Discipline: Para Alpine

Paralympic Participation: PyeongChang 2018, Beijing 2022

Patrick was seven when he was diagnosed with macular dystrophy and Stargardt disease, causing 70 per cent blindness in his right eye and 30 per cent in his left.

He first hit the slopes in 2013 at a Disabled Wintersport Australia camp and quickly soon made a name for himself in Para-alpine skiing circles, debuting for Australia that same year at the IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup in Thredbo.

Para-alpine skier Patrick Jensen and his sighted guide Lara Falk had initially been aiming for Beijing 2022. But, after gaining crucial international experience at the 2017 IPC Alpine Skiing Europa Cup in Veysonnaz, Switzerland – where they posted career-best scores in the Men’s Giant Slalom and Super-G to finish third in both events – they competed in two events at PyeongChang 2018, coming 11th in the Men’s Giant Slalom Visually Impaired and did not finish in the Men’s Slalom Visually Impaired. 

At the 2019 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, he finished seventh in both the Men’s Downhill and Slalom Visually Impaired and ninth in the Men’s Giant Slalom Visually Impaired.

Patrick contested in five events with guide Amelia Hodgson at the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing. He kicked off his campaign with the Men’s Downhill Vision Impaired event, finishing in eighth. The pair finished in sixth position in the Men’s Super G Vision Impaired event. In the Men’s Super Combined Vision Impaired event, the pair finished in eighth in the Super G leg of the event, however, a crash in the Slalom leg saw them register a DNF. After a solid first run in the Men’s Giant Slalom Vision Impaired on Day 6, Jensen was unable to finish his second run to ultimately record a DNF. He closed his campaign with his third top 10 finish of the Games in the Men’s Slalom Vision Impaired.