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'''Catapult Sports''', or Catapult, is a privately held athlete analytics company that engineers wearable technology for elite sports. The company is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, with offices in London and [[Dallas]].
'''Catapult Sports''', or Catapult, is a public athlete analytics company that engineers wearable technology for elite sports. The company is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, with offices in Leeds and Chicago.


Catapult is the largest supplier of athlete tracking monitors in elite sport,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2014/05/24/sports-wearables-are-wave-future/4gwNDNBYxPCEkD4h9yYf8K/story.html |title=Sports wearables are the wave of the future - Sports |publisher=The Boston Globe |date=2014-05-25 |accessdate=2014-06-24}}</ref> with over 350 elite teams worldwide<ref>{{cite web|author=Nate Cochrane |url=http://www.brw.com.au/p/tech-gadgets/catapult_sports_series_google_analytics_o9PQwXU9fINahIsJdt5S2H |title=Catapult Sports is ‘Google analytics for athletes’: wearable technology start-up series |publisher=Brw.com.au |date= |accessdate=2014-06-24}}</ref> using the technology to assess athlete risk, readiness and return to play.
Catapult is one of the largest suppliers of athlete tracking monitors in elite sport,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2014/05/24/sports-wearables-are-wave-future/4gwNDNBYxPCEkD4h9yYf8K/story.html |title=Sports wearables are the wave of the future - Sports |publisher=The Boston Globe |date=2014-05-25 |accessdate=2014-06-24}}</ref> with over 500 elite teams worldwide<ref>{{cite web|author=Nate Cochrane |url=http://www.brw.com.au/p/tech-gadgets/catapult_sports_series_google_analytics_o9PQwXU9fINahIsJdt5S2H |title=Catapult Sports is ‘Google analytics for athletes’: wearable technology start-up series |publisher=Brw.com.au |date= |accessdate=2014-06-24}}</ref> using the technology to assess athlete risk, readiness and return to play.


== Products ==
Its marquee product is the OptimEye S5,<ref>{{cite web|author=Chris Pash Nov 14, 2013, 11:49 AM Bookmark |url=http://www.businessinsider.com.au/first-photo-see-the-tracking-device-thats-changing-the-world-of-professional-athletics-2013-11 |title=FIRST PHOTO: See The Tracking Device That's Changing The World Of Professional Athletics |publisher=Business Insider |date=2013-11-14 |accessdate=2014-06-24}}</ref> a [[GNSS]]-enabled monitor that accesses both [[GPS]] and [[GLONASS]] satellites, but also a ClearSky local positioning system that was developed in conjunction with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation ([[CSIRO]]), which won the 2013 Australian Engineering Excellence Award.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.engineersaustralia.org.au/news/innovative-engineers-awarded-top-honours |title=Innovative Engineers Awarded with Top Honours |publisher=Engineers Australia |date= |accessdate=2014-06-24}}</ref>
Its marquee product is the OptimEye S5,<ref>{{cite web|author=Chris Pash Nov 14, 2013, 11:49 AM Bookmark |url=http://www.businessinsider.com.au/first-photo-see-the-tracking-device-thats-changing-the-world-of-professional-athletics-2013-11 |title=FIRST PHOTO: See The Tracking Device That's Changing The World Of Professional Athletics |publisher=Business Insider |date=2013-11-14 |accessdate=2014-06-24}}</ref> a [[GNSS]]-enabled monitor that accesses both [[GPS]] and [[GLONASS]] satellites, but also a ClearSky local positioning system that was developed in conjunction with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation ([[CSIRO]]), which won the 2013 Australian Engineering Excellence Award.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.engineersaustralia.org.au/news/innovative-engineers-awarded-top-honours |title=Innovative Engineers Awarded with Top Honours |publisher=Engineers Australia |date= |accessdate=2014-06-24}}</ref>
Catapult also invented the world's first goalkeeper monitor that quantifies dives (direction and intensity), jumps, accelerations, decelerations, changes of direction, repeat high intensity efforts, and time to recovery.
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wired.com/2014/09/recording-the-frenzy-of-soccer-goalkeeping-1000-times-a-second|title=Recording the Fenzy of Soccer Goalkeeping 1000 Times a Second |publisher=Wired |date=2014-09-02 |accessdate=2014-09-02}}</ref>


== History ==
The company was founded by two engineers, Shaun Holthouse and Igor van de Griendt,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/2013/05/08/aussie-tech-catapult-gps/ |title=The Australian Tech That's Improving The World's Best Athletes |publisher=Forbes |date= |accessdate=2014-06-24}}</ref> who were working with the Cooperative Research Centres (CRC) during a project with the [[Australian Institute of Sport]] (AIS) in 2001. The AIS were looking to use microtechnology to replace laboratory-based performance testing as athletes were not exerting themselves in the same way as they do in competition.
The company was founded by two engineers, Shaun Holthouse and Igor van de Griendt,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/2013/05/08/aussie-tech-catapult-gps/ |title=The Australian Tech That's Improving The World's Best Athletes |publisher=Forbes |date= |accessdate=2014-06-24}}</ref> who were working with the Cooperative Research Centres (CRC) during a project with the [[Australian Institute of Sport]] (AIS) in 2001. The AIS were looking to use microtechnology to replace laboratory-based performance testing as athletes were not exerting themselves in the same way as they do in competition.

Catapult was commercialised in 2006 and now has nine patents in the field of athlete tracking.
Catapult was commercialised in 2006 and now has nine patents in the field of athlete tracking.

