Zali Steggall

Zali Steggall OAM MP
Zali Steggall in February 2019
Member of the Australian Parliament for Warringah
Incumbent
Assumed office 18 May 2019
Preceded by	Tony Abbott
Personal details
Born	(1974-04-16) 16 April 1974 (age 50) Manly, Australia
Political party	Independent
Spouses	David Allan Cameron ​ ​ (m. 1999; div. 2007)​ Tim Irving ​ (m. 2008)​
Relatives	Jack Steggall (grandfather) Zeke Steggall (brother)
Education	Griffith University (BA)
Website	Official website
Sports career
Medal record Women's alpine skiing Representing  Australia Olympic Games 1998 Nagano Slalom World Ski Championships 1999 Vail Slalom

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.

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 and first female medallist.^[1] 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.