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Mallory Weggemann

2020 & 2012 Paralympic Gold Medalist, NBC Sports Winter Paralympics Correspondent, Author, & Equality Activist

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Athlete, Christian, Disability, Ethics & Integrity, Faith & Religion, Health, Human Resources, Inspirational, Leadership, Motivational, Paralympics, Sports, Sports Coaching, Sports Motivation, Teamwork & Teambuilding
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Mallory Weggemann Biography

Mallory Weggemann, a Paralympic swimmer, has been involved in competitive swimming since the age of seven. In 2008, a series of epidural injections intended to treat back pain caused by postherpetic neuralgia instead resulted in the complete loss of movement from her abdomen down, making Weggemann a paraplegic.

Three months after her injury at the age of 18, Weggemann chose to return to the pool. Her older sister found an article about the Paralympic Swimming Trials at the University of Minnesota, and with the encouragement of her family, Weggemann attended the meet as a spectator. Still adjusting to her new disability, Weggemann found her love for swimming unchanged.

In less than a year and a half, Weggemann began breaking world records, starting with the 2009 Can Am Speedo Para Swim Meet. Over the next four years, she broke 34 American Records and 15 World Records in the S7 classification and became a twelve-time World Champion. She won multiple gold medals at the IPC Swimming World Championships and a gold and bronze medal at the controversially reclassified S8 category during the 2012 London Paralympic Games. Weggemann's gold medal race in the S8 50-meter freestyle event, set in a new Paralympic record time, was one of the most memorable moments of the 2012 Games and captured the attention of audiences worldwide.

After the London 2012 Games, Weggemann launched a successful career as a motivational speaker while continuing her swimming training. Despite sustaining permanent nerve damage to her left arm in 2014, which threatened her athletic journey, Weggemann fought back with the support of her coach, Steve Van Dyne. She trained for the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and represented the United States at the delayed 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, where she won several medals and broke two records. Weggemann has been named to represent the United States at the 2022 World Para Swimming Championships.

Alongside her swimming achievements, Weggemann has been honored with the World Disabled Swimmer of the Year award in 2009 and 2010 and the USA Swimming Disabled Swimmer of the Year award in 2009, 2010, and 2011. She also won the Best Female Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award in 2011. In a significant personal achievement, Weggemann regained the ability to "walk" for the first time in nearly six years with the help of customized leg braces and forearm crutches. Currently residing in Eagan, Minnesota, Weggemann continues to inspire others through her public speaking engagements and her TEDx talk, "Triumph over Tragedy."

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 09/21/2024.

Mallory Weggemann Speaking Topics

  • Everything Happens for a Reason

    In this touching and poignant presentation, Mallory Weggemann recounts the day she became paralyzed, her initial struggles to cope with her new condition, and how she soon realized she now had a platform to raise awareness for swimmers with disabilities. Weggemann shares moving anecdotes from her personal journal, including how she changed the life of a young girl who was also paralyzed • an incident that allowed her to fully understand why "everything happens for a reason."

  • Baby Steps: An Intimate Discussion on the Basic Forms of Leadership

    Mallory Weggemann breaks down the pillars of leadership into a more simplistic form—baby steps. As she insists that the only way to take a daunting task, a looming challenge, a seemingly unsurmountable obstacle and conquer it is through baby steps themselves. In October 2008, Mallory found her own personal life was focused on change. Through her journey and self-reflection, she discovered that one of the greatest qualities leaders can present is the ability to adapt to change. Mallory’s story appeals to anyone seeking a genuine and, at times, raw examination of one young woman’s journey through grief to the top of the Paralympic medal platform, from being confined to a chair to learning to walk again. Even though her spine will never heal, her spirit is active, captivating and unstoppable.

  • “You’re the Best, You Can Make a Difference and You Can Change the World”

    The phrase spoken to Mallory Weggemann and her sisters by her father every night before they went to bed is something which Mallory lives by every day. Mallory emphasizes that everyone goes through struggles and everyone has some sort of “disability,” some of them just not as obvious as hers. Yet, everyone has the ability to overcome their “disabilities” and make a difference (big or small) in the world. With her unique ability to speak to a packed house, and yet make every individual feel as if they are involved in a personal conversation, Mallory presented a challenge to her audience while speaking at the United Nations in September 2013: “Live your life with passion, with heart, free of fear, hate and judgment, be courageous, and know that in any given moment you can make a difference and you can change the world by your simple actions.”

  • Personal Story: Everything Happens for a Reason (includes moving anecdotes from personal journals)

    Mallory Weggemann discusses the day she became paralyzed back in January 2008, and her initial struggles to cope with the fact that everything she knew for nearly 19 years of her life changed in literally the blink of an eye. After months of self-reflection, Mallory slowly started to find her own answers to her number one question—why? It slowly became very evident to her that everything happens for a reason and she shares this very rare emotional journey with the audience by sharing her personal journals from throughout each of her experiences. Mallory’s story sends the audience through their own self-reflection as she challenges everyone to realize their own journey and insists that no odds are too large to overcome.

  • Paralympic Athlete

Mallory Weggemann Videos

  • Paralympic star Mallory Weggemann walks for second time
    Paralympic star Mallory Weggemann walks for second time
    Paralympic star Mallory Weggemann walks for second time US Paralympic swimming gold medallist Mallory Weggemann learns to walk for the second time...
  • Triumph over tragedy: Mallory Weggemann at TEDxUNPlaza
    Triumph over tragedy: Mallory Weggemann at TEDxUNPlaza
    In 2008, Mallory Weggemann, a talented swimmer and college freshman, received an epidural injection to help treat back pain, but complications with...
  • Mallory Weggemann - Against All Odds - The Journey of New Mobility
    Mallory Weggemann - "Against All Odds - The Journey of New Mobility"
    On January 21, 2008 at 18 years old, Mallory Weggemann became paralyzed. Since that day she has dreamed of one day walking again, but in order to...
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Mallory Weggemann is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Everything Happens for a Reason, Baby Steps: An Intimate Discussion on the Basic Forms of Leadership , “You’re the Best, You Can Make a Difference and You Can Change the World”, Personal Story: Everything Happens for a Reason (includes moving anecdotes from personal journals) and Paralympic Athlete. The estimated speaking fee range to book Mallory Weggemann for your event is available upon request. Mallory Weggemann generally travels from Minneapolis, MN, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Jim Morris, Vince Papale, Janet Evans, Shawn Harper and Dave Dravecky. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Mallory Weggemann for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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