ANNUAL REPORT 2017 | 1 AUSTRALIAN OLYMPIC COMMITTEE INCORPORATED ABN 33 052 258 241 REG No. A0004778J Level 4, Museum of Contemporary Art 140 George Street, Sydney, NSW 2000 P: +61 2 9247 2000 FOLLOW US ON AUSOLYMPICTEAM AUSOLYMPICTEAM olympics.com.au Cover Photo – Alex Coppel / Newspix. Photos used in this report are courtesy of Australian Olympic Team Supplier Getty Images. AOC 2017 ANNUAL REPORT 2 | CONTENTS PRESIDENT’S REVIEW 04 AOC Objectives – “What We Do” 07 CEO’S REPORT 08 Strategic Initiatives 1 1 OLYMPISM IN THE COMMUNITY 12 Education 14 Chat to a Champ, Meet with a Champ, Eat Like a Champ, Learn from a Champ, Education Resources 14 Community Engagement 15 Pierre de Coubertin Awards, International Youth Forum, Village Art, National Primary Games, Pacific School Games, Indigenous Partnerships 15 Olympic Day, Governor Generals Open Day, Champions 2 Country Regional Tour, ASPIRE Leadership Programme 16 Olympians Alumni 17 Athlete Transition 18 AOC Olympians Mentor Programme 18 Work Experience, Internships and Jobs 18 Olympians in Business Network 18 IOC Athlete Education Funding 18 Education and Personal Development 18 Research Projects 18 Olympic Training Centres 19 Athletes’ Commission Report 20 Awards and Acknowledgements 20 Recipients of Olympic Order 20 Olympic Diploma of Merit 2 1 IOC Pierre de Coubertin Medal 2 1 Recipients of Order of Merit 2 1 Recipients of the Harry Gordon Memorial Award for Olympic Journalism 2 1 TEAMS 22 Australian Olympic Team Values 24 Olympic Games 26 2018 Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang South Korea 26 Regional Games 29 2017 Asian Winter Games, Sapporo Japan 29 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games, Ashgabat Turkmenistan 29 Olympic Winter Institute of Australia 30 Medical Commission Report 31 CONTENTS | 3 AUSTRALIA’S OLYMPIC HISTORY 32 Australian Teams Olympic Participation History 34 Australia’s Olympic Champions 37 Australia’s Youth Olympic Champions 41 NATIONAL FEDERATIONS AND PROGRAMME FUNDING 42 Medal Incentive Funding 43 Olympic Solidarity 43 National Federation Funding 44 NATIONAL SPORTS PLAN – AOC SUBMISSION 47 FUNDING THE AUSTRALIAN OLYMPIC MOVEMENT 48 Commercial Programme 49 Fundraising 49 Solidarity and Olympic Grants 49 Australian Olympic Foundation 49 PARTNERS OLYMPIC PROMOTIONS 50 Sponsor Activations 5 1 Sponsor Acknowledgement Page 55 CULTURE AND GOVERNANCE 56 The Ethics Centre Recommendations 58 AOC Administration 58 Patrons 58 AOC Executive 58 Athletes’ Commission 60 Medical Commission 60 State Olympic Council Presidents 60 Auditors / Lawyers 60 Life Members 60 National Federations and Recognised Organisations 60 Past Office Bearers (AOC Presidents, Secretaries General / CEO’s and IOC Members in Australia) 6 1 Approach to Governance 2017 62 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 68 AOF 2017 ANNUAL REPORT 92 Chair’s Review 95 Financial Statements 98 AOC 2017 ANNUAL REPORT 4 | PRESIDENT’S REVIEW We should all be very proud of the young team that represented Australia so wonderfully at the Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang, South Korea earlier this year. Not only did they equal our previous best medal tally of three (two silver, one bronze) but the future looks incredibly bright with Matt Graham (moguls), Jarryd Hughes (snowboard cross) and Scotty James (halfpipe) all first time Olympic medallists. This represents a changing of the guard for our winter team with a number of other young athletes achieving top six finishes. Ian Chesterman deserves the many accolades he received as Chef de Mission. His impressive style of leadership carried over into the team itself. They conducted themselves faultlessly in competition and away from it as ambassadors for Australia and Australian sport. With the further appointment of Ian to “We can set the symbols, we can There is no doubt that the effort of the role of Chef de Mission for the 2020 show that it is worthwhile sitting down our winter athletes will inspire greater Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, I am together discussing, negotiating, and participation and engagement in winter confident our athletes will have a similar that then you can come to a good sports and disciplines. opportunity to excel on the field of result.” competition and beyond. Pleasingly, for both our team sponsor “ The question for the Geoff Henke and the team from the and broadcaster the Seven Network, AOC is how do we more Olympic Winter Institute of Australia the Winter Games reached a record (OWIA) also deserve recognition for number of Australians. broadly encourage their work in bringing so many of our winter athletes to a competitive level and promote Olympic that bodes well for the future. This was wonderful exposure for our winter sports and athletes, creating its ideals and Olympic own history as the most watched winter sports participation Our hosts in PyeongChang conducted games in Australian television history. an excellent Games with competition to new generations of venues of a very high standard, an efficient games operation and a The Seven Network dominated