flemming, a former AIS scholarship holder and dual Commonwealth Games athletics gold medallist. [10]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Matthew Favier". Athletics Australia Historical Results. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Australian Institute of Sport Director Appointed". Australian Sports Commission, News Centre, 16 December 2011. Archived from the original on 10 January 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
  3. 1 2 "AIS Director Matt Favier appointed Hockey Australia CEO". Australian Sports Commission website. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  4. ↑ "UTS Graduate appointed Director of the Australian Institute of Sport". University of Technology Sydney : Business News and Events, 1 February 2011. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
  5. ↑ Excellence : the Australian Institute of Sport. Canberra: Australian Sports Commission. 2002. p. 112. ISBN   174013060X.
  6. ↑ "Director, Australian Institute of Sport, Matthew Favier". Australian Sports Commission Website. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
  7. 1 2 Tuxworth, John (1 April 2012). "Favier plots formula for success". Canberra Times. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
  8. 1 2 Jeffrey, Nicole (7 January 2012). "It's game on as Britons nobble our new sport director, matt favier". Australian. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
  9. ↑ "Walk of Fame Members". University of Canberra. 18 November 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  10. ↑ Warne-Smith, Drew (4 October 2008). "20 Years of Sport : Jane Flemming". Australian. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
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