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UniSC Para Sport

At UniSC, high-performance athletes excel in study, research, training, and competition, supported by purpose-built facilities, world-leading coaches, performance specialists, and sport and exercise scientists.

Welcome to UniSC Para Sport, housed right here at the University of the Sunshine Coast. The world-class facilities at UniSC make us the ideal home for a multi-sport community of Para athletes.

Para Sport is a natural extension of UniSC’s renowned High Performance Student Athlete program, utilising our purpose-built facilities to create many exciting opportunities for teaching, research and external engagement.

Bringing together athletes, coaches, teams, sports organisations and the wider community, UniSC Para Sport is an inclusive program where partnerships are enriched, built upon a shared love of sport and a firm belief in the power of equal opportunity.

We’re proud to be the Queensland university leading the way in advancing Paralympic sport by providing the perfect mix of training, research, teaching and engagement opportunities.

Our partnerships

“UniSC has a successful history of supporting Para athletes and teams with industry funded programs for swimming, wheelchair basketball, wheelchair rugby, and Para cycling. QAS has been among the industry partners that have aided the University in the establishment and building of these programs, and it is delighted by the outcomes already achieved. UniSC Para Sport will take these initiatives to a new level by co-locating sports that have similar requirements in terms of catering for athletes with an impairment and ensuring world-class support for the current athletes and teams.”

Cameron Pope
Director
Performance Partnerships
Queensland Academy of Sport (QAS)

Swimming

Swimming Australia partnered with UniSC in 2011 to support nationally categorised Paralympic athletes on the Sunshine Coast. The partnership is funded through Swimming Australia and the Queensland Academy of Sport.


Wheelchair Rugby

Wheelchair Rugby partnered with UniSC in 2018 to support nationally categorised athletes on the Sunshine Coast. This partnership is funded through Paralympics Australia to create an evidence-based training environment, allowing sport science researchers to collect data at training sessions and share it with coaches to inform better performance outcomes for Australian Wheelchair Rugby.


Wheelchair Basketball

Wheelchair Basketball partnered with UniSC in 2020 to support nationally categorised athletes on the Sunshine Coast.


Athletics and cycling

Our High Performance Student Athlete program supports para-athletes in athletics and cycling.


Contact

Mark Sayers
Dr Mark Sayers

Associate Professor, Sports Biomechanics | Director, High Performance Sport | School of Health

[email protected]