Jessica Gallagher

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jessica Gallagher
Occupation	Netballer
Date Of Birth	Mar 14, 1986(1986-03-14)
Age	38
Birthplace	Geelong
Country	Australia
Birth City	Victoria
Horoscope	Pisces

Jessica Gallagher Biography

Jessica Gallagher is one of the most popular and richest Netballer who was born on March 14, 1986 in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. Gallagher was born on March 14, 1986. She lives in her home in the Geelong suburb known as Highton. She graduated in 2009 from RMIT University. received her degree at RMIT University with a Master of Osteopathy and is an osteopath registered.

She is part of the Australian Institute of Sport Alpine Skiing Program since the year 2009.

Australia’s National Sports Museum put several items related to her on display after her bronze medal win at the 2010 Vancouver Games.

At the time of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Paralympics, she was dating the American Paralympic sitting ski slalomer Gerald Hayden. She is an ambassador for the Australian Paralympic Committee, Vision Australia, Seeing Eye Dogs Australia, Vision 2020 Australia, Kx Pilates and 2XU.

Gallagher was chosen to compete in the 2008 Beijing Paralympics in long jump 100m, shotput and discus. However, she was not able to pass her classification test as the classifiers claimed that the vision in the right eye of her was 0.01 percent better than it was required to be. Then, in November of 2009 her class was re-examined due to the decline of her vision. She was found to be competent to take part.

Jessica Gallagher Net Worth

Jessica Gallagher is one of the richest Netballer from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jessica Gallagher 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Jessica Gallagher (born 14 March 1986) is an Australian Paralympic alpine skier, track and field athlete also a tandem cycling. She was the country’s second female Winter Paralympian, and the first Australian woman to earn medals during the Winter Paralympics at the 2010 Vancouver Games. She participated in the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi in Russia, where she took home an Olympic silver medal for the women’s Giant Slalom Visually Impaired.

She played basketball and netball with athletes who were able-bodied and was first able to play at the top level of both sports when she began losing her vision. Netball was her sport, and she played as a goalkeeper and goal attack. She played for Victoria numerous times, and was selected as an emergency player for in the Australian U16 squad. Within the Victorian league’s Championship Division, she represented both Palladians and Altona Lightning. As a basketball player, she was a member of Geelong Cats. Geelong Cats for five years as well as Victoria Country. At the time her aim was to become an elite basketball or netball player. In addition she played netball within the Geelong Football / Netball League and represented South Barwon and Leopold. Despite having low vision and her missing one-third of game because of her Paralympic training regimen she was awarded an A-grade Best and Fairest Award in 2007 for her team Leopold.

Gallagher first represented Australia in 2009 at the New Zealand Winter Games, where she won a gold medal. In January 2010, she competed at her first IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup event in Austria and won a bronze medal in slalom. Before the start of the 2010 Games, she had competed in nine World Cup events. On her 24th birthday, she won a bronze medal at the Vancouver games in the Women’s Slalom visually impaired event, becoming the first Australian woman to do so. In her first and second time down the hill, she finished third both times, She also competed in the Women’s Giant Slalom visually impaired event at the 2010 Games, finishing seventh after headset issues that caused problems with communication.

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In a 2014 interview Gallagher expressed what competing at Summer and Winter Paralympics meant to her. She said: I love the unique cultural experience each host city brings. Ultimately, competing for your country on the world’s biggest sporting stage is a pinnacle. It brings memories and experiences that last a lifetime.

Facts & Trivia

Jessica Ranked on the list of most popular Netballer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Jessica Gallagher celebrates birthday on March 14 of every year.

At the 2018 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with Madison Janssen she won silver medals in the Women’s Tandem Time Trial and Sprint.