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Mark Soyer is an Australian para-alpine LW11 classified skier. He dealt with leukaemia twice as a child. At the age of 26, he severed his spinal cord during an accident while riding his motorbike on his parents' farm, and subsequently tried several different sports. Working as a manufacturing jeweller and gemologist in Melbourne, he has also been involved with para-skiing as a volunteer, and serving in administrative roles for various organisations. In 2007, he was a finalist for the Pride of Australia awards for courage. Soyer took up skiing following his accident after attending a camp in Australia. He then travelled to Colorado to attend another camp, before coming back to Australia to attend another camp. In 2007, he was ranked as Australia's second best sit-skier, and was in the top 50 skiers in the world. He attempted to make the 2010 Winter Paralympics. He earned bronze medals at skiing events in New Zealand in 2011. In 2012, he was a member of the Australian Paralympic skiing team, based out of the Australian Institute of Sports, and was trying to secure a spot for the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia. ==Personal== As a three-year-old, Soyer was diagnosed with leukaemia, and doctors were pessimistic about his chances for survival.〔〔〔 Despite being declared cancer free by the age of six, the cancer came back when he was eight years old.〔 As a child, he played Australian rules football and was a member of Little Athletics.〔 He attended Benalla College. In November 2004, at the age of 26, Soyer severed his spinal cord during an accident while riding his motorbike on his parents' farm. He was keen to exercise as soon as he could during his rehabilitation.〔 He tried several sports, including wheelchair tennis, wheelchair rugby and wheelchair basketball,〔 following his accident in an attempt to find one that made him feel able-bodied.〔〔 He drove dune buggies and tried kayaking,〔 and in 2007 was learning how to para-glide.〔〔 In 2007 and 2008, Soyer worked as a manufacturing jeweller and gemologist in Melbourne.〔 He volunteers for Disabled Winter Sport Australia as a ski guide.〔 From 2005 to 2008, he raised more than AUD$7,500 to assist other Australian para-skiers afford equipment to compete. At the same time, he also gave skiing lessons.〔〔 He is also on the board of Able Management Group, an organisation assisting people with disabilities to get into para-alpine skiing, where he serves on the Fundraising Committee.〔 He was involved in the founding of the AMG Free Ride Team.〔 He is also part of the Australian Paralympic Committee's WorkCoverSA Paralympian Speakers Program. In 2007, he helped conduct three adaptive skiing camps in Victoria,〔 and was a finalist for the Pride of Australia awards for courage. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mark Soyer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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