At age 19, Toby Kane was the youngest member of the Australian Paralympic Team when he won a bronze medal in the super G at the 2006 Winter Paralympic Games in Torino.

While such a result came as a surprise to some of his more experienced rivals, there is no doubt that the Sydney-sider turned Melbourne local has always been a star in the making.

After he was involved in a car accident at the age of two, which resulted in the amputation of his lower right leg, Toby was just 10-years-old when identified by talent scouts while skiing with his family at the ski lodge run by his aunt and uncle at Smiggin Holes. By age 11, he had been invited to join the Australian winter development team, and at 17, was a regular member of the Australian Paralympic Squad.

In the lead up to the Vancouver Paralympic Games, Toby performed brilliantly on the Paralympic super G venue at Whistler in Canada, winning a bronze medal at the 2009 World Cup. But the snow Gods had different ideas for Toby during the Games, with him finishing 10th in the slalom, 10th in the downhill and 11th in the standing while crashing in his pet event, the super G as well as in the super combined.

After a break from sport, Toby returned to the slopes at the 2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships and won a bronze medal in the slalom after posting a string of frustrating fourth places. During the 2011-12 World Cup season, he won another bronze in the giant slalom and during the 2012-13 season, won a gold, two silvers and a bronze medal at the 2012 North America Cup and then followed up with bronze in the giant slalom in the World Cup series.

Away from competition, Toby is studying a double degree in Medicine and Surgery at university, and when he finds some spare time, loves going to beach, and showing off his cooking skills in the kitchen.