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Sydney Olympic Park

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The Sprinter

Location: In front of the Athletic Centre near the intersection of Dawn Fraser Avenue and Edwin Flack Avenue
Description: Large metallic figure of a sprinter
Artist/Designer: Dominique Sutton (Artist), Tonkin Zulaikha Greer (Support Structure Architects), Winton Associates (Project Managers)
Commissioned by: AMP and Olympic Coordination Authority
Installed: 1998 ( On top of AMP Tower, Sydney)
Relocated : 2002 (Sydney Olympic Park)

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To celebrate the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, AMP commissioned Sydney sculptor Dominique Sutton to design three figures representing the Olympic and Paralympic ideals. The three figures depicting a gymnast, a Paralympic basketballer and a sprinter were airlifted and installed atop the AMP Tower in July 1998, becoming a focal point of celebrations in the lead up to and during the games.

One of the figures, The Sprinter, has been permanently relocated at Sydney Olympic Park. In its new location, viewers are offered a much closer vantage point than was possible when the sculpture was perched in its original site more than 300 metres above ground.

The Sprinter weighs 3.5 tonnes and is an impressive 12 metre high three dimensional steel rendition of an elite athlete. Captured at the instant of maximum speed, it is an iconic image of movement. AMP has generously bequeathed The Sprinter to Sydney Olympic Park. AMP donated the other two sculptures - a gymnast and a Paralympic basketballer  - to the Australian Institute of Sport, Canberra.

For more information on the Gymnast and the Paralympic Basketballer visit the AMP Tower Works page.