Ethan Jackson was a national level slalom and giant slalom skier in the winters of 2016 and 2017, securing a best placing of eighth in an FIS competition at Mount Buller. He had been training since he was 10, but repeated injuries led to early retirement. Still keen to compete, Ethan, who was coaching at the time, became interested when he heard that Paralympic skier Patrick Jensen needed a new guide after he had represented Australia at the Beijing Games. Ethan and Patrick joined forces for the 2022/23 World Cup season. A year later, Ethan began guiding Georgia Gunew and …
Read MoreEthan Jackson was a national level slalom and giant slalom skier in the winters of 2016 and 2017, securing a best placing of eighth in an FIS competition at Mount Buller. He had been training since he was 10, but repeated injuries led to early retirement.
Still keen to compete, Ethan, who was coaching at the time, became interested when he heard that Paralympic skier Patrick Jensen needed a new guide after he had represented Australia at the Beijing Games. Ethan and Patrick joined forces for the 2022/23 World Cup season.
A year later, Ethan began guiding Georgia Gunew and their partnership has since blossomed, including their first podium result at a World Cup event at Veysonnaz in Switzerland in 2024. Further encouraging results have put them on track to represent Australia at the Milano Cortina Paralympics.
Ethan, who studies law and economics at university, said guiding was not the direction he envisioned his sporting career would head.
“However, I get to compete in my sport at such a high level in such a wonderfully different capacity,” he said.
“I’m truly grateful for this opportunity and for the honour to strive for greatness with Georgia.”
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