Andy Bor (born 14 April 1963) is an Australian former ski coach and

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for visually impaired skiers. He was a coach at the

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, and was

Melissa Perrine Melissa Perrine (born 21 February 1988) is a B2 classified visually impaired para-alpine skier from Australia. She has competed at the four Winter Paralympics from 2010 to 2022. At the 2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships, she won thre ...

's guide skier at the 2010 Winter Paralympics in

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and

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in Sochi. Bor became

's guide in 2009. He first skied with her in competition at the IPC North America Cup in Colorado, in 2009, where the pair finished second in the

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. As Perrine's guide skier, he competed in the

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, giant slalom and slalom events at Vancouver. They won silver in the

and bronze medals in super-G and

at the 2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships in

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. At an August 2011 Winter Games IPC event at Coronet Peak, Perrine and Bor finished first in the women's slalom visually impaired event. At the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Bor and Perrine finished fourth in the women's downhill for visually impaired. They were disqualified from the super combined event for a technical breach relating to a visor. They did not finish in the other events. https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2014-03-12/perrine-disqualification-inexcusable3a-apc-boss/5315104 Perrine went on to win two bronze medals at the 2018 winter Paralympics in South Korea with another guide Christian Geiger. https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-14/winter-paralympics-melissa-perrine-wins-second-pyeongchang-medal/9548398 Andy Bor has retired from competitive skiing and lives on the Gold Coast with his wife, herself a former Canadian winter Paralympian.

Personal

Bor was born on 14 April 1963. He lives in the

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suburb of

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, and works as a skiing coach.

Skiing

Bor is a guide for visually impaired skiers. In this role, he skis in front of the visually impaired skier and gives him or her direction to get down the course using speakers and a microphone. At the

, Bor served as an Australian assistant coach. In 2009, following those Games, he shifted his role to serve as

's guide as Perrine advanced further in the sport. He first skied with Perrine at a World Cup event in January 2010 where they finished fourth. Bor first represented Australia internationally in skiing in 2006. He first skied with Perrine in 2009 in competition at the IPC North America Cup in Colorado, where the pair finished second in the super-G. He was officially named to the Australian 2010 Winter Paralympics team in November 2009. A ceremony was held in Canberra with

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president

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and Minister for Sport Kate Ellis making the announcement. He and the rest of Australia's Para-alpine team arrived in the Paralympic village on 9 March 2010 for the 2010 Winter Paralympics. As Perrine's guide skier, he competed in the

, giant slalom and slalom events. He finished seventh in the visually impaired super-G, approximately 12.54 seconds behind gold medal-winning Slovak skier Henrieta Farkasova. He and Perrine finished fifth in the long downhill course. Sochi2014 D1 DH M Perrine 01

Bor skied with Perrine at the 2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships in

, where Perrine won a silver medal in the downhill and bronze medals in super-G and super combined. At an August 2011 Winter Games IPC event at Coronet Peak, she and Bor finished first in the women's slalom visually impaired event with a time of 1:58.63, about 50 seconds faster than the event's silver medallist, Jae Rim Yang skier with guide Ko Woon Chung. Bor was Perrine's guide at a February 2012 World Cup event in Italy in the slalom, and finished third. For her two runs, she had a combined time of 2:11.03, less than a second behind the silver medal-finishing Danielle Umstead. She won a silver medal in the giant slalom, with a combined run time of 2:28.13, ten seconds behind the gold medallist. At the

in Sochi, Bor was again Melissa Perrine's guide. She finished fourth in the women's downhill for visually impaired, and did not finish in three other events. She was disqualified after the slalom leg of the women's super combined for wearing a visor which was taped to her helmet in order to keep rain from her goggles. This was a breach of the IPC Alpine Skiing rules. Jason Hellwig, CEO of the

, described it as a "mindnumbingly-dumb mistake", as it was not picked up by relevant team officials. He indicated that it was an honest mistake and there was no intention to cheat.

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