Para winter sports · National
Australia finalises fourteen-member Winter Paralympic team
The squad includes two guides and representation across a record four sports.
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Paralympics Australia finalised its Milano Cortina team with fourteen members, including two sighted guides. The alpine announcement completed a squad that would contest Para alpine skiing, snowboard, biathlon and cross-country skiing, giving Australia representation in a record four Winter Paralympic sports.
Snowboarder Sean Pollard was named captain. The selection included Amanda Reid, set to become Australia’s first Indigenous Winter Paralympian, and Lauren Parker, who would add a Winter appearance to her Summer Paralympic career. Para Nordic participation returned after a twenty-year absence.
Michael Milton earned selection for a comeback at fifty-two, while sixteen-year-old alpine skier Liana France would become Australia’s youngest female Winter Paralympian. Eight team members, including the guides, were selected for their first Paralympic Games.
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