What is Matthew Robinson (snowboarder)?
[[File:Matt Robinson 13 cropped.jpg|thumb|200px|{{Center|Robinson in January 2014.}}]] '''Matthew John Robinson''' (24 October 1985 &ndash; 21 February 2014) was an [[Australians|Australian]] [[Snowboarding|snowboarder]]. He was a [[Paralympics|Paralympian]]. He won Australia's first [[IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup]] snowboard gold medal in [[Copper Mountain (Colorado)|Copper Mountain]], [[Colorado]] in the [[United States]]. In February 2014, he got head and neck injuries after an accident at the [[La Molina (ski resort)|La Molina]] [[ski resort]] in [[Spain]]. He was sent to fly back to Australia by plane soon after. Robinson died from [[cardiac arrest]] on 21 February 2014 while refueling in [[Kuwait]]. He was 28 years old. His memorial service was held in [[Perth, Western Australia]] on 7 March. At the time of his death, he was living in [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] with his fiancée.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/sport/australian-paralympic-fraternity-mourns-parasnowboarder-matthew-robinson-20140221-3386r.html|title=Australian Paralympic fraternity mourns para-snowboarder Matthew Robinson|date=21 February 2014|accessdate=28 March 2014|newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|first=David|last=Sygall}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.westannouncements.com.au/obituaries/thewest-au/obituary.aspx?pid=169836910 Matthew Robinson obituary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305162712/http://www.westannouncements.com.au/obituaries/thewest-au/obituary.aspx?pid=169836910 |date=2016-03-05 }} at the [http://www.westannouncements.com.au/ West Announcements website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171129051648/http://www.westannouncements.com.au/ |date=2017-11-29 }} {{Sports-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Robinson, Matthew}} [[Category:1985 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:Accidental deaths]] [[Category:Australian sportspeople]] [[Category:Deaths from cardiac arrest]] [[Category:Snowboarders]]