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'''Melissa Perrine''' (born 21 February 1988) is a [[B2 (classification)|B2 classified]] visually impaired [[para-alpine skiing|para-alpine skier]] from Australia. Since 2009, she has used [[Andy Bor]] as her guide. She competed at the [[2010 Winter Paralympics]] and [[2014 Winter Paralympics]] in the Downhill, |
'''Melissa Perrine''' (born 21 February 1988) is a [[B2 (classification)|B2 classified]] visually impaired [[para-alpine skiing|para-alpine skier]] from Australia. Since 2009, she has used [[Andy Bor]] as her guide. She competed at the [[2010 Winter Paralympics]] and [[2014 Winter Paralympics]] in the [Downhill skiing|Downhill]], [[super-G]], [[super combined]], [[slalom]] and [[giant slalom]] events where she did not medal. <ref name=australian>{{cite news|last=McDonald|first=Margie|title=Paralympians put energy into alpine skiing for Sochi|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/sochi-winter-games/paralympians-put-energy-into-alpine-skiing-for-sochi/story-fnl6xsc2-1226817674695|accessdate=10 February 2014|newspaper=The Australian|date=4 February 2014}}</ref> |
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==Personal== |
==Personal== |
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Perrine was born on 21 February 1988<ref name=abcprofile>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/paralympics/2010/profiles/perrine.htm |title=2010 Vancouver Paralympics Games – Melissa Perrine |publisher=ABC |year=2010 |location=Australia |accessdate=24 October 2012}}</ref> and is from [[Welby, New South Wales]].<ref name=newspaper12/><ref name=katelellis>{{cite web|url=http://www.health.gov.au/internet/ministers/publishing.nsf/Content/6B9704860CA28FAACA2576E3001850C2/$File/ke014.pdf|accessdate=24 October 2012|location=Australia|date=11 March 2010|first=Kate|last=Ellis|title=Winter Paralympians to inspire a nation|page=3}}</ref> |
Perrine was born on 21 February 1988,<ref name=abcprofile>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/paralympics/2010/profiles/perrine.htm |title=2010 Vancouver Paralympics Games – Melissa Perrine |publisher=ABC |year=2010 |location=Australia |accessdate=24 October 2012}}</ref> and is from [[Welby, New South Wales]].<ref name=newspaper12/><ref name=katelellis>{{cite web|url=http://www.health.gov.au/internet/ministers/publishing.nsf/Content/6B9704860CA28FAACA2576E3001850C2/$File/ke014.pdf|accessdate=24 October 2012|location=Australia|date=11 March 2010|first=Kate|last=Ellis|title=Winter Paralympians to inspire a nation|page=3}}</ref> In 2007, the [[Wingecarribee]] Council area named her their Young Australian of the Year.<ref name=apcprofile>{{cite web|url=http://vancouver2010.paralympic.org.au/team/melissa-perrine |location=Australia |title=Melissa Perrine | Vancouver 2010 |publisher=Australian Paralympic Committee |year=2010 |accessdate=24 October 2012}}</ref> She was a student in 2010.<ref name=newspaper12/> She was featured on the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]'s ''X Paralympic Games'' in March 2010.<ref name=newspaper12>{{Cite news|accessdate=22 October 2012|title=Critic's view Saturday, March 20|newspaper=The Age|location=Melbourne, Australia|date=18 March 2010|first=Conrad|last=Walters|page=32|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AUNB:ASAB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=12E83CA4D9D812D8&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1053B823C33F21F9}}</ref> |
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Perrine has a vision impairment, with her eyesight slowly deteriorating since she was very young.<ref name=australian1>{{cite news|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/melissa-perrine-undeterred-by-fractured-build-up-to-vancouver-games/story-e6frg7mf-1225839769573 |title=Melissa Perrine undeterred by fractured build up to Vancouver Games |publisher=The Australian |location=Australia |year=2010 |accessdate=24 October 2012}}</ref> |
Perrine has a vision impairment, with her eyesight slowly deteriorating since she was very young.<ref name=australian1>{{cite news|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/melissa-perrine-undeterred-by-fractured-build-up-to-vancouver-games/story-e6frg7mf-1225839769573 |title=Melissa Perrine undeterred by fractured build up to Vancouver Games |publisher=The Australian |location=Australia |year=2010 |accessdate=24 October 2012}}</ref> Her vision is limited to blurry shapes and colours.<ref name=wintergames2/> |
