Bobbi Kelly
{{short description|Australian skier and sighted guide}}
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| country = Australia
| sport = Para-alpine skiing
| event = Giant slalom slalom
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Bobbi Kelly (born 6 February 1994) is an Australian skier and sighted guide for visually impaired skiers.{{Cite web|title=Bobbi Kelly|url=https://www.paralympic.org.au/athlete/bobbi-kelly/|access-date=6 February 2022|website=Paralympics Australia}} She was Melissa Perrine's guide at the 2022 Winter Paralympics.{{Cite web|date=2 February 2022|title=Australian Paralympic Team Named For Beijing 2022 Winter Games|url=https://www.paralympic.org.au/2022/02/australian-paralympic-team-named-for-beijing-2022-winter-games/|access-date=4 February 2022|website=Paralympics Australia}}
Skiing
Kelly's home ski resort of Perisher, New South Wales. She has a Level 4 Australian Professional Snowsport Instructors Inc (APSI) and is a Level 1/2 Trainer for APSI.{{Cite web|title=Advancing Women in Snow Sports|url=https://issuu.com/apsipublications/docs/3982_apsi_snow_pro_dec20_final/s/11563124|access-date=6 February 2022|website=APSI website}}
Kelly is the guide for Paralympic skier Melissa Perrine. Perrine with Kelly won the gold medal in the women's Super Combined Visually Impaired, silver medals in the women's giant slalom and Women's Super G Visually Impaired and the bronze medal in the women's slalom visually impaired at 2019 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia.
In 2020, Kelly was a participant in the Australian Institute of Sport Talent Program, a program to place more women in leadership positions in Australian Sport.{{Cite web|title=Celebrating International Women's Day - Bobbi Kelly|url=https://www.snow.org.au/news/celebrating-international-womens-day-bobbi-kelly/|access-date=6 February 2022|website=Snow Sports Australia}}
At the 2022 Winter Paralympics, Melissa Perrine with her guide Kelly, she finished sixth in the women's giant slalom visually impaired and failed to finish the second run in the women's slalom visually impaired.{{Cite web |title=Gratitude, Pride And A Few Tears As Perrine's Career Ends |url=https://www.paralympic.org.au/2022/03/gratitude-pride-and-a-few-tears-as-perrines-career-ends/ |access-date=13 March 2022 |website=Paralympics Australia}}
References
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External links
- {{Paralympics Australia|bobbi-kelly}}
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Category:Australian female alpine skiers
Category:Alpine skiers at the 2022 Winter Paralympics
Category:Paralympic alpine skiers for Australia