What we do
SIS provides high-performance leadership and expertise to sports and athletes throughout Scotland and the UK, responding to the challenging demands of competing on the international stage.
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Funded by the Scottish Government and the National Lottery, we work collaboratively with key British and Scottish partners to make athletes’ dreams come true. Our expert team of staff are dedicated to the goal of delivering results at Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth Games as well as world and continental championships.
We have strong partnerships with UK Sport, the British Olympic and Paralympic Associations, Commonwealth Games Scotland and British and Scottish governing bodies of sport, and we work closely with them on our headline goals:
- To deliver consistent success on the world stage for Scotland and Scottish athletes
- To build a world class high-performance system in Scotland
Sir Chris Hoy, Dame Katherine Grainger and Sir Andy Murray are among the athletes who have been supported by SIS in the past. In 2018, from February to April, our experts are underpinning the efforts of teams competing at three Games: the Winter Olympics and Paralympics in PyeongChang, Korea and the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia.
- On Sport First: Three Games, one goal
Who we are
The institute is led by Mike Whittingham, sportscotland director of high performance, and its network of high-performance managers and specialists are supported by a performance administration team who work out of SIS headquarters in Stirling (see below). A number of performance managers and administrators also work out of our regional bases in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee, Aberdeen and Inverness.
