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June 26, 2020
- Posted by: Professor Penelope Presto
- Categories: Shop news, Uncategorized
Nearly Legless Mick: from Muggle to Magic
As one of Australia’s most successful athletes Michael Milton is no stranger to a battle. He lost his left leg to bone cancer at nine, competed in his first Paralympic Games at 14 and won Australia’s first ever winter gold medal at just 19… a full decade before Steven Bradbury’s Olympic gold medal. In an international ski racing career spanning 20 years, he won 22 medals, 12 of them gold. He is Australia’s fastest ever skier and the world’s fastest skier with a disability, clocking an amazing 213.65km/hr. He’s scaled Mt Kilimanjaro and walked the Kokoda Track twice. After competing