David Morris (skier)
David Morris, Australian Aerial Skier and Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games Silver Medallist
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31 August 1984 Melbourne Australia |
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| Height | 171 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb; 10.6 st) | ||||||||||||
| Website | www.aerialskier.com | ||||||||||||
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 Australia
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| Sport | Freestyle skiing | ||||||||||||
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David John Morris (born 31 August 1984) is an Australian Olympic aerial/freestyle skier who competed in both the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi and the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver. He is Australia's most successful male aerial skier, having competed across FIS World Cup, World Championships and Winter Olympic competitions. He was selected to represent Australia at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games. He is the first Australian male aerial skier to compete at two consecutive Olympic Games, and the first Australian Medalist in the Olympic Men's Aerials.
Morris was born in Melbourne, as were his parents and siblings. He has a younger brother and younger sister. Morris attended two primary schools: St. John’s Primary School, Mitcham and Our Lady of The Pines, Donvale and completed his secondary education at Whitefriars College, Donvale. David also spent 3 years in Denmark with his family from 1995–1997, he attended Rygaards International School.
After having to defer parts of his tertiary studies many times due to commitments with training and competing overseas, he graduated from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in 2011 with a Bachelor of Applied Science (Physical Education) with Honours 1st Class.
Much of his life has rotated around sport. At about four years of age he commenced a lifelong passion for gymnastics at the Nunawading Gymnastics and Sports Club (NGSC, formally known as the Nunawading Youth Club) and he learned to ski at age three. He has demonstrated capabilities in cricket, diving and football but has always returned to gymnastics and from there to aerial skiing.
Morris is a supporter of the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League and is a member of the Melbourne Cricket Club.
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