ANNUAL REPORT 2014 olympics.com.au CONTENTS Mission Overview / 01 President’s Review / 04 Secretary General’s Review / 08 Members of the Executive / 11 Athletes’ Commission / 13 Senior Management, Staff, State Olympic Councils, Auditors, Solicitors / 14 Patrons, Life Members / 17 Recipients of Olympic Order / 18 Olympic Diploma of Merit / 19 IOC Pierre de Coubertin Medal / 19 Recipients of Order of Merit / 19 Past Office Bearers – Presidents, Secretaries General and IOC Members / 21 Australian Teams at the Olympic Games / 23 Australian Teams at the Olympic Winter Games / 24 Australian Teams at the Youth Olympic Games / 25 Australian Teams at the Winter Youth Olympic Games / 25 Australia’s Olympic Champions / 26 Australia’s Youth Olympic Champions / 30 ASPIRE Values / 31 Vale Harry Gordon / 35 Teams, Programs and Departments / 37 2014 Australian Olympic Winter Team (Sochi, Russia) / 37 2014 Australian Youth Olympic Team (Nanjing, China) / 41 2015 Pacific Games Team (Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea) / 45 Future Olympic Winter Teams / 45 2016 Australian Olympic Team (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) / 46 Olympic Winter Institute of Australia / 47 Programs and Funding for Sports on the Olympic Program / 48 Olympic Training Centres / 51 National Fundraising and Community Programs / 53 Sponsorship / 55 Media and Communications / 59 Athletes’ Commission / 67 Medical Commission / 68 Corporate Governance Statement / 69 Financial Statements / 82 AuSTrAlIAn OlymPIc cOmmITTEE IncOrPOrATED ABN 33 052 258 241 REG No. A0004778J Level 4, Museum of Contemporary Art, 140 George Street, Sydney, NSW 2000 Ph: +61 2 9247 2000 olympics.com.au | FOllOW uS On AuSOlymPIcTEAm AuSOlymPIcTEAm Photos used in this report are courtesy of Australian Olympic Team Supplier Getty Images. MISSION OVERVIEW AUSTRI AL A ENJOYS AN OUTSTANDING OLYMPIC HISTORY. THE HEROIC ACHIEVEMENTS OF OUR ATHLETES AT EVERY OLYMPIC GAMES SINCE 1896 ARE A SOURCE OF PRIDE FOR ALL AUSTRALIANS THE AUstraLIAN OLYMPIC TEAM is THE EMBODiment OF OUR NATIONS HOPes, DREAMS AND DESIRES The Australian Olympic Movement promotes to the youth of Australia values which are not bounded by place, creed or time. Values such as respect, aspiration and teamwork. The Olympic Games provide Australia’s athletes with the opportunity to compete against the world’s best in a competition that promotes a spirit of friendship, solidarity and fair play. As proud custodian of the Olympic Movement in Australia the Australian Olympic Committee is committed to promoting the Olympic ideals and values to all through sport. 01 AOC 2014 Annual Report 02 The unanimous approval of the Olympic Agenda 2020 recommendations by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) members at the 127th IOC Session in Monaco set the course for the future of the Olympic Movement. It was a resounding vote of confidence in the leadership of the IOC under President Thomas Bach with the members accepting all 40 recommendations and therefore acknowledging that change is desperately needed to keep the Games relevant in a changing world. ENT’S Likewise the AOC must embrace change. Thomas Bach summed it up perfectly in his opening speech D in Monaco when he said: “we need to change because sport today is too important in society to ignore the rest of society. We are not living on an island, we are living in the middle of a modern, diverse, digital society”. RESI A key part of the discussions in Monaco was the IOC P REVIEW decision to provide more money to combat doping in sport. A key part of Olympic Agenda 2020 is to not only protect clean athletes but to promote those athletes as our key ambassadors and in doing so promote our Movement. Also of great significance are the changes to the WAD Code which took effect on the 1st of January 2015. Stiffer penalties for those caught cheating are long overdue. So too are the new rules which will snare coaches, trainers, doctors, sports scientists, high performance staff and any other members of an athlete’s entourage who engage in doping and blacken the name of sport. I congratulate all our member federations for their prompt action in adopting the new rules to ensure they are Code compliant. This is a clear indication of your desire to be united in the fight against doping. 