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==Skiing== |
==Skiing== |
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[[File:Melissa Perrine interview.ogg|thumb|right|float|Melissa Perrine interview conducted for Wikinews]] |
[[File:Melissa Perrine interview.ogg|thumb|right|float|Melissa Perrine interview conducted for Wikinews]] |
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[[File:Sochi2014 D1 DH M Perrine 01.JPG|300px|thumb|left|float|Melissa Perrine and her guide Andy Bor in the Women's Downhill at the 2014 Winter Paralympics]] |
[[File:Sochi2014 D1 DH M Perrine 01.JPG|300px|thumb|left|float|Melissa Perrine and her guide Andy Bor in the Women's Downhill at the 2014 Winter Paralympics]] |
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Perrine is a [[B2 (classification)|B2 classified visually impaired]] skier |
Perrine is a [[B2 (classification)|B2 classified visually impaired]] skier.<ref name=australian1/><ref name=newspaper8>{{Cite news|accessdate=22 October 2012|title=AAP News: PARA: Rahles-Rahbula claims "miracle" second bronze|agency=AAP News |location=Australia|date=21 March 2010|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AUNB:WAAP&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=12E96A02D8DFE798&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1053B823C33F21F9}}</ref> She gets direction on the course from a guide who uses a microphone and speakers to communicate with her on the course.<ref name=australian1/> She first skied with her guide [[Andy Bor]] in 2009 in competition at the IPC North America Cup in Colorado, where she finished second in the [[super-G]].<ref name=abcprofile/> She was officially named to the Australian 2010 Winter Paralympics team in November 2009.<ref name=officiallynamed>{{cite news|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/paralympic-team-for-vancover-sprinkled-with-experience/story-e6frg7mf-1225803724024 |title=Paralympic Team for Vancouver sprinkled with experience |publisher=The Australian |location=Australia |year=2009 |accessdate=24 October 2012}}</ref> Alongside [[Jessica Gallagher]], she was one of two women named to the team. It was the only the second time Australia sent women to the Winter Paralympics.<ref name=officiallynamed/> A ceremony was held in Canberra with [[Australian Paralympic Committee]] president [[Greg Hartung]] and [[Minister for Sport (Australia)|Minister for Sport]] [[Kate Ellis]] making the announcement.<ref name=makeannouncemnetellis>{{cite web|last=Browning |first=Jennifer |url=http://www.abc.net.au/sport/stories/2009/11/25/2753734.htm |title=Winter Paralympics team biggest yet |publisher=ABC Grandstand Sport |date=25 November 2009 |accessdate=24 October 2012 |location=Australia}}</ref> |
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At a 2010 World Cup event in Italy ahead of the Paralympics, Perrine fractured |
At a 2010 World Cup event in Italy ahead of the Paralympics, Perrine fractured the [[ischium]] bone in her hip as a result of a fall. She returned to Australia where she was treated at the [[NSW Institute of Sport]] by chief physiotherapist Corey Cunningham.<ref name=australian1/> She returned to the slopes by the end of the 2009/2010 skiing season where she competed in the 2010 World Cup in Aspen, Colorado. She earned a silver medal and a pair of bronze medals at the event.<ref name=australian1/> |
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Perrine and the rest of Australia's para-alpine team arrived in the Paralympic village on 9 March 2010 for the [[2010 Winter Paralympics]].<ref name=arrivedvillage>{{cite news|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-assault-on-paralympics-takes-shape-in-vancouver/story-fn4vwn8v-1225838309977 |title=Australian assault on Paralympics takes shape in Vancouver |first=Margie |last=McDonald |location=Australia |newspaper=The Australian |date=8 March 2010 |accessdate=24 October 2012}}</ref> While at the Games, she competed in the |
