Jessica Gallagher’s switch from skiing to cycling reaps bronze medal The Daily Telegraph Amanda Lulahm, March 20 2016 SHE won an historic medal for Australia in alpine skiing, is a world medallist in track and field and now at her first ever world track cycling championships Jessica Gallagher has ridden off with a medal. Arguably Australia’s most...
One of my joys outside of sport is giving back to help others in particular those with vision loss. As a Board Director & global ambassador for Vision 2020 Australia I am privilaged to play a small part in helping the millions upon millions of people living with avoidable blindess/ low vision- did you know EIGHTY PRECENT of blindness is AVOIDABLE! This is something we can fix! The photos ...
It is a huge honour to be included in this fantastic article on young Aussie's doing some incredible things in their lives. Below is an excerpt from The Cusp's article. Please be sure to click on the link at the bottom to read about the fascinating things everyone else is up to (just way too long to add it all in this one little blog!) - Meet the young Aussies making an...
It is incredibly exciting to share the news that along with my pilot Maddi we have officially been selected for the Australian Para-Cycling team bound for the UCI World Championships to be held in Italy this March 17-20. Having decided to take up cycling for the first time in September 2014, it has been a fantastic journey and one that has been enjoyable every minute. Along the way I have been ...
Media Release, 8 Jan 2016 , by Cycling Australia Cycling Australia is pleased to announce a 14-rider team for the 2016 Para-cycling Track World Championships to be held in Montichiari/ Italy from 17-20 March. The Championships provide one of the final chances for riders to impress ahead of the Rio Paralympics in September. The team features reigning world and...
WISP World is a great podcast focusing on women in sport from around the globe, they have podcasts on all the latest sporting news from the US, Canada, Brazil, NZ to name a few! I recently spoke with the Global Women’s Sports Network Beth Davis and Chris Stafford on my transition from skiing to cycling. It was great fun chatting with them about my career so far, the varying sports...
In early November I found myself jumping on a plane to Canberra to attend an un-conference. I really wasn’t sure what I had signed up for but was incredibly intrigued… what exactly is an un-conference? Hosted by Junkee, it was defined as ‘200 of Australia’s best and brightest young minds’, taking over the entire QT Canberra to create ideas on how to shape...
A few months ago I caught up with Shane Kelly for a chat in his 'Off the Bike' series for Bike Exchange. We chat about well basically everything! My transition from skiing to cycling, how I ride a single bike as a vision impaired person, tandem track cycling in pursuit of the Rio Paralympics & a summer Paralympic medal & the incredible people & support I've found in the...
A few months ago I had the absolute pleasure of being asked to be involved in a short film by videographer/ photographer Dean Saffron. He wanted to show people what makes me tick and get out of bed each morning chasing my dreams. We had so much fun shooting this around Melbourne's inner west so please enjoy & feel free to share around...! Blind Faith - Legally blind Australian Dual...
As an RMIT Alumnus I was recently asked to share my thoughts on the importance of #shapeRMIT- an initiative where RMIT is inviting everyone in the community to join the conversation on how the University can plan for success over the next five years. Click on the link below to see my interview on #shapeRMIT and discover how RMIT shaped who I am as a person having completed a Bachelor of...
