 She is legally blind , and represents Australia internationally in three sports : skiing , athletics and cycling . 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 . Gallagher has been selected in the Australian cycling team with her pilot Madison Janssen for the 2016 Rio Paralympics . Her " long term goal is to be the first Australian to medal at a summer and winter Paralympics or Olympics " . 
