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]

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.

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, 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. [9]

He was the inaugural inductee to the University of Canberra Sport Walk of Fame in 2022.[10]

Personal life

He was married to Jane Flemming, a former AIS scholarship holder and dual Commonwealth Games athletics gold medallist.[11]

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. ↑ "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. ↑ "AIS Director Matt Favier appointed Hockey Australia CEO". Australian Sports Commission website. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  10. ↑ "Walk of Fame Members". University of Canberra. 18 November 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  11. ↑ Warne-Smith, Drew (4 October 2008). "20 Years of Sport : Jane Flemming". Australian. Retrieved 11 February 2012.

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