About Jess Gallagher
Jess Gallagher is the first Australian athlete (Olympic or Paralympic) to win Summer and Winter Paralympic medals,
The multi talented athlete has represented Australia in 4 sports. alpine skiing, athletics, track cycling and rowing.
In 2010 at the Vancouver Winter Paralympics Jess became the first Australian women to win a Winter Paralympics medal when she won bronze in the Slalom. She won her second Paralympic medal at the 2014 Sochi Winter Paralympics another bronze, this time in the Giant Slalom. At the 2016 Rio Paralympics she won bronze in the 1km Time Trial on the tandem.
Throughout her career she has also won 2 Commonwealth Games gold medals and 11 World Championship medals (athletics and track cycling).
In 2022 and 2023 Jess represented Australia concurrently in rowing and track cycling, qualifying both the boat and bike for the 2024 Paralympics. With both competitions occuring on the same day in Paris Jess had a difficult choice to make and has elected to move forwards with track cycling. This decision proved dividends when at the 2024 Paris Paralympics she won silver on the tandem.
Jess is a fully qualified Osteopath, ambassador for a number of not-for-profit organisations and in 2023 was awarded RMIT University’s highest honour, an Honorary Doctorate in Social Sciences.
Jess is a highly sought-after keynote and motivational speaker.
Recent Posts
Jess selected for the Olympic Broadcasting Services Commentary Training Program
What an incredible week at IMG Studios, London, with 27 other Paralympians and Olympians from all around the world who had been selected for the …
Vision Australia 100K Your Way
This year I’m celebrating my 15th year as a Vision Australia ambassador (and many more as a VA client!), so I’m delighted to be jumping …
It’s a SILVER Paralympic medal in Paris!
The Paris 2024 Paralympics… well they put on a show! What an experience! A privilage to be attending my sixth Paralympics, to reflect on all …
Jess named in sixth Australian Paralympic Team, headed to Paris
It’s hard to believe that I was named to my first Australian Paralympic Team 16 years ago…! In the first 8 years of my career …
2024 Para-Cycling Track World’s re-cap
It was a tough lead in to this years World Championships with some uncertainty and circumstances outside our control heavily impacting our preperations. In spite …
Jess qualifies for Paris… twice!
As 2023 came to a close it was time for a difficult decision to be made. Having qualified the womens tandem and the PR3 4+ …
