Jason Hellwig

Personal

Hellwig was born on 27 September 1971 in Darwin, Northern Territory. He grew up in Darwin and attended Casuarina Secondary College from 1985 to 1988. In 2002, he completed a Master of Business Administration at the University of Ballarat.

Sport Administration

Hellwig's full-time sport administration career commenced in 1993 with his appointment as General Manager of Northern Territory Athletics. In 1995, he was appointed Development Officer with Athletics Australia. Other positions held at Athletics Australia included Development Manager and General Manager. Whilst at Athletics Australia he assisted in the improving the awareness and profile of elite athletes with a disability. From 2002 to 2003, he was an Australian Paralympic Committee Board Director. In 2003, he joined the Australian Paralympic Committee as the Director of Sport. This position was responsible for developing high performance sport programs. In January 2010, Hellwig replaced Miles Murphy as Australian Paralympic Committee Chief Executive Officer. . APC President Greg Hartung stated that "Since joining the APC, Jason has managed our sport operations to help ensure Australia has maintained a position within the world’s top five nations at Paralympic Summer Games and top 10 at Paralympic Winter Games. He was appointed Australian Team Chef de Mission for the 2012 Summer Paralympics. The Australian team finished fifth in the medal tally and had its best result since the 2000 Sydney Games winning 31 gold medals and medals in nine sports.

He has attended the following Summer Paralympics as an administrator - 2000 Athletics Manager; 2004 - Director of Operations; 2008 - General Manager; 2012 - Chef de Mission

Hellwig stepped down from CEO of the APC in March 2015.

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