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a male Para skier

Mitchell Gourley

Alpine Skiing

Mitchell Gourley began skiing at the age of eight, making his international debut when he was 15 years old. But he had to wait another 10 years until he could enjoy his first major achievement, when he sealed gold in the men’s super-combined standing at the Tarvisio 2017 World Championships.

With that title in the bag, the 2017-18 season presented him with a very good chance of medalling at the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games. But his best result was fifth in the super-combined.

On the World Cup circuit, Gourley finished in second place in the overall men’s standing World Cup in 2017-18, repeating his performance from the previous season.

He has also showed his credentials as a Proud Paralympian, being elected as Athlete Representative on the World Para Alpine Skiing Sport Technical Committee.

Born without a left forearm, Gourley lives in Montreal, Canada but is a proud skier for the Australian team.

He enjoys track cycling, trail running, cooking and climbing and has shown himself to be superstitious; confessing he always puts his left ski boot on first.

Results

Unit Date Rank
Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games (Vancouver, Canada)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's Slalom Standing Final Round 27
Men's Giant Slalom Standing Final Round 12
Men's Super-G Standing Final Round 10
IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships (Kangwonland, South Korea)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's Slalom Standing Final 2009-02-20 19
Men's Giant Slalom Standing Final 2009-02-21 24
Men's Super-Combined Standing Final 2009-02-23 25
Men's Super-G Standing Final 2009-02-23 28
Men's Super-G Standing Run 2 2009-02-24 26
Men's Downhill Standing Final 2009-02-28 30
2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships (Sestriere, Italy)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's Downhill Standing Final 2011-01-16 6
Men's Super-G Standing Final 2011-01-18 7
Men's Super-Combined Standing Final 2011-01-19 7
Men's Slalom Standing Final 2011-01-20 7
Men's Giant Slalom Standing Final 2011-01-21 5
IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships (La Molina, Spain)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's Downhill Standing Race 1 2013-02-20 13
Men's Super-G Standing Race 1 2013-02-21 11
Men's Slalom Standing Race 1 2013-02-24 8
Men's Super-Combined Standing Race 1 2013-02-25 5
Men's Giant Slalom Standing Race 1 2013-02-26 9999
Paralympic Winter Games 2014 (Sochi, Russia)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's Downhill Standing Final Round 2014-03-08 7
Men's Super-G Standing Final Round 2014-03-09 9999
Men's Slalom Standing Final Round 2014-03-13 9999
Men's Super Combined Standing Final Round 2014-03-14 5
Men's Giant Slalom Standing Final Round 2014-03-15 9999
2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships Panorama (Panorama, Canada)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's Downhill Standing Race 1 2015-03-04 9999
Men's Super-G Standing Race 1 2015-03-05 5
Men's Super-Combined Standing Race 1 2015-03-07 9999
Men's Giant Slalom Standing Race 1 2015-03-08 4
Men's Slalom Standing Race 1 2015-03-10 9999
2017 IPC Alpine skiing World Championships Tarvisio, ITA (Tarvisio, Italy)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's Downhill Standing Race 1 2017-01-25 4
Men's Super-G Standing Race 1 2017-01-26 8
Men's Super-Combined Standing Race 1 2017-01-28 1
Men's Giant Slalom Standing Race 1 2017-01-30 5
Men's Slalom Standing Race 1 2017-01-31 5
Pyeongchang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games (Pyeongchang, South Korea)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's Downhill Standing Final 2018-03-10 9999
Men's Super-G Standing Final 2018-03-11 12
Men's Super Combined Standing Final 2018-03-13 5
Men's Giant Slalom Standing Final 2018-03-14 8
Men's Slalom Standing Final 2018-03-17 6
Kranjska Gora/Sella Nevea 2019 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships (Kranjska Gora/Sella Nevea, Slovenia)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's Giant Slalom Standing Race 1 2019-01-21 4
Men's Slalom Standing Race 1 2019-01-23 3
Men's Downhill Standing Race 1 2019-01-30 9999
Men's Super-Combined Standing Race 1 2019-01-31 9999
Men's Super-G Standing Race 1 (from SC) 2019-01-31 9999
Lillehammer 2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships (Lillehammer, Norway)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's Super-G Standing Race 1 2022-01-15 11
Men's Super-Combined Standing Race 1 2022-01-17 11
Men's Super-G Standing Race 1 (from SC) 2022-01-17 10
Men's Giant Slalom Standing Race 1 2022-01-19 10
Men's Slalom Standing Race 1 2022-01-21 15
Men's Parallel Event Standing Race 1 2022-01-23 12
Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games (Beijing, China)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's Downhill Standing Final 2022-03-05 20
Men's Super-G Standing Final 2022-03-06 9999
Men's Super-Combined Standing Final 2022-03-07 13
Men's Giant Slalom Standing Final 2022-03-10 10
Men's Slalom Standing Final 2022-03-13 9999