Melissa Perrine

Quick Facts

Full Name	Melissa Perrine
Occupation	Alpine Skier
Date Of Birth	Feb 21, 1988(1988-02-21)
Age	36
Birthplace	Nowra
Country	Australia
Horoscope	Aquarius

Melissa Perrine Biography

Melissa Perrine is one of the most popular and richest Alpine Skier who was born on February 21, 1988 in Nowra, Australia. Melissa Perrine was born 21 February 1988 in Nowra (New South Wales). The Wingecarribee Council named her their Young Australians of the Year in 2007. In March 2010, she was featured on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s X Paralympic Games. She was born with four eye conditions: micropthalmia, cataracts, micropthalmia, glaucoma, and nystagmus. Since she was very young, her eyesight has been gradually deteriorating. Her vision is blurry and her colours are not clear. She currently resides in Welby in New South Wales and is enrolled at the Australian Catholic University in Sydney. She completed a Bachelor in Exercise Science and a Master in Exercise Science at the Australian Catholic University in 2012. She is currently enrolled in a Master’s degree in Physiotherapy at Western Sydney University.

Perrine broke her hip in a fall at a World Cup event in Italy in 2010, just before the Paralympics. Perrine returned to Australia. She was back on the skis at the end of 2009/2010 and participated in the 2010 World Cup in Aspen. At the event, she was awarded a silver and a pair bronze medals.

At the 2012 World Cup event in Italy, Perrine finished third in the slalom while skiing with Bor. She won a silver medal in the giant slalom.

Perrine with her guide Andy Bor won five medals – three gold, one silver and one bronze in Women’s Visually Impaired events at the 2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships in Panorama, Canada. Gold medals were won in the Downhill, Super-G, Super Combined, silver medal in Slalom and bronze medal in the Giant Slalom. Perrine became the only Australian female in alpine skiing to finish on the podium in all five events at an IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships.

Perrine arrived with the rest of the Para-alpine Australian team in Paralympic Village on 9 March 2010 to take part in the 2010 Winter Paralympics. She competed in the Downhill and super-G events, as well as super combined, giant slalom, and super combined. She was seventh in the super-G for visually impaired skiers, 12.54 seconds slower than Henrieta Farkasova, the gold medal winning Slovak skier. In the super combined, she did not place. She was sixth in Super G after her first run, but she didn’t finish her second run, and she did not place. Bor and she finished fifth in the 2,139m (7,018 ft.) downhill.

Melissa Perrine Net Worth

Melissa Perrine is one of the richest Alpine Skier from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Melissa Perrine 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Melissa Perrine, a para-alpine skier with visual impairments B2 from Australia was born 21 February 1988. She competed in downhill, super-G and super combined events at the 2010 Winter Paralympics, Vancouver and Sochi 2014. In PyeongChang 2018, she was a Winter Paralympics participant. She won three gold, one-silver, and one bronze medals at the 2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships. She won two bronze medals at the 2018 Winter Paralympics.

Perrine is a visually impaired skier who has been classified as B2. Perrine is aided by a guide, who communicates with her via a microphone and speakers. Andy Bor, her sighted guide, was her first time skiing with her. In 2009, she placed second in the super-G at the IPC North America Cup. She was named alongside Jessica Gallagher to the team. This was the second time that Australia had sent women to the Winter Paralympics. The announcement was made at a ceremony in Canberra by Greg Hartung, President of the Australian Paralympic Committee, and Kate Ellis, Minister for Sport.

At the 2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships, with Bor as her guide, Perrine won a silver medal in the vision-impaired downhill event, the first one ever earned by an Australian woman at the event. She also earned bronze medals in the women’s vision impaired Super Combined and super-G events. At an August 2011 competition in Mt Hutt, New Zealand, she finished first in the women’s super G visually impaired event. At the Winter Games IPC event at Coronet Peak that same month, she and Bor finished first in the women’s slalom visually impaired event.

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Melissa Ranked on the list of most popular Alpine Skier. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Melissa Perrine celebrates birthday on February 21 of every year.