In 2014, he won Australia's first IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup snowboard gold medal in Copper Mountain, Colorado.

At the IPC World Cup in La Molina, Spain, he crashed at the bottom of the first run of his second race at the competition.

[3] On 21 February, whilst travelling back to Australia by a specialised air ambulance, he suffered a cardiac arrest during a re-fuelling stop in Kuwait.

[4] At the Opening Ceremony of the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, the entire Australian team of nine athletes, along with coaches, medical staff and administration officials, wore the black armbands to remember Robinson.

[4] A tribute to Robinson now hangs in Disabled Wintersport Australia's 'Finskos Lodge' where he spent winters training in Jindabyne.

in 2019, Matthew Robinson's Family, Disabled Wintersport Australia, and Paralympics Australia established the Matthew Robinson Scholarship to assist emerging Para athletes offset some of the costs involved in participating in Winter sport.