1. Toby Kane was born on 30 December 1986 and is an Australian Paralympian who won a bronze medal in the men's super G Standing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics in Torino and a bronze medal in the men's super G standing in his third Winter Paralympics at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi.
Toby Kane had the honour of being Australia's flag bearer at the closing ceremony in Torino, and at the opening ceremony in Vancouver.
Toby Kane was born in Sydney on 30 December 1986, the oldest son of Sally and Steve Kane.
Toby Kane took up skiing because his aunt and uncle owned a chalet in the Snowy Mountains at Smiggin Holes, New South Wales.
Toby Kane has a Bachelor of Medical Science, and studied for a double degree in medicine and surgery at the University of Notre Dame in Sydney.
Toby Kane's talent was identified whilst skiing at Smiggin Holes, New South Wales, and he was invited to join the Australian Winter Paralympic Development team when he was 11.
At the age of 19, Toby Kane was the youngest member of the Australian team at 2006 Winter Paralympics in Torino.
Toby Kane competed in the downhill, coming 9th; slalom, coming 16th; and the giant slalom, in which he did not finish.
Toby Kane won a bronze medal in the men's super G LW2 at the 2004 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships in Wildschonau, Austria.
Toby Kane followed this up with bronze in the giant slalom in the World Cup series.
Toby Kane was an Australian Institute of Sport and New South Wales Institute of Sport scholarship holder from 2002 to 2014.
Toby Kane competed in five events at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, winning a bronze medal in the men's super G behind Russia's Alexey Bugaev and Austria's Matthias Lanzinger.
Toby Kane went on to finish fourth in the men's slalom standing and sixth in the men's downhill standing, and failed to finish in two events.
Toby Kane announced his retirement following the 2014 Paralympics, with the intent to pursue a career in medicine.