Background
Bunting was born on 17 June 1976, and has been blind since birth.
Bunting was born on 17 June 1976, and has been blind since birth.
Bunting attended the secondary school Oakhill College.
He started skiing in 1998 with his guide Nathan Chivers. He has a degree in computer science from the University of Technology, Sydney, and works in satellite networking. He was featured on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation"s X Paralympic Games in March 2010.
Bunting skied with his guide Nathan Chivers, whom he has known since high school.
He began skiing in 1998 at a "tryout camp" for people with disabilities. From 2001 to 2003 and in 2009, he had an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship for alpine skiing.
Bunting and Chivers retired after 2002 due to Chivers breaking a leg in a motorbike accident. He returned to competition with Chivers in 2009 with the aim of competing at the 2010 Vancouver Games.
While he was scheduled to ski in the second run of the giant slalom at the 2010 Games, he withdrew from that competition to focus on the downhill event.
He had been in 14th place after his first run. By June 2011, he had retired from elite skiing.