Perrine and the rest of Australia's para-alpine team arrived in the Paralympic village on 9 March 2010 for the [[2010 Winter Paralympics]].<ref name=arrivedvillage>{{cite news|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-assault-on-paralympics-takes-shape-in-vancouver/story-fn4vwn8v-1225838309977 |title=Australian assault on Paralympics takes shape in Vancouver |first=Margie |last=McDonald |location=Australia |newspaper=The Australian |date=8 March 2010 |accessdate=24 October 2012}}</ref> While at the Games, she competed in the [Downhill skiing|Downhill]], super-G, [[super combined]] and [[giant slalom]] events.<ref name=apcprofile/><ref name=newspaper2>{{Cite news|title=A battle against bugs and breaks|newspaper=The Courier Mail|location=Brisbane, Australia|date=18 March 2010|accessdate=22 October 2012|first=Amanda|last=Lulham|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AUNB:ACMB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=12E833A566DCB330&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1053B823C33F21F9|page=79}}</ref> She finished seventh in the visually impaired super-G,<ref name=newspaper6>{{Cite news|accessdate=22 October 2012|title=WEEKEND SCOREBOARD|newspaper=The Australian|location=Australia|date=22 March 2010|page=40|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AUNB:AUSB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=12E98D5A34AEDCB8&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1053B823C33F21F9}}</ref> approximately 12.54 seconds behind gold medal winning Slovak skier [[Henrieta Farkasova]]. Her poor performance was because she was not following her guide like she should have,<ref name=slovaksite>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-03-20/aussies-off-the-pace-in-super-g/372080 |title=Aussies off the pace in super-G |publisher=ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) |date=20 March 2010 |accessdate=24 October 2012}}</ref> She did not finish in the super combined.<ref name=newspaper6/> Following her first run in the giant slalom, she was in sixth place, but she did not finish her second run and did not place.<ref name=sixthplace>{{cite web|url=http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=1028229 |title=Aussies struggle in fog at Creekside |publisher=Nine MSN |location=Australia |year=2010 |accessdate=22 October 2012}}</ref> She and Bor finished fifth in the {{convert|2139|m}} long downhill course.<ref name=anothersoourceonlegs>{{cite news|publisher=The Australian|location=Australia|accessdate=24 October 2012|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/twist-of-fake-legs-brings-silver/story-e6frg7mf-1225843021276|title=Twist of fake legs brings silver|date=20 March 2012|first=Margie|last=McDonald}}</ref> |
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At the 2011 IPC World Championship, with Bor as her guide, Perrine won a silver in the vision-impaired downhill event, the first one ever earned by an Australian woman at the event.<ref name=guidedbor>{{cite web|url=http://www.insidethegames.biz/insideparasport/109132-fearless-perrine-creates-skiing-history-for-australia |title=Fearless Perrine creates skiing history for Australia |publisher=insidethegames.biz |date=18 January 2011 |accessdate=24 October 2012}}</ref><ref name=soconfused>{{cite news|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/melissa-perrine-breaks-through-in-world-alpine-championships/story-e6frg7mf-1225989576826 |title=Melissa Perrine breaks through in World Alpine Championships |publisher=The Australian |location=Australia |date=January 2011 |accessdate=24 October 2012}}</ref><ref name=anualreport20108>{{cite web|url=http://www.disabledwintersport.com.au/userfiles/files/2009_10_DWA_Annual_Report%281%29.pdf|publisher=Disabled Wintersport Australia|title=Disabled Wintersport Australia 2010 Annual Report|accessdate=24 October 2012|location=Australia|year=2010|page=8}}</ref> She also earned a pair of bronze medals in the women’s vision impaired Super Combined and |
