Shannon Dallas (born 16 August 1977) is an Australian sit skier who receives support from the New South Wales Institute of Sport.

Born on 16 August 1977,[1] Dallas was a carpenter prior to an accident in 2000 where he broke his back[2] after falling through a roof.

[3] In 2009 and 2010, Dallas worked in wheelchair basketball development on New South Wales's central coast.

[13] During the 2005/2006 World Cup skiing season, he had a second and third place finish in the giant slalom events.

Coming into the Games, he was ranked in the top five in the world in the downhill and super-G.[14] While in Turin, his grandmother died.

[8] In 2009, he won the World Championships for the super-G.[2] He had a high speed crash at the 2009 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships in Korea in the downhill event, which resulted in severe injuries that doctors thought might end his career.

[2][6][15] Dallas was officially named to the Australian 2010 Winter Paralympics team in November 2009.

[16] A ceremony was held in Canberra with Australian Paralympic Committee president Greg Hartung and Minister for Sport Kate Ellis making the announcement.

[2] He did not place in the super combined event as he failed to finish his second run[5] because he crashed.