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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.^[1] In June 2017, he was appointed the Chief Executive Officer f Hockey Australia. ^[2]

Favier was educated at Tully State High School in Queensland, has a Bachelor of Education, Physical Education from the University of Canberra and MBA from the University of Technology, Sydney.^[3]

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.^[4]^[5] 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.^[6]

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 organisations – 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).Austrailain Institute of Sport (2012 -).^[1]^[9]^[10]

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 concerned some British sports officials that it could impact on Great Britain’s medal tally at the 2012 London Olympics.^[8]^[9] 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. ^[10]

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

References

1. ^¹{{cite web|title=Australian Institute of Sport Director Appointed|url=http://www.ausport.gov.au/news/asc_news/story_467880_australian_institute_of_sport_director_appointed|work=Australian Sports Commission, News Centre, 16 December 2011|accessdate=10 February 2012}}
2. ^{{cite web|title=AIS Director Matt Favier appointed Hockey Australia CEO|url=https://www.ausport.gov.au/news/ais_news/story_660071_ais_director_matt_favier_appointed_hockey_australia_ceo|website=Australian Sports Commission website|accessdate=2 June 2017}}
3. ^{{cite web|title=UTS Graduate appointed Director of the Australian Institute of Sport|url=http://datasearch.uts.edu.au/business/news-events/news-detail.cfm?ItemId=29623|work=University of Technology Sydney : Business News and Events, 1 February 2011|accessdate=10 February 2012}}
4. ^{{cite book|title=Excellence : the Australian Institute of Sport|year=2002|publisher=Australian Sports Commission|location=Canberra|isbn=174013060X|pages=112}}
5. ^{{cite web|title=Director, Australian Institute of Sport, Matthew Favier|url=http://www.ausport.gov.au/about/structure/the_executive|work=Australian Sports Commission Website|accessdate=2 April 2012}}
6. ^¹{{cite web|title=Matthew Favier|url=http://www.athletics.com.au/history/athletes/athlete1002.htm|work=Athletics Australia Historical Results|accessdate=10 February 2012}}
7. ^¹{{cite news|last=Tuxworth|first=John|title=Favier plots formula for success|url=http://www.canberratimes.com.au/sport/favier-plots-formula-for-success-20120331-1w5re.html|accessdate=2 April 2012|newspaper=Canberra Times|date=1 April 2012}}
8. ^¹{{cite news|last=Jeffrey|first=Nicole|title=It's game on as Britons nobble our new sport director, matt favier|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/london-games/its-game-on-as-britons-nobble-our-new-sport-director/story-e6frgdg6-1226238576099|accessdate=2 April 2012|newspaper=Australian|date=7 January 2012}}
9. ^{{cite news|last=Sale|first=Charles|title=Aussie goes home with 2012 secrets|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/article-2077301/Matt-Favier-returns-Australia-London-2012-secrets.html|accessdate=10 February 2012|newspaper=Daily Mail|date=22 December 2011}}
10. ^{{cite web|title=AIS Director Matt Favier appointed Hockey Australia CEO|url=https://www.ausport.gov.au/news/ais_news/story_660071_ais_director_matt_favier_appointed_hockey_australia_ceo|website=Australian Sports Commission website|accessdate=2 June 2017}}
11. ^{{cite news|last=Warne-Smith|first=Drew|title=20 Years of Sport : Jane Flemming|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/years-of-sport-jane-flemming/story-e6frg8h6-1111117656662|accessdate=11 February 2012|newspaper=Australian|date=4 October 2008}}