Bobbi Kelly Explained

Bobbi Kelly
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Birth Date:6 February 1994
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.[1] She was Melissa Perrine's guide at the 2022 Winter Paralympics.[2]

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.[3]

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.[4]

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.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bobbi Kelly. 6 February 2022. Paralympics Australia.
  2. Web site: 2 February 2022. Australian Paralympic Team Named For Beijing 2022 Winter Games. 4 February 2022. Paralympics Australia.
  3. Web site: Advancing Women in Snow Sports. 6 February 2022. APSI website.
  4. Web site: Celebrating International Women's Day - Bobbi Kelly. 6 February 2022. Snow Sports Australia.
  5. Web site: Gratitude, Pride And A Few Tears As Perrine’s Career Ends . 13 March 2022 . Paralympics Australia.