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.

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.