Amelia Hodgson (born 29 June 1997) is an Australian skier and

sighted guide A sighted guide is a person who guides a person with blindness or vision impairment. Sports Paralympic Games At the Paralympic Games there are various classifications of athletes with a visual impairment. Rules are according to the International ...

for visually impaired skiers. She was

Patrick Jensen Patrick Jensen (born 27 February 1996) is a B2 classified visually impaired Para-alpine skier from Australia. He represented Australia at the 2018 Winter Paralympics and the 2022 Winter Paralympics. Personal At the age of seven, Jensen was d ...

's guide at the

2022 Winter Paralympics The 2022 Winter Paralympics (), commonly known as Beijing 2022 (), was an international winter multi-sport parasports event held in Beijing, China from 4 to 13 March 2022. This was the 13th Winter Paralympic Games, as administered by the Int ...

Skiing

Hodgson lives in

Jindabyne, New South Wales Jindabyne () is a town in south-east New South Wales, Australia that overlooks Lake Jindabyne near the Snowy Mountains, in Snowy Monaro Regional Council. It is a popular holiday destination year round, especially in winter. This is due to its ...

. She grew up ski racing and is a ski instructor and coach. Since 2019, Hodgson has been the sighted guide with Para-alpine skier

. In the 2019–20 season, Jensen and Hodgson won three bronze medals in World Cup events. At the

Jensen with his guide Amelia Hodgson, competed in five events - 6th in Super G and 8th in the downhill and Slalom Visually Impaired events. He failed to finish in the giant slalom and Super G Combined.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hodgson, Amelia 1997 births Living people Alpine skiers at the 2022 Winter Paralympics Sportswomen from New South Wales Alpine skiing coaches Paralympic sighted guides