Skier Profile - Darryl Hoyle- MP3 Division

Darryl was born with a deformity of the legs and feet. Although mobile to some degree he still needs the assistance of a wheel chair for many activities. He started water skiing in January 2001 and within a very short time was selected in the Australian Team to compete in the 2001 World Championships held at Melton, Victoria where he won a bronze medal in jump and 5th overall. At the 2005 Worlds in Belgium he won gold in jump. Darryl was the Assistant Coach of the Australian Team at the Worlds in Townsville in 2007. He also managed to break a long standing World Record in the Jump event.

Skier Profile: Darryl Hoyle

Birth Date: 1965

Birthplace: Brisbane, QLD, Australia

Current Residence: Strathpine, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

Height: 165cm

Weight: 72kg

Occupation: Owner/operator of tow truck business

Began Skiing: Jan 2001

Began Competing: 2001 Nationals

Events: Slalom, Trick, Jump & wakeboarding

Division: Mens MP3 (Multi-plegic level 2- low level of injury) uses sit ski.

Sponsors: Sporting Wheelies, C & P Waterski, Surf Wind & Fire, Masterline and many small businesses from my local area.

Hobbies: Basketball, Camping, Football (watching not playing), restoring my Harley!

Results:

Member of Australian Disabled Water Ski Team since 2001

2007 Gold Medal in Jump - World Championships - Townsville
2007 Bronze in Overall - World Championships - Townsville
2007 National Slalom and Jump Champion

2006 Competed in American Nationals - unofficially won jump

2005 Gold in Jump - World Championships - Belgium
2005 National Overall Champion

2004 National Champion in Slalom, Trick and Jump

2003 National Overall Champion
2003 World Championships - Florida - competed but achieved no results because of broken ankle in the preliminaries.

2001 Bronze in Jump - 12.8mtrs - World Championships - Melbourne

2001 Nationals - Jumped 8.1mtrs

Awards

2008 - Sporting Wheelie of the Year (Qld)

2008 - Senior Male Athlete of the Year (Qld)

2008 - Most Outstanding Performance of the Year (Qld)

2008 - Short listed (top 5) for the Disabled Athlete of the Year

2008 - Nominated for IWSF Disabled Skier of the Year

Completed Level 1 Coaching Course

2006 SPORTING WHEELIES SPIRIT AWARD
2005 SPORTING WHEELIES MOST IMPROVED MALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR
2004 SPORTING WHEELIES MOST IMPROVED MALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR

Records

World/Australian Record - Jump 25.1m - 2007 - World Championships - Townsville

2007 - Australian Record in Slalom (MP3)

Ski Club Affiliation:

Australian Water Ski & Wakeboard Federation & WaterskiQLD