Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016 - UQ experts available for media

The University of Queensland has a list of experts available for comment on issues relating to the Olympic Games Rio 2016. History and societal context of the Olympic Games/Performance enhancing drugs - Dr Ian Jobling, i.jobling [a] uq.edu (p) au , 0417 192 531. Dr Jobling is the Director of UQ's Centre for Olympic Studies and has a wide breadth of knowledge and photos pertaining to past Olympic Games. He was recently awarded by the International Society of Olympic Historians for his article on the history of homosexuality at the Olympic Games. He also specialises in attitudes to performance enhancing drugs, the impact of the Melbourne 1956 Olympic Games, the rise of female participation and Australian IOC members. Dr Gary Osmond, g.osmond [a] uq.edu (p) au , 07 3346 7591. Dr Osmond is another award-winning historian who has a particular focus on race, culture and the societal impact of sport, in particular pertaining to Indigenous Australians.