26 Facts About Melissa Perrine

Melissa Perrine was born on 21 February 1988 and is a B2 classified visually impaired para-alpine skier from Australia.

Melissa Perrine has competed at the four Winter Paralympics from 2010 to 2022.

Melissa Perrine was born in Nowra, New South Wales, on 21 February 1988.

Melissa Perrine was featured on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's X Paralympic Games in March 2010.

Melissa Perrine was born with four separate eye conditions, including cataracts, nystagmus, micropthalmia and glaucoma.

Melissa Perrine's eyesight has been slowly deteriorating since she was very young.

Melissa Perrine's vision is limited to blurry shapes and colours.

Melissa Perrine completed a Master of Physiotherapy at Western Sydney University.

Melissa Perrine gets direction on the course from a guide who uses a microphone and speakers to communicate with her on the course.

Melissa Perrine first skied with her sighted guide Andy Bor in 2009 in competition at the IPC North America Cup in Colorado, where she finished second in the super-G.

Melissa Perrine was officially named on the Australian 2010 Winter Paralympics team in November 2009.

Melissa Perrine earned a silver medal and a pair of bronze medals at the event.

Melissa Perrine finished seventh in the visually impaired super-G, approximately 12.54 seconds behind gold medal-winning Slovak skier Henrieta Farkasova.

Melissa Perrine did not finish in the super combined event.

At the 2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships, with Bor as her guide, Melissa Perrine won a silver medal in the vision-impaired downhill event, the first one ever earned by an Australian woman at the event.

Melissa Perrine earned bronze medals in the women's vision impaired Super Combined and super-G events.

At the 2012 World Cup event in Italy, Melissa Perrine finished third in the slalom while skiing with Bor.

Melissa Perrine won a silver medal in the giant slalom.

At the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Melissa Perrine competed in five events.

Melissa Perrine finished fourth in the women's downhill visually impaired and did not finish in three events.

Melissa Perrine was disqualified after the slalom leg of the Women's Super Combined for wearing a visor which was taped to her helmet in order to keep rain from her goggles.

Melissa Perrine indicated it was an honest mistake and there was no intention to cheat.

Melissa Perrine became the only Australian female in alpine skiing to finish on the podium in all five events at an IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships.

Melissa Perrine was selected to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics, her third Games.

Melissa Perrine had three other top five finishes - fourth in the Women's Slalom Visually Impaired and fifth in both the Women's Downhill Visually Impaired and Women's Super-G Visually Impaired.

Melissa Perrine was given the honour of the Closing Ceremony flag bearer due to her competing at three Winter Games and winning two bronze medals in PyeongChang.