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Ron Finneran was born on 1944 in Australia, is an An australian male alpine skier. Discover Ron Finneran's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 80 years old?
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Ron Finneran Height, Weight & Measurements
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Ron Finneran Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Ron Finneran worth at the age of 80 years old? Ron Finneran’s income source is mostly from being a successful skier. He is from Australia. We have estimated Ron Finneran's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Ronald James Finneran OAM (born 1944) is an Australian Paralympic athlete and sports administrator, from Merimbula, New South Wales.
Finneran was born in the Sydney suburb of Maroubra.
He lost the full use of both his legs and his right arm after contracting polio aged about 20 months.
He took up skiing in 1972 after a visit to the Thredbo Ski Resort and trained in the United States and Canada.
He was Australia's only participant at the 1976 Winter Paralympics in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden, where he marched in the opening ceremony.
However, he did not compete, as there were no events for his disability.
Besides his participation at the 1976 Winter Paralympics, he was Chef de Mission/Team Manager of the Australian teams at the 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992 and 1994 Winter Paralympics.
He remained in Sweden after the Games until 1978 to study and train.
In 1978, with Canadian ski instructor Bruce Abel and Australian ski instructor Nick Dean, he formed the Australian Disabled Skiers Federation, now Disabled Wintersport Australia (DWA).
At the 1984 World Championships in Switzerland he came 4th in the downhill.
Other sports administration roles included: Member of the Advisory Committee to the Australian Bicentennial Authority's National Disabled Sports Program (1984 to 1988) and Chairman of the New South Wales Advisory Committee for Athletes with a Disability (1987 to 1992).
In 1989, he was a member of a working group that helped to establish the Australian Paralympic Federation in January 1990.
He was a Board Member of the Federation from 1990 to 1995.
In 1992, Australian Disabled Skiing Federation opened its own ski lodge called Finsko's Lodge, the name of the lodge recognized Finneran's considerable work to its development.
He also played a major role in the establishment of the Jindabyne Winter Academy, a program designed to assist elite and talented able bodied and disabled alpine skiers.
He was also president of the Australian Paralympic Federation in 1993.
In 1993, he was Chairman of the Bid Committee for the 2000 Sydney Paralympic Games.
The result of Finneran's worked culminated in 2001 with the Australian Institute of Sport establishing a Paralympic Alpine Skiing Program in conjunction with the Australian Paralympic Committee.
After receiving his OAM in 2005, he stated "To have had just a small part in profiling the abilities of people with disabilities, be it in recreational activities to the very elite in Paralympic sport, has been an enormously rewarding experience."
He retired as Executive Director of DWA in January 2010 after 31 years in the role.
Whilst in the role of Executive Director, he was able transform disabled skiing in Australia particularly in terms of facilities, training programs, talent development and government support.
