Австралияның қысқы Паралимпиада тарихы және жетістіктері

Australia has competed in every Winter Paralympics. In 1976, the first Games, Australia's sole competitor was Ron Finneran, but he was not an official entrant. In 1980, Kyrra Grunnsund and Peter Rickards became the first official competitors, in alpine and cross country skiing. The number of Australian athletes increased to three, five, five and six at the next four games, respectively, and all of the athletes were alpine skiers. The participation decreased to four in 1998 and climbed back up to six in 2002. Australia won its first Winter Paralympic medals in 1992, and has medalled at every games since then. Australia won four Winter Paralympic medals in 1992—one gold, a silver and two bronze. Michael Milton, an amputee alpine skier, won gold in slalom and silver in super G. David Munk, a paraplegic sit skier, won bronze in super G. Michael Norton, a paraplegic sit skier, won bronze in the downhill. Milton made a clean sweep, winning gold in the downhill, super G, giant slalom and slalom. Bart Bunting, a vision impaired skier guided by Nathan Chivers, won gold in the downhill and super G, and silver in the giant slalom. James Millar, who was born without his right forearm, competed in the cross country and the biathlon, Australia met this target, with Milton winning silver in the downhill and Toby Kane winning bronze in super G.

At the 2010 Vancouver Games, Jessica Gallagher became the first female Australian Paralympian to win a medal with a bronze medal in the Women's Vision Impaired Slalom event.

The primary location for Australian based training for the Winter Paralympians is in the Snowy Mountains at Thredbo and Perisher. There is a facility called the Jindabyne Winter Academy of Sport where the athletes train. When they are actively training, they may be skiing by 6am and doing conditioning in other sports during the afternoon.

In 1993, Michael Milton was the first Winter Paralympian to receive a scholarship from the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS). In 2001, the AIS and Australian Paralympic Committee formally established a skiing program for athletes with a disability. All Australian Winter Paralympic Games medals have been won by AIS scholarship holders. AIS athletes receive access to training camps, support for international training and competition, strength and conditioning, sports medicine and psychology services. New South Wales Institute of Sport and the Victorian Institute of Sport offer assistance to Paralympic alpine skiers. The Australian Paralympic Committee supports three Winter Paralympic disciplines alpine skiing, cross country skiing and para snowboard through the delivery of the Paralympic Preparation Program (PPP).