Marty Mayberry

Mayberry was born on 9 February 1986, and grew up in Byron Bay, New South Wales,{{cite book|title=Torino 2006 Winter Paralympic Games Media Guide|year=2006|publisher=Australian Paralympic Committee|location=Sydney|page=18|url=http://www.paralympic.org.au/sites/default/files/APC%20Media%20FINAL%20RERPINT%2024%20FEB%2006.pdf}}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

where he attended Byron Bay High School. By 2009, he resided in Queensland,{{cite web |url=http://www.paralympic.org.au/news/dallas-impresses-season-opener-0 |title=Dallas impresses in season opener | APC Corporate |publisher=Paralympic.org.au |date=13 January 2009 |access-date=30 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120823083927/http://www.paralympic.org.au/news/dallas-impresses-season-opener-0 |archive-date=23 August 2012}} and was living in Yeerongpilly, Queensland by 2010.{{cite web |url=http://www.health.gov.au/internet/ministers/publishing.nsf/Content/mr-yr09-ke-ke032.htm?OpenDocument&yr=2009&mth=11 |title=Department of Health & Ageing – 2010 Vancouver Winter Paralympic Team Unveiled |publisher=Health.gov.au |date=21 March 2010 |access-date=30 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320164951/http://www.health.gov.au/internet/ministers/publishing.nsf/Content/mr-yr09-ke-ke032.htm?OpenDocument&yr=2009&mth=11 |archive-date=20 March 2012 |url-status=dead}} In June 2010, he married a woman he met at a music festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.troypocockfoundation.org.au/victimstories_marty.html |title=Victims Stories – Marty |publisher=Troypocockfoundation.org.au |access-date=30 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320174617/http://www.troypocockfoundation.org.au/victimstories_marty.html |archive-date=20 March 2012}}

Following a high school ski trip when he was in year 11, Mayberry contracted meningococcal disease at the age of 16, and this resulted in double below the knee amputations.{{cite news|last=Lewis|first=Daniel|title=Skill and high-tech prosthetics help double amputee fly at 130 km/h|url=http://www.smh.com.au/sport/winter-olympics/skill-and-hightech-prosthetics-help-double-amputee-fly-at-130kmh-20100211-nv9f.html|access-date=2 May 2012|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=12 February 2012}}{{cite news|work=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}} He was in a coma for two weeks as a result of the disease, and, when he woke up at Byron Bay Hospital, learned his legs had been amputated. One of the things that motivated him to keep going during rehabilitation was the opportunity for sports.

Mayberry studied health sciences at Griffith University, and medicine at the University of Sydney.{{cite web|title=Meet Australia's Paralympic Skiers|url=http://www.mountainwatch.com/twentyten/features/7342396/Meet-Australia's-Paralympic-Alpine-Skiers|work=Mountain Watch Website|access-date=2 May 2012}}{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} He went into medicine partly because of his illness during high school.{{Cite news|access-date=22 October 2012|title=Marty's high-speed race to first medal|newspaper=Hobart Mercury |location=Australia|date=20 March 2010|page=114|first=Amanda|last=Lulham|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AUNB:AHMB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=12E8FF35C9341C10&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1053B823C33F21F9}}{{cite web|last=Amanda |first=By |url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/australian-marty-mayberry-claims-gold-in-downhill-event-at-world-cup-in-aspen/story-fn4yqfp4-1225837033955 |title=Australian Marty Mayberry claims gold in downhill event at World Cup in Aspen|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=Australia |date=4 March 2010 |access-date=30 October 2012}} He relocated to Sydney with his fiancée to do so not long before the start of the 2009–2010 ski season.{{cite web |url=http://www.mountainwatch.com/twentyten/features/7342396/Meet-Australia%27s-Paralympic-Alpine-Skiers |title=Features|publisher=Mountainwatch.com |date=15 December 2009 |access-date=30 October 2012 }}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} In August 2010, he was the opening speaker at the Amanda Young Foundation Meningococcal Conference,{{cite web|url=http://www.amandayoungfoundation.org.au/images/amanday-37--aegha.pdf|publisher=Amanda Young Foundation|title=Meningococcal Conference 2010|page=1|date=September 2010|access-date=30 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130411120731/http://www.amandayoungfoundation.org.au/images/amanday-37--aegha.pdf|archive-date=11 April 2013|url-status=dead}} and in 2010 and 2011, worked part-time at the Kids Research Institute at the Children's Hospital at Westmead, where he was in contact with "Robert Booy in his research on the psycho-social impact of meningococcal B on families."{{cite journal|year=2011|url=http://www.chw.edu.au/research/report/annual_report_2010-2011.pdf|location=Australia|title=Staff profile|page=35|journal=Annual Report 2010–2011|publisher=Kids Research Institute, the Children's Hospital at Westmead}} He wrote up his experiences in dealing with meningococcal infection in the Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health.{{cite journal|title=A teenager with meningococcal infection|first=Marty|last=Mayberry|date=17 October 2011|doi=10.1111/j.1440-1754.2011.02380.x|pmid=21999443|journal=Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health|volume=47|issue=10|pages=680–1|publisher=Royal Australasian College of Physicians|s2cid=32101778 }}

