Matt Favier
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
From 1988 to 1993, Favier was a physical education teacher in the Australian Capital Territory school system.[citation needed]
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[citation needed], 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.[3]
He was the inaugural inductee to the University of Canberra Sport Walk of Fame in 2022.[9]
Personal life[edit]
He was married to Jane Flemming, a former AIS scholarship holder and dual Commonwealth Games athletics gold medallist.[10]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Matthew Favier". Athletics Australia Historical Results. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ a b "AIS Director Matt Favier appointed Hockey Australia CEO". Australian Sports Commission website. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Excellence : the Australian Institute of Sport. Canberra: Australian Sports Commission. 2002. p. 112. ISBN 174013060X.
- ^ "Director, Australian Institute of Sport, Matthew Favier". Australian Sports Commission Website. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
- ^ a b Tuxworth, John (1 April 2012). "Favier plots formula for success". Canberra Times. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
- ^ a b Jeffrey, Nicole (7 January 2012). "It's game on as Britons nobble our new sport director, matt favier". Australian. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
- ^ "Walk of Fame Members". University of Canberra. 18 November 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
- ^ Warne-Smith, Drew (4 October 2008). "20 Years of Sport : Jane Flemming". Australian. Retrieved 11 February 2012.