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Michael Norton (Michael Joseph Norton) was born on 22 April, 1964 in Australia, is an Australian Paralympic alpine skier. Discover Michael Norton'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 32 years old?

Popular As Michael Joseph Norton
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Age 32 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 22 April, 1964
Birthday 22 April
Birthplace N/A
Date of death 22 August, 1996
Died Place Melbourne, Victoria
Nationality Australia

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1964

Michael Joseph Norton, (22 April 1964 – 22 August 1996) was an Australian Paralympic alpine skier.

1984

In February 1984, on the way home from work on his motorbike, he hit a rock and came off the bike near Foster in South Gippsland and became paralysed.

At the time of the accident, he was an electrician.

Prior to the accident, he was involved in rock climbing and white-water kayaking.

After the accident, he completed his high school certificate and started an engineering degree.

He ceased the degree, due to having an operation.

Norton established a ski school at Mount Buller for disabled people.

His first student was champion Australian wheelchair tennis player Daniela Di Toro.

Norton pushed his wheelchair from Melbourne to Mount Buller to raise funds to purchase specialised equipment.

He frequently appeared on television to raise the profile of disability sport and to raise funds.

1986

After the accident, he turned to wheelchair racing and in February 1986 won the Australian championships in Adelaide.

However, he found himself alienated in track athletics because he was pushing a wheelchair as opposed to running.

1987

In 1987, he was taught to ski by George MacPherson, one of the founders of sit skiing in Australia.

He enjoyed skiing as it took him to places he couldn't get to in a wheelchair.

1988

In 1988, ski coach Dean Sheppard invited him to Canada for ski racing.

1989

. Between 1989 and 1994, he won numerous slalom and giant slalom events in Europe and North America.

1990

This was followed by his appearance at the 1990 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships in Winter Park, Colorado.

1992

At the 1992 Tignes-Albertville Winter Paralympics, he won a bronze medal in the Men's Slalom LW11 event.

1994

As a paraplegic sit skier, he won two gold medals at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Paralympics.

Norton grew up on a dairy farm in Leongatha, Victoria.

He attended Leongatha High School and left in year four.

During training in the days preceding the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Paralympics, he had a crash that resulted in him being unconscious.

Despite the crash, he went on to win two gold medals in the Men's Slalom LWXI and Men's Super-G LWXI events, for which he received a Medal of the Order of Australia.

In 1994, he was awarded the Australian Skier of the Year.

He was a strong advocate for people with a disability.

He came out strongly against Australian sport administrator Arthur Tunstall who stated that it was embarrassing to have disabled athletes at the 1994 Commonwealth Games.

Norton stated "It's obvious he doesn't know how much disabled people wanted to get to the Games. I mean, they're breaking their backs to get there."

1995

He was an Australian Institute of Sport Athlete with a Disability scholarship holder in 1995.

Also, he was a Victorian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.

1996

Norton was found dead on 22 August 1996 in his home in the Melbourne suburb of Middle Park.

Graeme Johnstone, the Victorian Coroner, found that he had died of a heroin overdose.

The coroner also stated there was no evidence that Norton was a long-term user of heroin or other illicit drugs.

Family and friends were dissatisfied by the police investigation, which took place eight weeks after his death.

The coroner's findings were based on this investigation.

Norton was buried in Leongatha.