Experienced campaigner Mitchell Gourley, a Paralympian at four Winter Games since Vancouver 2010, scored the biggest win of his career when he became World Champion at the 2017 IPC Alpine Skiing Worlds at Tarvisio in Italy.

That year, he won a slew of awards, including the Ski and Snowboard Australia Para-athlete of the year, Victorian Institute of Sport Elite Athlete with a Disability Award, Victorian Disability Sport and Recreation Awards – Male Sportsperson of the Year, Australian Institute of Sport Para Performance of the Year and was named, alongside Joany Badenhorst, Co-captain of the Australian Team for the 2018 Winter Paralympics. 

It had been a long journey for Gourley, who had looked primed for success as early as the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Games after his impressive two gold, three silver and one bronze medal haul throughout the 2013/14 IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup Series.

Despite working hard to improve on …

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Date of birth
2 June 1991
Sport
Para-alpine skiing
Past Paralympic Games

Vancouver 2010, Sochi 2014, PyeongChang 2018, Beijing 2022

Impairment
Physical Impairment – Left below-elbow limb deficiency
How acquired
Congenital
Residence
East Geelong, VIC
Occupation
Athlete
Started competing
2002
First competed for Australia
2006
Sport career highlights

Becoming World Champion at the 2017 IPC Alpine Skiing Worlds at Tarvisio in Italy and winning the Crystal Globe

Greatest sporting moments

Pat Rafter vs Goran Ivanovic in the Wimbledon Final at in Mt Buller with a huge bunch of family and friends

Heroes/role models

Toby Kane, Cameron Rahles-Rahbula, Alan Dean, his mum Annie

Disciplines

  • Sport: Para-alpine skiing Discipline: Downhill Classification: LW6/8-2
  • Sport: Para-alpine skiing Discipline: Giant Slalom Classification: LW6/8-2
  • Sport: Para-alpine skiing Discipline: Slalom Classification: LW6/8-2
  • Sport: Para-alpine skiing Discipline: Super-G Classification: LW6/8-2
  • Sport: Para-alpine skiing Discipline: Super Combined Classification: LW6/8-2

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