Marty Mayberry (9 February 1986 – 18 December 2024) was an Australian double leg amputee LW3 classified Paralympic alpine skier.
[4] Following a high school ski trip when he was in year 11,[4] Mayberry contracted meningococcal disease at the age of 16, and this resulted in double below the knee amputations.
[2][7] He was in a coma for two weeks as a result of the disease,[7] and, when he woke up at Byron Bay Hospital, learned his legs had been amputated.
[19] When fully kitted out, he looked like an able-bodied skier,[20] and was capable of skiing faster than 110 kilometres per hour (68 mph).
[21] Mayberry had won medals at IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup events and the Paralympic Games.
[22][23][24] He made his Australian national team debut in 2005 at the European Cup Finals,[24][25] and went on to represent Australia the following year at the 2006 Turin Games where he failed to medal in the four men's standing events he competed in.
[19] That year, at a Spanish hosted IPC World Cup, he crashed in the giant slalom event and did not score a time.
[26] A ceremony was held in Canberra with Australian Paralympic Committee president Greg Hartung and Minister for Sport Kate Ellis making the announcement.
[20] At the second to last World Cup event before the 2010 Games, on a course in Vancouver, Canada, he won a silver medal in the downhill with a time of 1:16.02.
[7][8][28] Prior to the start of the Games, he participated in a national team training camp in Vail, Colorado before the Aspen hosted World Cup.