Mayberry lived by Gandhi's quote "Be the change you want to see in the world".{{cite web|title=Athlete Profile – Marty Mayberry|url=http://www.paralympic.org.au/team/marty-mayberry|work=Australian Paralympic Committee Website|access-date=2 May 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425135426/https://www.paralympic.org.au/team/marty-mayberry|archive-date=25 April 2012}} He died in Brisbane on 18 December 2024, at the age of 38.{{cite news |last1=Shand |first1=Aslan |title=Vale Marty Mayberry |url=https://www.echo.net.au/2025/01/vale-marty-mayberry/ |access-date=11 January 2025 |publisher=Byron Echo |date=2 January 2025}}

Mayberry was an LW3 classified skier{{cite web |url=http://www.meningococcalaustralia.org.au/marty_mayberry.html |title=Meningococcal Australia |publisher=Meningococcal Australia |access-date=30 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140322050147/http://www.meningococcalaustralia.org.au/marty_mayberry.html |archive-date=22 March 2014}} who competed in standing events using a pair of artificial legs. Prior to contracting meningococcal, he was involved with skiing.{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-02-18/athlete-profile---marty-mayberry/359892 |title=Athlete Profile – Marty Mayberry |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=11 March 2010 |access-date=30 October 2012}} He was back to competing at it on the disability side by 2004.{{cite news|url=http://issuu.com/echopublications/docs/echo_24_38?mode=window&pageNumber=1|newspaper=The Byron Shire Echo|date=2 March 2008|page=1|location=Byron Bay, New South Wales|title=Marty, ski wizard for Oz}} When fully kitted out, he looked like an able-bodied skier,{{cite web|author=Daniel Lewis |url=http://www.smh.com.au/sport/winter-olympics/skill-and-hightech-prosthetics-help-double-amputee-fly-at-130kmh-20100211-nv9f.html |title=Winter Paralympics | Marty Mayberry |work=The Sydney Morning Herald|location=Sydney, Australia |date=12 February 2010 |access-date=30 October 2012}} and was capable of skiing faster than {{convert|110|kph|mph}}. He received support for his skiing from the Australian Institute of Sport, New South Wales Institute of Sport and the Australian Government Sports Training Grants program.{{cite web|url=http://www.health.gov.au/internet/ministers/publishing.nsf/Content/6B9704860CA28FAACA2576E3001850C2/$File/ke014.pdf|access-date=24 October 2012|location=Australia|date=11 March 2010|first=Kate|last=Ellis|title=Winter Paralympians to inspire a nation|page=3|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229155208/http://www.health.gov.au/internet/ministers/publishing.nsf/Content/6B9704860CA28FAACA2576E3001850C2/$File/ke014.pdf|archive-date=29 February 2012|url-status=dead}}

Mayberry had won medals at IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup events and the Paralympic Games.{{cite book|title=Media Guide – Vancouver 2010|year=2010|publisher=Australian Paralympic Committee|location=Sydney|page=52|url=http://www.paralympic.org.au/sites/default/files/VC%20Media%20Guide_A5_Screen.pdf}}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} He made his Australian national team debut in 2005 at the European Cup Finals, and went on to represent Australia the following year at the 2006 Turin Games where he failed to medal in the four men's standing events he competed in. He finished 33rd in the downhill, 21st in the Giant Slalom, 19th in the Slalom and did not finish in the Super G. Mayberry attributed his poor performance at the 2006 Games to his prosthetic legs, which "just didn't feel right during the speed events in Italy." Following those Games, he worked with prosthetist Peter Farrand to develop new legs that would address the problems in Italy. Continuing to ski following the 2006 Games, he earned a gold medal at a World Cup event in 2007 in Slalom,{{cite web |url=http://vancouver2010.paralympic.org.au/team/marty-mayberry |title=Marty Mayberry | Vancouver 2010 |publisher=Australian Paralympic Committee |year=2010 |access-date=30 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120815033153/http://vancouver2010.paralympic.org.au/team/marty-mayberry |archive-date=15 August 2012}} and earned a bronze medal in slalom event at a 2008 World Cup competition.

