Cathy Freeman... Olympic 400m Champion ...49.11 seconds Jai Taurima . Olympic long jump ...silver medallist 8.49 metres Athletics Australia Annual Report 2000-2001 Table of Contents Chairman’s Message 5 Summary – A Year in Review 6 Summary – A Year in Forecast 7 Message from Sponsors – Telstra 8 Chairman and CEO’s Report 9 Australian Sports Medal 2000 23 Athletics International Trust 25 Registration Figures – All States 1999/2000-2000/2001 26 Message from Sponsors – New Balance 27 Australia at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games 28 Australia’s Paralympians turn on the power in 2000 30 State Associations’ Reports 32 Institutes of Sport Reports 37 Commission Reports 41 Australian Records 45 Australian Rankings 49 Directors’ Biographies 50 Athletics Australia Directory 51 Financial Report 55 Athletics Australia Suite 22, Fawkner Towers, 431 St Kilda Road, Melbourne Victoria 3004 Phone: 61 3 9820 3511 Facsimile: 61 3 9820 3544 Email:
[email protected] www.athletics.org.au ATHLETICS AUSTRALIA 5 Photos supplied by Sport the Library Tatiana Grigorieva Olympic pole vault . silver medallist 4.55 metres Athletics Australia Annual Report 2000-2001 Chairman’s Message With the joy of highlights and the despair of the lows, we have enjoyed a year of great progress, challenge and change with your Company evolving considerably this year. Athletics Australia is, at last, a long term highly viable organisation rapidly laying the foundations to provide concrete support to all Australian athletes under our original charter. 2000/2001 was a tremendous though challenging year, laying out a bright future for our sport. Now, with strong funding and purpose, administration, growing strength in elite competition, and increasing opportunities for all Australians to be involved in athletics, this year’s growth is a message to every stakeholder - anything is possible working together.