At the 2011 [[IPC World Championship]], with Bor as her guide, Perrine won a silver in the vision-impaired downhill event, the first one ever earned by an Australian woman at the event.<ref name=guidedbor>{{cite web|url=http://www.insidethegames.biz/insideparasport/109132-fearless-perrine-creates-skiing-history-for-australia |title=Fearless Perrine creates skiing history for Australia |publisher=insidethegames.biz |date=18 January 2011 |accessdate=24 October 2012}}</ref><ref name=soconfused>{{cite news|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/melissa-perrine-breaks-through-in-world-alpine-championships/story-e6frg7mf-1225989576826 |title=Melissa Perrine breaks through in World Alpine Championships |publisher=The Australian |location=Australia |date=January 2011 |accessdate=24 October 2012}}</ref><ref name=anualreport20108>{{cite web|url=http://www.disabledwintersport.com.au/userfiles/files/2009_10_DWA_Annual_Report%281%29.pdf|publisher=Disabled Wintersport Australia|title=Disabled Wintersport Australia 2010 Annual Report|accessdate=24 October 2012|location=Australia|year=2010|page=8}}</ref> She also earned a pair of bronze medals in the women’s vision impaired Super Combined and super-G events.<ref name=anualreport20108/> At an August 2011 competition in [[Mt Hutt]], New Zealand, she finished first in the women's super G visually impaired event.<ref name=newslezealandeh>{{cite web|url=http://www.voxy.co.nz/sport/super-g-adaptive-race-thrills-spectators/5/99629 |title=Super G adaptive race thrills spectators |publisher=Voxy.co.nz |date=27 August 2011 |accessdate=24 October 2012}}</ref> At the Winter Games IPC event at Coronet Peak that same month, she and Bor finished first in the women's slalom visually impaired event with a time of 1:58.63, about 50 seconds faster than the event's silver medalist [[Jae Rim Yang]] skier with [[Ko Woon Chung]] as guide.<ref name=wintergames2>{{cite web|url=http://www.odt.co.nz/sport/skiing/175033/skiing-extreme-success-hall |title=Skiing: Extreme success for Hall |publisher=Otago Daily Times |location=Dunedin |date=26 August 2011 |accessdate=24 October 2012}}</ref><ref name=secondplacer>{{cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/sport/5510114/Kiwi-Adam-Hall-races-to-gold-medal-glory |title=Kiwi Adam Hall races to gold medal glory |publisher=Stuff.co.nz |date=August 2011 |location=New Zealand |accessdate=24 October 2012}}</ref><ref name=thirdthingy>{{cite web|url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SP1108/S00046/adam-hall-wins-slalom-gold-for-new-zealand.htm |title=Adam Hall Wins Slalom Gold for New Zealand |publisher=Scoop News |date=25 August 2011 |location=New Zealand |accessdate=24 October 2012}}</ref> |
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At the 2012 World Cup event in Italy, |
At the 2012 World Cup event in Italy, Perrine finished third in the slalom while skiing with Bor. For her two runs, she had a combined time of 2:11.03, less than a second behind silver medallist [[Danielle Umstead]].<ref name=mitchapc>{{cite web|url=http://www.paralympic.org.au/news/podium-kane-spain |title=Podium for Kane in Spain |location=Australia |publisher=Australian Paralympic Committee |date= |accessdate=24 October 2012}}</ref> She won a silver medal in the giant slalom, with a combined run time of 2:28.13, ten seconds behind the gold medallist.<ref name=ipcgold>{{cite web|url=http://www.paralympic.org.au/news/gourley-wins-first-gold-slopes |title=Gourley wins first gold on the slopes |location=Australia |publisher=Australian Paralympic Committee |date=3 February 2012 |accessdate=24 October 2012}}</ref> |
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At the [[2014 Winter Paralympics]], |
At the [[2014 Winter Paralympics]] in [[Sochi]], Perrine competed in five events. She finished 4th in the women's downhill visually impaired and did not finish in three events.<ref name=results>{{cite web|title=Sochi 2014 Latest Results|url=http://www.paralympic.org.au/sochi-2014/latest-results/latest-results|work=Australian Paralympic Committee|accessdate=17 March 2014}}</ref> She was disqualified after the slalom leg of the Women's Super Combined for wearing a visor, which was taped to her helmet, to keep rain from her goggles. This was a breach of the IPC Alpine Skiing rules. [[Jason Hellwig]], CEO of the Australian Paralympic Committee described it as "mindnumbingly-dumb mistake" as it was not picked up by relevant team officials. He indicated it was an honest mistake and there was no intention to cheat. <ref name=theage>{{cite news|last=Paxinos|first=Stathi|title=Sochi Winter Paralympics: Australian team owns up to 'dumb' mistake|url=http://www.theage.com.au/sport/winter-olympics/sochi-winter-paralympics-australian-team-owns-up-to-dumb-mistake-20140312-hvhmi.html?skin=text-only|accessdate=12 March 2014|newspaper=The Age|date=12 March 2014}}</ref> |
