Marty Mayberry, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Paralympic alpine skier of Australia
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Place of Birth: Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia
About Marty Mayberry
- Marty Mayberry (born 9 February 1986) is a double leg amputee LW3 classified Paralympic alpine skier from Australia.
- Mayberry lost both legs after contracting meningococcal disease when he was sixteen years old.
- This experiences led him to study medicine, and he attended Griffith University and the University of Sydney where Mayberry pursued health science courses.
- Beyond the classroom, he has written a paper on meningococcal disease, worked part-time on research about the disease, and talked about his experiences at a conference. Having started out as an able-bodied skier, Mayberry took up the disability sport.
- He made his national team debut in 2005, and went on to represent Australia at the 2006 Winter Paralympics the following year, when he did not medal.
- With the aid of a prosthesis, adjustments were made to his skiing legs, and he competed in several skiing competitions during 2007, 2008 and 2009.
- He was selected for the Australian 2010 Winter Paralympics team at a ceremony in Canberra in November 2009.
- Between then and the start of the Games, he participated in a few more competitions, including one where he picked up a gold medal, and participated in a national team training camp.
- He was selected as Australia's flag bearer for the opening ceremony.
- In competition, he earned a silver medal in the men's downhill standing event, finished 24th in the Super-G, was disqualified from the slalom, and failed to finish in the giant slalom.
- Following the games, he retired from skiing.
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