Heath Wesley Francis, OAM[1] (born 16 November 1981 in Newcastle, New South Wales[2] is an Australian athlete who has participated in the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Summer Paralympics.

His right arm was amputated at the age of seven as a result of a mincing accident on his family farm in Booral, New South Wales.

In 2014, he was inducted into the Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre Path of Champions.Heath Francis completed his Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Business Degrees from the University of Newcastle (2000–2007) whilst training at the Australian Institute of Sport.

[4] Francis turned his focus to advancing his professional career and used his profile as a Paralympic athlete to increase awareness of .

As an ambassador for Good Return, Francis join Charity event like Sun run Archived 29 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine, had raised more than $17,000 for funding training and consumer protection work to give people living in poverty the chance to grow their incomes safely and effectively.