1. Mitchell Gourley was born on 2 June 1991 and is an Australian Paralympic alpine skier who competed for Australia in the downhill, super-G, giant slalom, slalom and super combined events at four Winter Paralympics - 2010 to 2022.
22 Facts About Mitchell Gourley
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Mitchell Gourley was Australian team co-captain with Joany Badenhorst at the 2018 Winter Paralympics.
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Mitchell Gourley was born just outside Geelong, Victoria, on 2 June 1991.
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Mitchell Gourley was born a congenital amputee, with his left forearm ending a few inches below his elbow.
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Mitchell Gourley plays a variety of sports including cricket, Australian rules football, basketball, road cycling and rock-climbing.
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Mitchell Gourley became involved in high level Paralympic skiing as a result of Australian talent identification efforts, taking up the sport competitively in 2002 as an eleven-year-old.
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Mitchell Gourley has held scholarships with the Victorian Institute of Sport and the Australian Institute of Sport.
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At the 2009 Norm Cup, Mitchell Gourley finished first in the men's standing class giant slalom event.
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Mitchell Gourley was officially named to the Australian 2010 Winter Paralympics team in November 2009.
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Mitchell Gourley competed at the 2010 IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup in Italy and World Cup in Austria.
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Mitchell Gourley attempted to bulk up and put on additional weight by eating six to eight meals a day.
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Mitchell Gourley arrived in the Paralympic village with the rest of Australia's Para-alpine team on 9 March 2010.
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At the December 2011 IPC Nor Am Cup, Mitchell Gourley won his first gold medal in international competition in the giant slalom, but was beaten by New Zealand's Adam Hall and Australian teammate Toby Kane in the slalom.
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Mitchell Gourley competed at a February 2012 World Cup event in Italy in the slalom, but did not place in the event.
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Mitchell Gourley won a gold medal in the giant slalom with a combined run time of 2:03.15,0.43 seconds faster than the silver medallists.
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Mitchell Gourley finished 5th in the men's super combined standing, 7th in the men's downhill standing, and failed to finish in three events.
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At the 2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships in Panorama, Canada, Mitchell Gourley competed in five Men's Standing events.
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Mitchell Gourley finished fourth in the giant slalom and fifth in the Super-G.
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Mitchell Gourley won the gold medal in the men's Super Combined Standing at the 2017 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships in Tarvisio, Italy.
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Mitchell Gourley was in sixth place after the super-G, but put on a masterclass in the slalom to secure the gold.
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Mitchell Gourley did not finish in the slalom Standing and Super G Standing.
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Mitchell Gourley indicated that the Beijing Games would be his last Winter Paralympics.