Australian para-snowboarder Matthew Robinson has died of a cardiac arrest while being transferred home following a crash earlier this month..
Robinson had suffered serious neck and spinal injuries while competing in Spain last month.
The 28-year-old had spent eight days in a hospital near Barcelona before doctors cleared him for transfer to Australia.
Tragically, Robinson suffered a cardiac arrest on board the aircraft during a scheduled stop in Kuwait.
CPR was administered by the Air Ambulance medical crew, but he could not be revived.
A day before his accident Robinson had secured the overall Para-Snowboard World Cup title with a fourth place finish in La Molina, Spain.
