Lisa Curry AO
Biography
Lisa Curry AO is undoubtedly one of Australia’s most popular personalities, with a unique and powerful message about personal success, overcoming obstacles, discipline, determination, weight loss, regaining your health, and getting the best out of people.
Lisa has achieved and learnt so much from being a triple Olympian, Keynote Motivational speaker, Best selling Author of six health and fitness books, Personal trainer, Coach, Board member, TV and Radio presenter, Product ambassador, defibrillator recipient and mum. With five Online Weight Loss and Fitness Programs and her new Hormonal Imbalance educational website, Lisa continues to work and speak to help motivate, inspire and educate people to help them realize their full potential.
Best known for her long and successful swimming career, Lisa has competed in three Olympic Games, two World Championships and three Commonwealth Games and her competitive swimming career spanned an awe- inspiring 23 years and saw her ranked in the top 25 swimmers in the world every year she competed. She held the Australian and Commonwealth record in every stroke (except backstroke ) from 50 – 400m, a feat no other Australian swimmer has ever achieved. She was also the first swimmer to represent Australia at Commonwealth and Olympic Games as a mother. At the age of 30 with 2 small children, Lisa swam the fastest ever at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and rate this as the highlight of her career.
Lisa returned to elite sport after a long break when she coached and competed with her outrigger team, the Riggeroos, to win four World Championships in the 72km Outrigger Canoe race in Hawaii becoming the first Australian team to do so in the history of the race. She also was the first Australian ever to win the Hawaiian Molokai to Oahu 66km solo outrigger race.
For over 25 years, Lisa was a TV presenter and brand ambassador for several well known Australian companies travelling the country promoting a healthy lifestyle. Her 23 year association with Uncle Tobys is still one of the longest and memorable associations ever between a company and athlete.
Drawing on a lifetime of experiences, Lisa motivates and inspires audiences from all walks of life and ages, to live life with optimum wellbeing, passion, commitment and drive and is dedicated to assisting in the reversal of childhood and adult obesity and lowering the prevalence of Heart Disease.
Healthy or unhealthy, fit or unfit, motivated or down in the dumps, Lisa’s message is for you and she is a living example of what she teaches; living each day with happiness, passion and contentment.
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Women in Business IWD Lunch with Lisa Curry AO
Celebrate International Women’s Day with us at our first major Women in Business event for 2024! Join us in-person at Oatlands Estate where you will hear from our incredibly talented keynote speaker, Lisa Curry AO.