“I was able to study and play sport because of the support of the Elite Athlete Program … without that support, I might have needed to stop playing sport and work more part-time,” UNSW alumna Alex Blackwell.
UNSW student Henry Hutchison has been announced as Rugby Australia's 2021 Men's Sevens Player of the Year, while former Ben Lexcen Scholar Andrew Kellaway was named Rookie of the Year.
Aspiring winter Olympian and UNSW elite athlete, 19-year-old Emma Bosco has fought her way back to competition from an ACL injury that ruled her out of contending for selection at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.
UNSW alumna Taylah O’Neill has defied two ACL ruptures, and a late injury scare to her "good knee", to secure a spot on the Australian Winter Olympic team for the Beijing Games.
Mandy Hagstrom is an accredited exercise scientist from the School of Medical Sciences at UNSW Sydney. Her work focuses broadly on the effects of resistance training.
While it may be possible to teach young infants basic motor skills in water, infants cannot, and should not, be expected to know how to swim or to be able to react appropriately in emergencies.