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(From AAP News)
- AIS turns 21 AAP sm/jds
Timeline of highlights at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS): 1980 - January 25, establishment of the AIS announced. Don Talbot appointed inaugural director 1981 - January 26, AIS opened by Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser with eight sports - basketball, gymnastics, netball, soccer, swimming, tennis, track and field and weightlifting 1982 - Commonwealth Games Brisbane. 36 current and former AIS athletes win 14 gold, 13 silver and seven bronze medals 1983 - Gymnastics training hall, indoor and outdoor tennis courts and swimming complex completed 1984 - Dr John Cheffers appointed AIS director - Olympic …