:Andy Bor

{{Short description|Australian former ski coach and sighted guide}}

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Andy Bor (born 14 April 1963) is an Australian former ski coach and sighted guide for visually impaired skiers. He was a coach at the 2006 Winter Paralympics in Torino, and was Melissa Perrine's guide skier at the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver and 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi.

Bor became Melissa Perrine'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 super-G. As Perrine's guide skier, he competed in the downhill, super-G, super combined, giant slalom and slalom events at Vancouver. They won silver in the downhill and bronze medals in super-G and super combined at the 2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships in Sestriere. 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.paralympic.org.au/team/andy-bor |title=Andy Bor |location=Australia |publisher=Australian Paralympic Committee |year=2010 |access-date=24 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110217132857/http://www.paralympic.org.au/team/andy-bor |archive-date=17 February 2011 |url-status=dead }} He lives in the Gold Coast suburb of Tugun, Queensland,{{cite web|url=https://secure.ausport.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/350964/APC_media_guide.pdf |access-date=13 April 2014 |title=2010 Australian Paralympic Winter Team Media Guide |publisher=Australian Paralympic Committee |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331061209/https://secure.ausport.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/350964/APC_media_guide.pdf |archive-date=31 March 2012 }}{{cite news |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/melissa-perrine-undeterred-by-fractured-build-up-to-vancouver-games/story-e6frg7mf-1225839769573 |title=Melissa Perrine undeterred by fractured build up to Vancouver Games |publisher=The Australian |location=Australia |year=2010 |access-date=24 October 2012}} 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 2006 Winter Paralympics in Torino, Bor served as an Australian assistant coach. In 2009, following those Games, he shifted his role to serve as Melissa Perrine'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.{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/paralympics/2010/profiles/perrine.htm |title=Athlete Profile: Melissa Perrine |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |access-date=28 October 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121231051251/http://www.abc.net.au/paralympics/2010/profiles/perrine.htm |archive-date=31 December 2012 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }} He was officially named to the Australian 2010 Winter Paralympics team in November 2009.{{cite news |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/paralympic-team-for-vancover-sprinkled-with-experience/story-e6frg7mf-1225803724024 |title=Paralympic Team for Vancouver sprinkled with experience |publisher=The Australian |location=Australia |year=2009 |access-date=24 October 2012}} A ceremony was held in Canberra with Australian Paralympic Committee president Greg Hartung and Minister for Sport Kate Ellis making the announcement.{{cite web |last=Browning |first=Jennifer |url=http://www.abc.net.au/sport/stories/2009/11/25/2753734.htm |title=Winter Paralympics team biggest yet |publisher=ABC Grandstand Sport |date=25 November 2009 |access-date=24 October 2012 |location=Australia}} He and the rest of Australia's Para-alpine team arrived in the Paralympic village on 9 March 2010 for the 2010 Winter Paralympics.{{cite news |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-assault-on-paralympics-takes-shape-in-vancouver/story-fn4vwn8v-1225838309977 |title=Australian assault on Paralympics takes shape in Vancouver |first=Margie |last=McDonald |location=Australia |newspaper=The Australian |date=8 March 2010 |access-date=24 October 2012}} As Perrine's guide skier, he competed in the downhill, super-G, super combined, giant slalom and slalom events.{{Cite news |title=Aussie medal hopes left in tatters |newspaper=Sunday Telegraph |location=Sydney, Australia |date=21 March 2010 |first=Amanda |last=Lulham |page=103 |url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AUNB:ATLB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=12E833A566DCB330&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1053B823C33F21F9 |access-date=22 October 2012}}{{Cite news |title=A battle against bugs and breaks |newspaper=The Courier Mail |location=Brisbane, Australia |date=18 March 2010 |access-date=22 October 2012 |first=Amanda |last=Lulham |url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AUNB:ACMB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=12E833A566DCB330&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1053B823C33F21F9 |page=79}} He finished seventh in the visually impaired super-G,{{Cite news |access-date=22 October 2012 |title=WEEKEND SCOREBOARD |newspaper=The Australian |location=Australia |date=22 March 2010 |page=40 |url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AUNB:AUSB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=12E98D5A34AEDCB8&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1053B823C33F21F9}} approximately 12.54 seconds behind gold medal-winning Slovak skier Henrieta Farkasova.{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-03-20/aussies-off-the-pace-in-super-g/372080 |title=Aussies off the pace in super-G |publisher=ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) |date=20 March 2010 |access-date=24 October 2012}} He and Perrine finished fifth in the {{convert|2139|m}} long downhill course.{{cite news |publisher=The Australian |location=Australia |access-date=24 October 2012 |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/twist-of-fake-legs-brings-silver/story-e6frg7mf-1225843021276 |title=Twist of fake legs brings silver |date=20 March 2012 |first=Margie |last=McDonald}}

