Annabelle Williams OAM

Biography

Annabelle Williams is a Paralympic Gold Medallist, international motivational speaker, business owner, TV presenter, lawyer, board director and Mum. Annabelle captained the Australian Paralympic Swim Team and managed to balance her sporting career with a corporate career as a lawyer. Annabelle competed in two Paralympic Games, broke five world records and won numerous medals for Australia, including gold at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

Annabelle was an M&A lawyer at Allens Linklaters, and in-house counsel for the Australian Olympic Committee. She is a strong advocate for the rights of athletes and, at the age of 24, was awarded with the Medal of the Order of Australia for her service to sport. Annabelle is the Founder & CEO of "Grit & Gold”, a Director of Bond University, HireUp and the Wests Tigers football club, a Member of the World Athletics Disciplinary Tribunal, the National Sports Tribunal and International Cricket Council Code of Conduct Commission. She graduated from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, where she delivered the Valedictory Address and is a sports broadcaster, having anchored Australia’s coverage of the last three Olympic and Paralympic Games.

In 2021 she was part of the team that won a Logie for most outstanding sports coverage. She has recently partnered with Warner Bros to produce a docuseries centred on mindset. In a fun fact, Annabelle was briefly Charlize Theron’s stunt double in Mad Max 4: Fury Road!

Learn more at www.annabellew.com and follow along @anniejwilliam.