Russell Docker

Russell Docker (born 15 May 1967) is a British Paralympic skier. Docker was paralysed from the chest down after he broke two vertebrae in his back in a five-metre fall while on a skiing holiday in 1995. Following his accident Docker took up skiing again using a sit-ski, also known as a mono-ski, which features a chair mounted on a single ski, with two short crutches for support.

Paralympics His first Paralympic appearance came at the 2002 Winter Paralympics held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States where he was one of two British athletes to compete. He participated in four events in the LW12 classification but crashed out in the downhill event and failed to complete his other three races. Docker was selected for his second Paralympics in 2006; he again competed in four events and achieved a highest finish of 23rd in the Super-G.

Docker's preparations for the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver were hindered by both the financial problems and eventual collapse of governing body SnowsportGB in the run up to the Games and a hairline fracture in his foot, which he suffered after dropping a medicine ball on it in training. At the Games he was disqualified in the downhill and failed to finish in the slalom and giant slalom following falls. The only race he completed was Super-G, where he placed 29th. In the 2009 World Cup he finished 17th in downhill and 15th in Super-Combined at the event in Sestriere and finished 15th in Super-Combined in Whistler.