Disciplines | Slalom, Alpine Combined
Hometown | Dunedin
Biography:
Diagnosed at birth with spina bifida - a disability that typically leaves people in a wheelchair - Adam says he’s lucky because he is mobile and able to walk. Adam began skiing at age six and switched to snowboarding at age nine. He switched back to skiing in order to compete in the Paralympic Winter Games in 2006. Adam won gold in the Men’s Standing Slalom at the Vancouver Winter Games in 2010 and from there, his career went from strength to strength. He added a bronze medal in Super Combined at the 2018 Games in PyeongChang before winning his second gold medal in Slalom. In Beijing 2022 he won two bronze medals, one in Super Combined and one in Slalom. He medalled again, a silver this time, at the Milano Cortina Paralympic Winter Games, in Slalom. Bringing home his 6th Paralympic medal from Italy, he draw level with Paralympian #55 Patrick Cooper as the most decorated New Zealand Winter Paralympian.
Adam’s accolades are many. At the 2018 PyeongChang Paralympic Winter Games, he was announced as winner of the Whang Yuon Dai Achievement Award. This is presented to only one male and one female Paralympian at each Paralympic Games who best exemplify the spirit of the Paralympic Games and the Paralympic values. He has five times been named Snow Sports NZ Adaptive Skier of the Year, and he received the ultimate accolade of Snow Sports NZ Athlete of the Year in 2008, 2009, 2012 , 2018 and 2019. In 2011, he was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZOM) in the Queen's Birthday Honours, for services to sport. He was named Para-Athlete of the Year at the 2019 Halberg Awards. In 2026, he was inducted into the Central Lakes Trust Hall of Fame at the Central Otago Sports Awards.
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