During Australia's 2009–2010 summer, Mayberry was based in Europe and North America for training. At the 2009 World Championships, he had a pair of sixth places finished in the Super G and downhill events. That year, at a Spanish hosted IPC World Cup, he crashed in the giant slalom event and did not score a time. 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 exaperience |work=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}} Mayberry was selected to the largest Winter Paralympics team that Australia had ever sent to the Games.

In 2010, he was the only elite skier with his type of disability in his classification. At the second to last World Cup event before the 2010 Games, on a course in Vancouver, Canada, he won a silver medal in the downhill with a time of 1:16.02. In Aspen, Colorado, at the last World Cup event before the 2010 Games, he won a gold medal in the downhill event.{{cite web|url=http://www.newdisability.com/martymayberry.htm|title=Exclusive Interview With Marty Mayberry, Gold Medal Winner at the 2010 Aspen World Cup|publisher=RehaDesign Wheelchair Accessories }}{{cite web |url=http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=1020392 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121230125926/http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=1020392 |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 December 2012 |title=Mayberry nabs gold ahead of Vancouver |publisher=Nine MSN |year=2009 |location=Australia |access-date=30 October 2012 }} Prior to the start of the Games, he participated in a national team training camp in Vail, Colorado before the Aspen hosted World Cup. He and the rest of Australia's para-alpine team arrived in the Paralympic village on 9 March 2010.{{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 a 24-year-old, Mayberry competed in five events in the 2010 Paralympic games: downhill, super G, super combined, giant slalom, and slalom.{{cite web|url=http://www.mountainwatch.com/twentyten/features/7344075/Australian-Paralympic-Team-2010 |title=Features |publisher=Mountainwatch.com |date=3 February 2010 |access-date=30 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101001010847/http://www.mountainwatch.com/twentyten/features/7344075/Australian-Paralympic-Team-2010 |archive-date= 1 October 2010 }} His parents were in Vancouver to watch him compete. Mayberry won a silver medal in the men's standing downhill event where he tied with another skier,{{cite web|title=Athlete Search Results|url=http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/search.html?npc=AUS&gender=all&medal=all&sport=all&games=2010PWG|publisher=International Paralympic Committee|access-date=5 October 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.disabledwintersport.com.au/userfiles/files/2009_10_DWA_Annual_Report%281%29.pdf|publisher=Disabled Wintersport Australia|title=Disabled Wintersport Australia 2010 Annual Report|access-date=24 October 2012|location=Australia|year=2010|page=7|archive-date=3 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003081558/https://www.disabledwintersport.com.au/userfiles/files/2009_10_DWA_Annual_Report(1).pdf|url-status=dead}} and had a combined time of 1:22.78 He finished 24th in the Super-G, was disqualified from the slalom event after missing a gate,{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/paralympics/2010/blog/ |title=Creekside Chat – 2010 Vancouver Paralympic Games |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |access-date=30 October 2012}} and did not finish in the Giant Slalom. Following the Games, he returned with the team to Sydney, where he attended a press conference at Sydney International Airport.{{cite web|url=http://multimedia.aapnewswire.com.au/search.aspx?search=%22WINTER+PARALYMPIANS+RETURN+SYDNEY%22&field=ObjectName&Gallery=WINTER+PARALYMPIANS+RETURN+SYDNEY |title=AAP Newswire Multimedia – News, Sport, Entertainment and Stock Photography, Video and Flash |publisher=Multimedia.aapnewswire.com.au |date=24 March 2010 |access-date=30 October 2012}} He won an Australian Institute of Sport Sport Achievement Award in 2010.{{cite web |url=http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/history/awards/sport_achievement/past_winners |title=Past Winners : Australian Institute of Sport : Australian Sports Commission |publisher=Ausport.gov.au |date=9 December 2009 |access-date=30 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604233311/http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/history/awards/sport_achievement/past_winners |archive-date=4 June 2012}} By September 2010, he had retired from elite skiing,{{cite web |url=http://www.paralympic.org.au/news/new-look-team-take-slopes |title=New look team take to slopes | APC Corporate |publisher=Paralympic.org.au |date=9 December 2010 |access-date=30 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120515101126/http://www.paralympic.org.au/news/new-look-team-take-slopes |archive-date=15 May 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://www.paralympic.org/news/coaching-coup-brings-sochi-success-closer |title=Coaching Coup Brings Sochi Success Closer | IPC |publisher=Paralympic.org |date=26 October 2012 |access-date=30 October 2012}} one of several 2010 Winter Paralympic skiers to retire following the games. Others who retired at the same time he did included Shannon Dallas and Bart Bunting.

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