awards

Michael has been recognised at home and internationally, receiving a number of awards, accolades and honours, including:

Order of Australia Medal in 1992
Skiing Australia Skier of the Year 1993 and 1994
Included in the Australian Sports Commission Hall of Fame and the Australian Paralympic Committee Hall of Fame
Australian Institute of Sport Scholarship holder 1993-current
Team Captain, 2002 Australian Winter Paralympic Team
Australian flag bearer for the Opening Ceremony of both the 2002 and 2006 Paralympic Games.
Elected as one of three winter athletes to the International Paralympic Committee Athlete Commission, then chosen as Vice Chairperson.
Named as one of the 21 best athletes in the history of the AIS in 2002, an honour re-bestowed in 2006 as one of the 25 best ever athletes.
2002 Australian Paralympian of the Year.
2002 Laureus World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability.
2002 NSW Sports Federation Senior Athete of the Year with a Disability.
Sydney's Greatest Ever Athlete with a Disability, awarded in 2003.
Selected as one of Australia's 50 Most Beautiful Exports in 2003.
2003 ACT Australian of the Year finalist.
2007 ACT Australian of the Year.
2003 NSW Institute of Sport Clubs NSW Athlete of the Year.
Finalist in the 2003 and the 2006 Don Award, Sport Australia Hall of Fame.
2003 NSW Sports Federation Senior Athlete of the Year with a Disability.

Australia 's fastest skier and Canberra favourite, Michael Milton, has been chosen as ACT's Australian of the Year for 2007, ahead o...

By DOUG CONWAY in the Daily Telegraph

SPORT versus science - it's the annual Australia ...

The Age, Wednesday 21 May 2003
Michael Milton skis down mountains at almost 200kph and seems to go through life at a si...