The OWIA’s main objective is to develop and prepare elite Australian athletes for participation in the Olympic Winter Games, World Championships and World Cup events.
Four years after its inception OWIA athletes Alisa Camplin and Steven Bradbury won Australia’s first Winter Olympic gold medals at the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City.
Current OWIA disciplines include aerial skiing, alpine skiing, bobsleigh, curling, figure skating, mogul skiing, short track skating, skeleton, ski cross, snowboard cross, snowboard halfpipe and snowboard slopestyle.
The OWIA also assists with the development and funding of high performance coaches. They provide expert technical advice to National Winter Sports Federations and State Institutes of Sport to help develop younger athletes who aspire to one day compete at the Olympic level.
The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) provides both funding and support to the OWIA which is an official Olympic Training Centre recognised by the AOC. The AOC provided funding to the OWIA of $4,400,000 for the 2022 Quad and in addition 10 winter athletes received IOC scholarships in the lead up to Beijing 2022.
The institute is also supported financially by the Federal Government via Sport Australia and the Australian Institute of Sport.
