Bart Bunting
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| Born | 17 June 1976 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Para-alpine skiing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Downhill Super-G Giant slalom Slalom Super combined | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Paralympic finals | 2002 Winter Paralympics, 2010 Winter Paralympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Bartholomew "Bart" Bunting (born 17 June 1976) is an Australian blind Paralympic alpine skier. He started skiing in 1998 with his guide Nathan Chivers. He won two gold medals and a silver medal with Chivers at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Paralympics and competed at the 2010 Vancouver Paralympics.
Personal
Bunting was born on 17 June 1976,[1] and has been blind since birth.[2] Bunting attended the secondary school Oakhill College.[3] He has a degree in computer science from the University of Technology, Sydney, and works in satellite networking.[1][4] He was featured on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's X Paralympic Games in March 2010.[2]
Skiing
Bunting skied with his guide Nathan Chivers, whom he has known since high school.[1][5] He began skiing in 1998 at a "tryout camp" for people with disabilities. He found it difficult at first, but in 2000, he won a gold medal in the downhill and giant slalom at the IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships in Anzère, Switzerland.[5] From 2001 to 2003 and in 2009, he had an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship for alpine skiing.[6]
Bunting won two gold medals at the 2002 Salt Lake City Games in the downhill B1–3 and super-G B1–3 events, and a silver medal in the giant slalom B1–2 event.[7] Due to these achievements, he carried the Australian flag during the closing ceremony of the Games.[4] Bunting and Chivers retired after 2002 due to Chivers breaking a leg in a motorbike accident.[8] He returned to competition with Chivers in 2009 with the aim of competing at the 2010 Vancouver Games.[8] He competed but did not win any medals at these games[7] with Nathan Chivers as his guide.[9] While he was scheduled to ski in the second run of the giant slalom at the 2010 Games, he withdrew from that competition to focus on the downhill event.[10] He had been in 14th place after his first run.[9] By June 2011, he had retired from elite skiing.[11]
References
- 1 2 3 "Bart Bunting". Australian Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
- 1 2 Walters, Conrad (18 March 2010). "Critic's view Saturday, March 20". The Age (Melbourne, Australia). p. 32. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
- ↑ "Bart Bunting crashes out of Paralympics". Hills Shire Times. 23 March 2010.
- 1 2 "Bart Bunting". Crew and Recruits. Special Broadcasting Service. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
- 1 2 Jordan, Bev (16 February 2010). "It's snow time for blind Hills skier Bart Bunting". Hills Shire Times. Archived from the original on 8 May 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
- ↑ Nihil, G. (2006). Australian Institute of Sport : celebrating excellence. Focus Publishing. p. 105. ISBN 1-921156-16-3.
- 1 2 "Athlete Search Results". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
- 1 2 McDonald, Margie (12 August 2009). "Bart Bunting and Nathan Chivers rekindle Paralympic flames". The Australian. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
- 1 2 Caruana, Patrick (17 March 2010). "Aussies struggle in fog at Creekside". Nine MSN. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
- ↑ "Aussie Dallas sixth in giant slalom". Australia: Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 17 March 2010. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
- ↑ "Coaching Coup Brings Sochi Success Closer". International Paralympic Committee. 21 June 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
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