Michael Milton
.jpg) Michael Milton at the 1988 Winter Paralympics |
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| Full name | Michael John Milton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 September 1973 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory |
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Michael John Milton, OAM (born 21 March 1973, Canberra) is an Australian Winter Paralympic skier and cyclist. He lost a leg to bone cancer when he was nine years old. He grew up into a skiing family, and after losing his leg he was determined to be able to ski again.
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[edit] Personal
Milton is a left leg above the knee amputee, having lost his left when he was nine-years-old as a result of bone cancer. [1]
[edit] Skiiing
I think there's a natural competitive spirit within myself, and perhaps the environment that I grew up in -- learning to live with one left, wanting to be competitive with my able-bodied peers -- really created that mindset…. it's only a leg. The really important things in life are family, friends and having fun. None of those things have anything to do with how many legs you have.
In January 1996, he won a gold, silver and bronze medal at the World Skiing Championships held in Australia.[2]
In 2001, he was inducted into the Australian Institute of Sport 'Best of the Best' [3] .
In April 2005, he was the first person with a disability to break the 200 kilometres per hour mark with a speed of 210.4 km/h. He then aimed to beat the Australian open record of 212.26 km/h, set in 1997 by able-bodied athlete Nick Kirshner.[4]
On 12 July 2007, it was announced on Sports Tonight that Michael has been diagnosed with oesophagal cancer. He had a six centimetre tumour removed from his throat and is now in remission. Less than a year later, he was selected for the Beijing Paralympics, his first Summer Paralympics, as a cyclist.[5]
Milton is the fastest Australian skier. His top downhill speed is 213 km/h (132 mph).[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Roberts, Michael, ed. (2008). Great Australian Sporting Moments. Melbourne, Victoria: The Miegunyah Press. p. 138. ISBN 9780522855470.
- ^ Australian Paralympic Federation (1997). "1996 - Highlights of the Year in Review". Australian Paralympic Federation Annual Report (Australia: Australian Paralympic Federation): 8.
- ^ Australian Institute of Sport 'Best of the Best' </
- ^ "Michael Milton - is there anything this man can't do?" - Australian Alpine News, Early Season 2006.
- ^ "Ski Star Milton to cycle in Beijing". The Age. http://news.theage.com.au/sport/ski-star-milton-to-cycle-in-beijing-20080606-2mnj.html. Retrieved 2008-06-07.
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- Australian cyclists
- Australian Institute of Sport alumni
- Sportspeople of multiple sports
- Laureus World Sports Awards winners
- Australian amputees
- Paralympic alpine skiers of Australia
- Paralympic cyclists of Australia
- Alpine skiers at the 1988 Winter Paralympics
- Alpine skiers at the 1992 Winter Paralympics
- Alpine skiers at the 1994 Winter Paralympics
- Alpine skiers at the 2002 Winter Paralympics
- Alpine skiers at the 2006 Winter Paralympics
- Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic gold medalists for Australia
- Paralympic silver medalists for Australia
- Paralympic bronze medalists for Australia
- 1973 births
- Living people
- People from Canberra
- Sportsmen from the Australian Capital Territory