03 04 PRESIDENT’S REVIEW (CONT’D) During the year we appeared at a Senate Inquiry in The AOC Executive agreed to change the ASPIRE values The venues in Rio are taking shape particularly in the And we welcome back as our television partners, Seven Canberra to support the Australian Sports Anti-Doping to read in future: Olympic Park. The organisers remain optimistic saying West Media Ltd (Seven Network) who have secured the Authority Amendment Bill 2014 which was eventually that 19 venues will be completed in 2015 in time for Test Australian Rights to the Olympics for Rio, PyeongChang Respect - I respect sport, the efforts of my competitors, passed by the Parliament. ASADA has 100% support of Events to be held. There are on-going concerns with water and Tokyo. Kerry Stokes and his Team are very enthusiastic my team mates and officials. I respect Australia and the AOC. quality at sailing and other venues as well as security and AOC staff are enjoying our renewed relationship with its indigenous heritage. I respect our nation’s Olympic following incidents during the Football World Cup. the Seven Network. The team at Seven will provide a In addition, to the AOC’s coercive powers introduced the past and the spirit of Olympism. great coverage. previous year we have found it necessary to require a I am happy to report that as Chair of the Co-Ordination satisfactory Working with Children clearance for all We took a Team of 89 athletes to the Youth Olympic Commission for Tokyo 2020, it is full steam ahead in I want to express my gratitude to our global and national coaches, staff and officials to protect all members of Games in Nanjing, China where we won the respect and Japan. sponsors for their continued support. Also our colleagues our Olympic Teams and create a child safe environment. admiration of every other Team competing. Australia at the Australian Sports Commission/Australian Institute Planning is well underway for our involvement in the 2015 We are working with Commissioner, the Hon Justice won 26 medals, 5 gold, 4 silver and 17 bronze. The of Sport and all the State and Territory Institutes and Pacific Games in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea in Peter McClellan and his team at the Royal Commission performances were outstanding. Congratulations to all Academies for their contributions particularly through July. This will be the first time we have competed in the into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse to especially the coaches and Team officials led by Chef de the Winning Edge Program. Pacific Games and we are intending to send athletes from develop a framework to better identify and avoid potential Mission, Susie O’Neill with Jessica Fox supporting her as Rugby, Sailing, Taekwondo and Weightlifting. Sailing gold And finally the staff at the AOC for their efforts problems. a Young Ambassador. medallist, Malcolm Page, will lead this Team as Chef de especially with the ever increasing workload created by National Federations must ensure that all officials It is a joy having Susie O’Neill back in a leadership role Mission. And our preparations for the 2016 Winter Youth the increased number of events that we are now involved nominated for selection for Rio, and all subsequent after her decision some years ago to step aside from the Olympic Games in Lillehammer are well advanced. in around the world. Olympic Teams, have undertaken the check or equivalent IOC for family reasons. Susie epitomises what the Olympic After the Australian Olympic Team’s success in Sochi, legislative process otherwise they will be ineligible for Movement is all about. the AOC Executive promptly appointed Ian Chesterman JOHN COATES AC selection. Susie is one of 3 female Olympians in charge of Teams. as Chef de Mission for the 2018 Olympic Winter Games President In another positive move the AOC Executive adopted Alisa Camplin has been appointed Chef de Mission in PyeongChang, the sixth time Ian has led an Australian Australian Olympic Committee changes to the AOC Constitution to recognise our of Australia’s 2016 Winter Youth Olympic Team in Olympic Team. indigenous heritage. At this year’s Annual General Meeting Lillehammer, Norway joining Kitty Chiller who is leading 0n a sad note we lost a great Australian with the I will be asking the members to adopt the following the Rio Team. passing of our former Prime Minister, the Hon change: Women are dominating leadership roles at the AOC with Gough Whitlam AC QC. Gough and his wife Margaret Fiona de Jong assuming the reins as Secretary General worked tirelessly for the Sydney 2000 bid. Indeed, To recognise the heritage, culture and contribution replacing Craig Phillips who gave the AOC 23 years of much of the credit for Sydney winning must go to of our nation’s first people, and to give practical service. Fiona spent 10 years as the AOC’s Director of Gough and the influence he had in Africa when we support to indigenous reconciliation through sport. Sport which I believe was an ideal preparation for her to travelled to 13 countries in 30 days campaigning on assume the Secretary General role. behalf of Sydney and Australia. Highly intelligent, As part of this historic move the AOC plans to provide Gough was a charmer with a wicked sense of humour and practical support to the Cathy Freeman Foundation by Fiona has also been appointed to the Team Executive enormously respected by President Nelson Mandela and making available to her our Olympic branding at Sports for Rio.