Mark Soyer

Mark Soyer

Soyer at the 2012 IPC NorAm Cup
Personal information
Nationality	Australia
Born	(1978-04-24) 24 April 1978 (age 46) Benalla, Victoria
Sport
Country	Australia
Sport	Para-alpine skiing
Event(s)	Downhill Super-G Giant Slalom Slalom
Medal record New Zealand Winter Games 2011 Queenstown Giant Slalom Sitting 2011 Queenstown Super G Sitting

Mark Soyer (born 24 April 1978)^[1] is an Australian para-alpine LW11 classified skier. He dealt with leukaemia twice as a child. At the age of 26, he severed his spinal cord during an accident while riding his motorbike on his parents' farm, and subsequently tried several different sports. Working as a manufacturing jeweller and gemologist in Melbourne, he has also been involved with para-skiing as a volunteer, and serving in administrative roles for various organisations. In 2007, he was a finalist for the Pride of Australia awards for courage.

Soyer took up skiing following his accident after attending a camp in Australia. He then travelled to Colorado to attend another camp, before coming back to Australia to attend another camp. In 2007, he was ranked as Australia's second best sit-skier, and was in the top 50 skiers in the world. He attempted to make the 2010 Winter Paralympics. He earned bronze medals at skiing events in New Zealand in 2011. In 2012, he was a member of the Australian Paralympic skiing team, based out of the Australian Institute of Sports, and was trying to secure a spot for the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia. He represented Australia at the 2018 Winter Paralympics.^[2]