== Clients ==
Catapult is currently reported to be represented in over 35 countries, in 35 different sports and has over 500 clients. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sporttechie.com/2014/11/20/catapult-sports-is-a-pioneer-in-the-sports-technology-industry/|title= Catapult Sports is a Pioneer in the Sports Technology Industry|publisher=Sport Techie |date=2014-07-07 | date=2014-11-20 | |accessdate=2015-04-20}}</ref>

* 17 [[National_Football_League|NFL]] teams
* 13 [[National_Basketball_Association|NBA]] teams
* 7 [[Premier_League|EPL]] teams
* All [[Australian_Football_League|AFL]] and [[National_Rugby_League|NRL]] teams
* Over 30 [[National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association|NCAA]] teams

== Awards ==
Catapult was named twelfth on [http://www.fastcompany.com/section/most-innovative-companies-2015 Fast Company's] 2015 list of 50 Most Innovative Companies. They also came first in the Big Data and Fitness categories. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fastcompany.com/section/most-innovative-companies-2015|title= The World's 50 Most Innovative Companies |publisher=Fast Company Magazine |accessdate=2015-04-20}}</ref>
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In September 2013, Catapult along with CSIRO, won the Engineering Australia President's Award, recognised for its revolutionary technology that is able to eliminate current limitations in GPS poor environments in order to track elite athletes; fulfilling a growing need by coaches and broadcast media for accurate results.
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.engineersaustralia.org.au/news/innovative-engineers-awarded-top-honours|title= Innovative Engineers Awarded with Top Honours |publisher= Engineers Australia |accessdate=2015-04-20}}</ref>

== GPSports ==

In 2014 Catapult acquired the sports technology company GPSports. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/business/breaking-news/catapult-sports-buys-gpsports-ahead-of-us-expansion/story-fnn9c0hb-1226976370830|title= Catapult Sports Buys GPSports Ahead of US Expansion |publisher=Herald Sun |date=2014-07-07 | accessdate=2015-04-20}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 22:12, 20 April 2015

Catapult Sports
Catapult Group International LTD
Company typePublic
ASX: CAT
IndustrySport, Technology
FounderShaun Holthouse
Igor van de Griendt
Headquarters
Melbourne
,
Australia
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Shaun Holthouse (Founder, CEO)
Igor van de Griendt (Founder, CTO)
Adir Shiffman (Chairman)
Brian Kopp (President, North America)
Barry McNeill (CEO, Europe, Middle East, Africa)
Websitecatapultsports.com

Catapult Sports, or Catapult, is a public athlete analytics company that engineers wearable technology for elite sports. The company is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, with offices in Leeds and Chicago.

Catapult is one of the largest suppliers of athlete tracking monitors in elite sport,[1] with over 500 elite teams worldwide[2] using the technology to assess athlete risk, readiness and return to play.

Products

Its marquee product is the OptimEye S5,[3] a GNSS-enabled monitor that accesses both GPS and GLONASS satellites, but also a ClearSky local positioning system that was developed in conjunction with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), which won the 2013 Australian Engineering Excellence Award.[4] Catapult also invented the world's first goalkeeper monitor that quantifies dives (direction and intensity), jumps, accelerations, decelerations, changes of direction, repeat high intensity efforts, and time to recovery. [5]

History

The company was founded by two engineers, Shaun Holthouse and Igor van de Griendt,[6] who were working with the Cooperative Research Centres (CRC) during a project with the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) in 2001. The AIS were looking to use microtechnology to replace laboratory-based performance testing as athletes were not exerting themselves in the same way as they do in competition. Catapult was commercialised in 2006 and now has nine patents in the field of athlete tracking.

Clients

Catapult is currently reported to be represented in over 35 countries, in 35 different sports and has over 500 clients. [7]

Awards

Catapult was named twelfth on Fast Company's 2015 list of 50 Most Innovative Companies. They also came first in the Big Data and Fitness categories. [8]
In September 2013, Catapult along with CSIRO, won the Engineering Australia President's Award, recognised for its revolutionary technology that is able to eliminate current limitations in GPS poor environments in order to track elite athletes; fulfilling a growing need by coaches and broadcast media for accurate results. [9]

GPSports

In 2014 Catapult acquired the sports technology company GPSports. [10]

References

  1. ^ "Sports wearables are the wave of the future - Sports". The Boston Globe. 2014-05-25. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
  2. ^ Nate Cochrane. "Catapult Sports is 'Google analytics for athletes': wearable technology start-up series". Brw.com.au. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
  3. ^ Chris Pash Nov 14, 2013, 11:49 AM Bookmark (2013-11-14). "FIRST PHOTO: See The Tracking Device That's Changing The World Of Professional Athletics". Business Insider. Retrieved 2014-06-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "Innovative Engineers Awarded with Top Honours". Engineers Australia. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
  5. ^ "Recording the Fenzy of Soccer Goalkeeping 1000 Times a Second". Wired. 2014-09-02. Retrieved 2014-09-02.
  6. ^ "The Australian Tech That's Improving The World's Best Athletes". Forbes. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
  7. ^ "Catapult Sports is a Pioneer in the Sports Technology Industry". Sport Techie. 2014-11-20. Retrieved 2015-04-20. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  8. ^ "The World's 50 Most Innovative Companies". Fast Company Magazine. Retrieved 2015-04-20.
  9. ^ "Innovative Engineers Awarded with Top Honours". Engineers Australia. Retrieved 2015-04-20.
  10. ^ "Catapult Sports Buys GPSports Ahead of US Expansion". Herald Sun. 2014-07-07. Retrieved 2015-04-20.
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