the Australians?” welcoming and enthusiastic backdrop. television ratings over the Games’ period, broadcasting via digital channels an In 2017, the AOC committed itself to a extraordinary 103.8 million live streaming new focus around greater engagement Not only did the Korean people embrace minutes to digital devices. The cumulative with the community, our national the events themselves, they embraced television audience was an extraordinary federations, and other organisations to the Olympic principle of promoting a 16 million viewers. promote the benefits of participation peaceful society, no better illustrated in Olympic sports. than the two Koreas marching under the one flag and competing as one in the It would be remiss of me not to Women’s Ice Hockey competition. acknowledge the enormous contribution This represents a fundamental shift of our great aerials skier Lydia Lassila, in our thinking to better develop the whose PyeongChang appearance was foundations of our Olympic sports and In describing PyeongChang as the her last over a career that spanned five in turn promote what participation in “games of new horizons”, IOC President Olympics. A gold and bronze medallist Olympic sports can contribute to the Thomas Bach noted the greater role at Vancouver 2010 and Sochi 2014 Australian community. Olympism brought to the Korean respectively. She set the bar high in peninsula. terms of courage and commitment. PRESIDENT’S REVIEW | 5 “ We need to be about $7.1m from sponsorship and licensing There have been a number of changes income has been brought to account to the AOC Executive with Olympians more than winning for 2017, but readers of the Financial Evelyn Halls (fencing and President, Statements will appreciate that income Fencing Australia) and Michael Murphy medals. We can make from sponsorships is brought to account (diving and President, Diving Australia) a greater contribution to match expenditure on programme as well as Matt Allen, President of and support services as incurred. Australian Sailing elected than that. The health and at the 2017 Annual General Meeting. wellbeing of Australians Where sponsorship is signed for more than one Olympiad, the income is Catherine Fettell, President of Shooting is an objective that we are recognised in each such Olympiad. Australia was also elected to the Executive uniquely placed to fulfil.” to fill a casual vacancy following the As at 31 December 2017 the AOC had resignation of Nicole Livingstone. Nicole The community engagement strategy contracted sponsorship and licensing was an effective advocate for athletes by necessity will complete the loop that income (discounted in the Financial since joining the Executive in 2013 and runs through grassroots participation, Statements to their net present I thank her for her contribution. The AOC national federations, high performance value) for the current and next three has a very effective and experienced athletes, government, sponsors, quadrenniums of: Executive with skill sets from business broadcasters, Olympic alumni and other and government and importantly, five stakeholders. 2017-20 $49.28m* Olympians and two former and seven current Presidents of national federations. Ultimately our efforts should ensure that 2021-24 $17.33m the Australian community embraces the Planning is well underway for Australia idea of Olympism every bit as much as 2025-28 $5.78m to send a well credentialed team to Tokyo in 2020. The groundwork for any we have celebrated the success of our 2029-2032 $2.6m elite athletes in the past successful Olympic campaign is laid years out with AOC staff attending to * includes the $7.1m brought to account in 2017. every minute detail. This shift requires a new focus and structure here at the AOC and to that In 2017, in addition to re-signings, Intel, end the appointment of Matt Carroll AM The five sports selected on the proposal Alibaba and Cargo Live joined us as of Tokyo 2020 for their Games only as our new Chief Executive Officer in sponsors. May 2017 was critical. - Baseball & Softball, Karate, Sport Climbing, Surfing and Skateboarding I will announce further sponsor signings have all very actively embraced the Matt has done an outstanding job in 2018 in my President’s Address to the opportunity that awaits them. The AOC ensuring that the AOC has the capacity AGM on 28 April 2018. continues to work proactively with and capability to evolve and meet these sports to ensure their athletes the challenges of the changing sports can produce their best in the unique landscape. The AOC is well positioned for the future with many long-term sponsors. environment that is an Olympic Games. He has been diligent in building Additionally, we will be sending teams to very constructive relationships with My thanks to our commercial agents both the Summer Youth Olympic Games our national federations and other Lagardère Sports for their ongoing in Buenos Aires in October this year and stakeholders. contribution in connecting us with a committed group of partners who share the Winter Youth Olympic Games our vision for Olympic sports in Australia.