Kelly Gallagher

Quick Facts

Full Name	Kelly Gallagher
Occupation	Alpine Skier
Date Of Birth	May 18, 1985(1985-05-18)
Age	39
Birthplace	London
Country	United Kingdom
Horoscope	Taurus

Kelly Gallagher Biography

Kelly Gallagher is one of the most popular and richest Alpine Skier who was born on May 18, 1985 in London, United Kingdom. Gallagher was born on 18 May 1985 and was raised in Bangor in the north of County Down. Her father, Patrick Gallagher, was an airline pilot. She is a graduate in mathematics from the University of Bath.

She was selected for the British team at the 2010 Winter Paralympics in February 2010. Gallagher is funded by the Sport Northern Ireland Athlete Support Programme and supported by the Sports Institute for Northern Ireland and is also backed by Disability Sports NI.

She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2014 Birthday Honours for services to sport for people with a visual impairment. The Ski Club of Great Britain awarded her with a Pery Medal along with the other medal winners from the 2014 Olympics and Paralympics.

Gallagher won Britain’s first ever Winter Paralympic gold on 10 March 2014, during the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia. She finished first in the visually impaired Super-G competition. She fell during both the super-combined and the giant slalom.

Gallagher was one of seven skiers for Great Britain at the 2010 Winter Paralympics and became the first athlete from Northern Ireland to compete in the Winter Paralympics. At the Games she contested the giant slalom and slalom events for visually impaired athletes. She finished sixth in the slalom but achieved the British team’s highest finish, missing out on a medal by a single place and 3.36 seconds in the giant slalom.

Kelly Gallagher Net Worth

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

Kelly Marie Gallagher, MBE (born 18 May 1985), is a British skier and the first athlete from Northern Ireland to compete in the Winter Paralympics. Gallagher won Britain’s first ever Winter Paralympic gold medal during Sochi 2014.

Gallagher has oculocutaneous albinism, is visually impaired and competes with a sighted guide. At the 2009 New Zealand Winter Games Gallagher, competing with guide Claire Robb, won gold in her first ever international race, the giant slalom.

In January 2011 Gallagher became the first British athlete to win a medal at the IPC World Championships. Competing with Evans the pair won the silver medal in the slalom and bronze in the giant slalom at the event held in Sestriere only five weeks after they started working together. The pairing also won a gold medal in slalom at the 2011 Europa Cup Finals.

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Facts & Trivia

Kelly Ranked on the list of most popular Alpine Skier. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Kelly Gallagher celebrates birthday on May 18 of every year.

Where does Kelly Gallagher teach?

Kelly Gallagher teaches English language arts at Magnolia High school in Anaheim, California. He is author of many books, including Write Like This and In the Best Interests of Students (Stenhouse, 2011 and 2015). He is coauthor with Penny Kittle of 180 Days (Heinemann, 2018).

Where is Kelly Gallagher from?

Kelly Gallagher is an alpine ski racer from Northern Ireland with oculocutaneous albinism, which causes her to be visually impaired. Skiing with Charlotte Evans as a guide, she won Great Britain’s first ever gold medal at the Winter Paralympic Games in Sochi in 2014 for the super-G race.

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WHAT IS ARTICLE OF THE WEEK? An AoW is a relatively current event for you to read and annotate. You will have to read the article and show evidence of a close reading.

What is the article of the week?

Article of the Week (AoW) is an assignment that is meant to build skills in reading and responding to complex informational texts. It is also a way to build background knowledge about worldly topics; doing so lowers the hurdle for understanding other, more complex texts as students move further along in school.

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