Zali Steggall
Zali Steggall OAM (born 16 April 1974) is an Australian politician, lawyer and former Winter Olympic athlete. She has been the independent member for Warringah since the 2019 Australian federal election when she defeated the incumbent, former Prime Minister Tony Abbott.
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Zali Steggall in February 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Member of the Australian Parliament for Warringah | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 18 May 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Tony Abbott | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 16 April 1974 Manly, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Independent | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Relatives | Jack Steggall (grandfather) Zeke Steggall (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Griffith University (BA) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Steggall is Australia's most internationally successful alpine skier, winning a bronze medal in slalom at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, and a World Championship gold medal in 1999. In the Winter Olympics she is Australia's first individual medallist, first female medallist, and only medallist in alpine skiing. Steggall's Olympic career extended from Albertville in 1992 to Salt Lake City in 2002.
After her Olympic career, Steggall completed a law degree and began working as a solicitor, and then as a barrister. Steggall also became involved in several NGOs, including serving as director of the Sport Australia Hall of Fame from 2014 to 2019.
At the 2019 federal election, Steggall ran as an independent candidate and won the seat, and increased her margin at the 2022 federal election.