 Gallagher is an athletics competitor , competing in long jump , discus , shot put , javelin and sprinting , She became involved in athletics after learning about the Paralympics . At the skills assessment , the classifiers had her try shot put and , despite being dressed in casual athletic attire , she managed a throw that met the Paralympic qualifying distance . After a year of training , she increased this initial distance by 2 @.@ 5 metres ( 8 ft 2 in ) to have a personal best throw of over 12 metres ( 39 ft ) . She holds several records in the F13 classification , including Australian and Oceanian records in the long jump , javelin and shot put , and an Australian record in discus . In athletics , her coaches have included Mike Edwards and John Boas . In January 2011 , she competed at the 2011 Christchurch IPC Athletics World Championships , where she finished second in the long jump and third in the javelin throw event , with a throw of 33 @.@ 75 metres ( 110 @.@ 7 ft ) . Her appearance at the championships marked her return to the sport after having taken a break to compete in skiing . 