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| Paralympic finals | 2010 Winter Paralympics | |||||||||||||||||
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Melissa Perrine (born 21 February 1988) is a B2 classified visually impaired para-alpine skier from Australia. Since 2009, she has used Andy Bor as her guide. She competed at the 2010 Winter Paralympics and 2014 Winter Paralympics in the [Downhill skiing|Downhill]], super-G, super combined, slalom and giant slalom events where she did not medal. [1]
Personal
Perrine was born on 21 February 1988,[2] and is from Welby, New South Wales.[3][4] In 2007, the Wingecarribee Council area named her their Young Australian of the Year.[5] She was a student in 2010.[3] She was featured on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's X Paralympic Games in March 2010.[3]
Perrine has a vision impairment, with her eyesight slowly deteriorating since she was very young.[6] Her vision is limited to blurry shapes and colours.[7]
Skiing
Perrine is a B2 classified visually impaired skier.[6][8] She gets direction on the course from a guide who uses a microphone and speakers to communicate with her on the course.[6] She first skied with her guide Andy Bor in 2009 in competition at the IPC North America Cup in Colorado, where she finished second in the super-G.[2] She was officially named to the Australian 2010 Winter Paralympics team in November 2009.[9] Alongside Jessica Gallagher, she was one of two women named to the team. It was the only the second time Australia sent women to the Winter Paralympics.[9] A ceremony was held in Canberra with Australian Paralympic Committee president Greg Hartung and Minister for Sport Kate Ellis making the announcement.[10]
At a 2010 World Cup event in Italy ahead of the Paralympics, Perrine fractured the ischium bone in her hip as a result of a fall. She returned to Australia where she was treated at the NSW Institute of Sport by chief physiotherapist Corey Cunningham.[6] She returned to the slopes by the end of the 2009/2010 skiing season where she competed in the 2010 World Cup in Aspen, Colorado. She earned a silver medal and a pair of bronze medals at the event.[6]
Perrine and the rest of Australia's para-alpine team arrived in the Paralympic village on 9 March 2010 for the 2010 Winter Paralympics.[11] While at the Games, she competed in the [Downhill skiing|Downhill]], super-G, super combined and giant slalom events.[5][12] She finished seventh in the visually impaired super-G,[13] approximately 12.54 seconds behind gold medal winning Slovak skier Henrieta Farkasova. Her poor performance was because she was not following her guide like she should have,[14] She did not finish in the super combined.[13] Following her first run in the giant slalom, she was in sixth place, but she did not finish her second run and did not place.[15] She and Bor finished fifth in the 2,139 metres (7,018 ft) long downhill course.[16]
At the 2011 IPC World Championship, with Bor as her guide, Perrine won a silver in the vision-impaired downhill event, the first one ever earned by an Australian woman at the event.[17][18][19] She also earned a pair of bronze medals in the women’s vision impaired Super Combined and super-G events.[19] At an August 2011 competition in Mt Hutt, New Zealand, she finished first in the women's super G visually impaired event.[20] At the Winter Games IPC event at Coronet Peak that same month, she and Bor finished first in the women's slalom visually impaired event with a time of 1:58.63, about 50 seconds faster than the event's silver medalist Jae Rim Yang skier with Ko Woon Chung as guide.[7][21][22]
At the 2012 World Cup event in Italy, Perrine finished third in the slalom while skiing with Bor. For her two runs, she had a combined time of 2:11.03, less than a second behind silver medallist Danielle Umstead.[23] She won a silver medal in the giant slalom, with a combined run time of 2:28.13, ten seconds behind the gold medallist.[24]
