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Jessica Gallagher (born 14 March 1986) is an Australian Paralympic alpine skier and track and field athlete. She was Australia's second female Winter Paralympian, and the first Australian woman to win a medal at the Winter Paralympics at the 2010 Vancouver Games. She competed at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, where she won a bronze medal in the Women's Giant Slalom Visually Impaired. She is legally blind, and represents Australia internationally in two sports: skiing and athletics. Besides her skiing achievements, she has represented Australia in athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, and won a silver and a bronze medal at the 2011 Christchurch IPC Athletics World Championships in long jump and javelin, respectively. She has also represented the state of Victoria as a junior in netball and basketball. ==Personal== Gallagher was born on 14 March 1986 and lives in the Geelong suburb of Highton.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.paralympic.org.au/team/jessica-gallagher-0 )〕 In 2009, she graduated from RMIT University with a Master of Osteopathy,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://rmit.biz/browse;ID=7gv182c2fcx31 )〕 and is a registered osteopath.〔 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,〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Vision Australia )〕 Seeing Eye Dogs Australia,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Our ambassadors and patrons )〕 Vision 2020 Australia,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jessica Gallagher )〕 Kx Pilates〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jessica Gallagher )〕 and 2XU.〔 She is legally blind due to Best's disease, a rare condition.〔〔 She started to lose her eyesight when she was a teenager, having received the results of tests while she was competing at the U17 national netball championships. Gallagher was selected to compete at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics in long jumping, 100 m, shot put and discus, but she failed her classification test because the classifiers said the eyesight in her right eye was 0.01% too good. In November 2009, her classification was revisited due to deterioration of her vision and she was deemed eligible to compete. She is aiming to become the first Australian Paralympic competitor to win medals at both the Summer and Winter Paralympics.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jessica Gallagher」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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