Almost a quarter of the Australian swimming team for Tokyo will be made up of Griffith student athletes or Griffith Swim Squad members.

The Australian Boxing team is finalising its preparations at Griffith’s Gold Coast Campus, where the elite athletes have been based for the past couple of months.

A mighty effort from Griffith University’s 2021 rugby sevens secured second place in the final tournament and fourth overall in this year’s 2021 Aon University Sevens series.

Griffith Rugby Sevens coach Moana Virtue said the team learned some valuable lessons after taking fifth place in round one of the National Aon Uni 7s competition.

Olympians Jess Fox and Alyce Wood have a thing or two in common. Both Griffith students are Tokyo-bound, destined to represent Australia at events on the water.

Bachelor of Education student Taylor Smith is juggling a career in the AFLW with her studies at Griffith.

Six athletes associated with Griffith have been selected in the Under 23, Under 21 and Under 19 Australian Rowing Teams to compete at the World Rowing Cup 3 Simulation Regatta in June.

Griffith’s rugby sevens team secured the Queensland regional Aon University Sevens title over the weekend, winning on overall points.

Griffith's 2021 Rugby 7s side has hit the ground running, winning the weekend’s Brisbane tournament to kickstart this year’s AON Uni Sevens competition.

Two stellar up-and-coming Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander sport stars at Griffith have been named the first ever recipients of Ron Clarke Griffith Futures Scholarship.

Griffith University has named the squad for its 2021 AON Uni 7s campaign, with high hopes for a successful season after Covid impacted the interstate rugby sevens competition last year.

Griffith University has inducted its first group of graduates into its Sporting Hall of Fame, recognising the achievements of some of Australia's elite sporting names from the past 30 years.

Soccer star Clare Polkinghorne has won a scholarship to help her juggle elite sporting commitments with criminology studies at Griffith.

Griffith University has paid tribute to international track sprinter Stephanie Morton OAM after she announced her immediate retirement from the sport.

To celebrate Griffith's successful sporting alumni, which include more than 55 Olympians, 10 Paralympians and 60 Commonwealth Games athletes, the University will launch a Sporting Hall of Fame.

Elite athletes will learn from the best about maximising their opportunities in future employment at Griffith Sports College's Graduate Ready Program Live Webinar on Tuesday 15 September.

Graduating Griffith students are celebrating their academic milestone virtually this year as COVID-19 mass gathering restrictions move the ceremonies online.

Griffith has renewed two key community sporting partnerships to ensure grass roots collaborations continue.