At the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Perrine competed in five events. She finished 4th in the women's downhill visually impaired and did not finish in three events.[25] She was disqualified after the slalom leg of the Women's Super Combined for wearing a visor, which was taped to her helmet, to keep rain from her goggles. This was a breach of the IPC Alpine Skiing rules. Jason Hellwig, CEO of the Australian Paralympic Committee described it as "mindnumbingly-dumb mistake" as it was not picked up by relevant team officials. He indicated it was an honest mistake and there was no intention to cheat. [26]
References
- ^ McDonald, Margie (4 February 2014). "Paralympians put energy into alpine skiing for Sochi". The Australian. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
- ^ a b "2010 Vancouver Paralympics Games – Melissa Perrine". Australia: ABC. 2010. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
- ^ a b c Walters, Conrad (18 March 2010). "Critic's view Saturday, March 20". The Age. Melbourne, Australia. p. 32. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
- ^ Ellis, Kate (11 March 2010). "Winter Paralympians to inspire a nation" (PDF). Australia. p. 3. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
- ^ a b "Melissa Perrine | Vancouver 2010". Australia: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2010. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
- ^ a b c d e "Melissa Perrine undeterred by fractured build up to Vancouver Games". Australia: The Australian. 2010. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
- ^ a b "Skiing: Extreme success for Hall". Dunedin: Otago Daily Times. 26 August 2011. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
- ^ "AAP News: PARA: Rahles-Rahbula claims "miracle" second bronze". Australia. AAP News. 21 March 2010. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
- ^ a b "Paralympic Team for Vancouver sprinkled with experience". Australia: The Australian. 2009. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
- ^ Browning, Jennifer (25 November 2009). "Winter Paralympics team biggest yet". Australia: ABC Grandstand Sport. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
- ^ McDonald, Margie (8 March 2010). "Australian assault on Paralympics takes shape in Vancouver". The Australian. Australia. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
- ^ Lulham, Amanda (18 March 2010). "A battle against bugs and breaks". The Courier Mail. Brisbane, Australia. p. 79. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
- ^ a b "WEEKEND SCOREBOARD". The Australian. Australia. 22 March 2010. p. 40. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
- ^ "Aussies off the pace in super-G". ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). 20 March 2010. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
- ^ "Aussies struggle in fog at Creekside". Australia: Nine MSN. 2010. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
- ^ McDonald, Margie (20 March 2012). "Twist of fake legs brings silver". Australia: The Australian. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
- ^ "Fearless Perrine creates skiing history for Australia". insidethegames.biz. 18 January 2011. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
- ^ "Melissa Perrine breaks through in World Alpine Championships". Australia: The Australian. January 2011. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
- ^ a b "Disabled Wintersport Australia 2010 Annual Report" (PDF). Australia: Disabled Wintersport Australia. 2010. p. 8. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
- ^ "Super G adaptive race thrills spectators". Voxy.co.nz. 27 August 2011. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
- ^ "Kiwi Adam Hall races to gold medal glory". New Zealand: Stuff.co.nz. August 2011. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
- ^ "Adam Hall Wins Slalom Gold for New Zealand". New Zealand: Scoop News. 25 August 2011. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
- ^ "Podium for Kane in Spain". Australia: Australian Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
- ^ "Gourley wins first gold on the slopes". Australia: Australian Paralympic Committee. 3 February 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
- ^ "Sochi 2014 Latest Results". Australian Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
- ^ Paxinos, Stathi (12 March 2014). "Sochi Winter Paralympics: Australian team owns up to 'dumb' mistake". The Age. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