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Bor skied with Perrine at the 2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships in Sestriere, where Perrine won a silver medal in the downhill and bronze medals in super-G and super combined.{{cite web |url=http://www.insidethegames.biz/insideparasport/109132-fearless-perrine-creates-skiing-history-for-australia |title=Fearless Perrine creates skiing history for Australia |publisher=insidethegames.biz |date=18 January 2011 |access-date=24 October 2012}} 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.{{cite news |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/sport/5510114/Kiwi-Adam-Hall-races-to-gold-medal-glory |title=Kiwi Adam Hall races to gold medal glory |publisher=Stuff |date=August 2011 |location=New Zealand |access-date=24 October 2012}}{{cite news |url=http://www.odt.co.nz/sport/skiing/175033/skiing-extreme-success-hall |title=Skiing: Extreme success for Hall |publisher=Otago Daily Times |date=26 August 2011 |location=Dunedin, New Zealand |access-date=24 October 2012}}{{cite news |url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SP1108/S00046/adam-hall-wins-slalom-gold-for-new-zealand.htm |title=Adam Hall Wins Slalom Gold for New Zealand |publisher=Scoop News |date=25 August 2011 |location=New Zealand |access-date=24 October 2012}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.paralympic.org.au/news/podium-kane-spain |title=Podium for Kane in Spain |location=Australia |publisher=Australian Paralympic Committee |access-date=24 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120817034435/https://www.paralympic.org.au/news/podium-kane-spain |archive-date=17 August 2012 }} She won a silver medal in the giant slalom, with a combined run time of 2:28.13, ten seconds behind the gold medallist.{{cite web|url=http://www.paralympic.org.au/news/gourley-wins-first-gold-slopes |title=Gourley wins first gold on the slopes |location=Australia |publisher=Australian Paralympic Committee |date=3 February 2012 |access-date=24 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120817035024/https://www.paralympic.org.au/news/gourley-wins-first-gold-slopes |archive-date=17 August 2012 }}

At the 2014 Winter Paralympics 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.{{cite web|title=Sochi 2014 Latest Results |url=http://www.paralympic.org.au/sochi-2014/latest-results/latest-results |work=Australian Paralympic Committee |access-date=17 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316222545/http://www.paralympic.org.au/sochi-2014/latest-results/latest-results |archive-date=16 March 2014 }} 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 Australian Paralympic Committee, 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.{{cite news |last=Paxinos |first=Stathi |title=Sochi Winter Paralympics: Australian team owns up to 'dumb' mistake |url=http://www.theage.com.au/sport/winter-olympics/sochi-winter-paralympics-australian-team-owns-up-to-dumb-mistake-20140312-hvhmi.html?skin=text-only |access-date=12 March 2014 |newspaper=The Age |date=12 March 2014}}

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{{IPC athlete|andrew-bor|Andrew Bor}}

Category:1963 births

Category:Australian male alpine skiers

Category:Alpine skiers at the 2010 Winter Paralympics

Category:Alpine skiers at the 2014 Winter Paralympics

Category:Paralympic alpine skiers for Australia

Category:Paralympic coaches for Australia

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Category:Place of birth missing (living people)

Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen