Jonty O'Callaghan
{{short description|Australian para-alpine skier}}
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| nicknames = Jontos
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| nationality = Australian
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|3|28|df=yes}}
| birth_place = London, England
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| country = Australia
| sport = Para-alpine skiing
| event = Downhill
Super-G
Giant slalom slalom
Super combined
| disability_class = LW9-1
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| paralympics = 2018 Winter Paralympics
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Jonty O'Callaghan (born 28 March 1997){{cite web|title=Jonty O'Callaghan|url=https://www.paralympic.org.au/athlete/jonty-ocallaghan/|website=Australian Paralympic Committee website|accessdate=30 January 2018}} is an Australian para-alpine skier who competes in downhill racing.{{cite web|last1=Shrull|first1=Dale|title=Speed demons : Rush of flying down a mountain on skis motivates Australian Para-Alpine Development Team members|url=http://www.gjsentinel.com/sports/articles/speed-demons|website=The Daily Sentinel|accessdate=29 March 2016|date=9 February 2016}} He represented Australia at the 2018 Winter Paralympics and was selected for 2022 Winter Paralympics but withdrew from the team due to a serious training accident on 17 February 2022 that led to concussion and a broken collarbone.{{cite web|title=Australian Paralympic Winter Team for PyeongChang 2018 announced|url=http://www.paralympic.org.au/australian-paralympic-winter-team-for-pyeongchang-2018-announced/|website=Australian Paralympic Committee website|accessdate=22 February 2018}}{{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}}{{Cite web|date=21 February 2022|title=Broken Bone, Broken Paralympic Dream For O'Callaghan|url=https://www.paralympic.org.au/2022/02/broken-bone-broken-paralympic-dream-for-ocallaghan/|access-date=21 February 2022|website=Paralympics Australia}}
Personal
O'Callaghan was born in London, England, with right side cerebral palsy hemiplegia.{{cite web|title=Jonty O'Callaghan|url=https://www.paralympic.org/asp/redirect/ipc.asp?page=athletebio&personid=1103560&sportid=564|website=International Paralympic Committee website|accessdate=30 January 2018}} O'Callaghan underwent 10 hours of physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy a week over 15 years at the Royal Children's Hospital.{{cite web|title=Our families : Jonty and Katie O'Callaghan|url=https://www.rch.org.au/uploadedFiles/Main/Content/neurodevelopment-and-disability/solve-annual-report-2012-2013.pdf|website=SOLVE @RCH ANNUAL REPORT JULY 2012 – DECEMBER 2013|accessdate=22 February 2018}} He attended Xavier College.{{cite web|title=Snowsports 8|url=https://xavier.vic.edu.au/xavier/content/snowsports-8|website=Xavier College Newsletter|accessdate=22 February 2018}} In 2016, he was awarded University of Melbourne Elite Athlete Program (EAP) sporting scholarship whilst studying for a Bachelor of Arts.{{cite web|title=2016 Elite Athlete Scholarship Recipients|url=http://sport.unimelb.edu.au/news-eap-2016_3_3584968875.pdf|website=Melbourne University of Sport website|accessdate=22 February 2018}}
O'Callaghan is also a descendant of Robert Hoddle, the surveyor who devised Melbourne's famed inner-city grid system.{{cite web|title=Jonty O'Callaghan|url=https://www.paralympic.org.au/athlete/jonty-ocallaghan/|website=Australian Paralympic Committee website|accessdate=22 February 2018}}
Skiing
O'Callaghan started skiing at age nine while on holiday with his family in Europe. He is classified as LW9-1. At the 2017 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships in Tarvisio, Italy, he finished 18th in giant slalom standing and did not finish in the slalom standing.
At the 2018 Winter Paralympics, O'Callaghan competed in five events and his best results were 22nd in the men's downhill standing and 23rd in the men's giant slalom standing.{{cite web|title=Jonty O'Callaghan|url=https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/game-time/results/PWG2018/en/alpine-skiing/athlete-profile-n3091750-jonty-o-callaghan.htm|website=2018 Winter Paralympics Official site|accessdate=18 March 2018|archive-date=18 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180318120509/https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/game-time/results/PWG2018/en/alpine-skiing/athlete-profile-n3091750-jonty-o-callaghan.htm|url-status=dead}}
At the 2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships in Lillehammer, O'Callaghan finished 40th in the super-G standing.{{Cite web|title=Jonty O'Callaghan|url=https://db.ipc-services.org/sdms/web/calendar/as/athlete/18888|access-date=5 February 2022|website=world Para Alpine skiing}}
O'Callaghan trains at Mount Buller, Victoria, and is coached by Christian Geiger. In 2018, he is a Victorian Institute of Sport scholarship athlete.
References
{{Wikinews|Wikinews interviews Australian disability standing skier Jonty O'Callaghan}}
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External links
- {{Paralympics Australia|jonty-ocallaghan}}
- {{IPC|jonty-o-callaghan|id2=1103560}}
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Category:Paralympic alpine skiers for Australia
Category:Australian male alpine skiers
Category:Cerebral Palsy category Paralympic competitors
Category:Alpine skiers at the 2018 Winter Paralympics