Jono Brauer (born 26 September 1981 in

Sydney, New South Wales Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...

) is an Australian

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who specialises in slalom and

giant slalom Giant slalom (GS) is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline. It involves skiing between sets of poles ("gates") spaced at a greater distance from each other than in slalom but less than in Super-G. Giant slalom and slalom make up t ...

. Brauer grew up in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, and as an 8-year-old had already shown an interest in skiing, winning several competitions. When his mother bought a business in the ski resort town of

Thredbo Thredbo is a village and ski resort in the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales, Australia, situated in a part of the Snowy Monaro Regional Council, and has been operated by Event Hospitality and Entertainment since 1987. It is approximately ...

, Brauer followed and based his career there. Brauer won the Australian National Championships several times, and won both European and North American Cup Slalom events as well as a career high 14th in the Chamonix World Cup Super Combined event. He was ranked #2 in the world in Slalom for his age of 18. From 2000 - 2010, he was regularly the No. 1 ranked skier in Australia and competitive on the world stage. Unfortunately Brauer suffered a series of season ending injuries resulting in 12 surgeries to his lower limbs and ultimately causing his retirement from the sport in 2010. Brauer represented Australia in the 2006 Winter Olympics in

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, Italy, as well as the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada. Following his athletic career, Brauer coached for the Australian National team before opening a successful retail business in 2012. He sold this business in 2017 and in 2019, inspired by his two children and love for mountain biking he founded his own brand of Mountain Bike Apparel and Protection focused on kids, Sendy. www.sendygear.com

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External links

Jono Brauer official websiteFaces of Thredbo: Jono Brauer
1981 births Australian male alpine skiers Alpine skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Olympic alpine skiers of Australia Australian people of German descent Skiers from Sydney Living people {{Australia-alpine-skiing-bio-stub