Noah Galloway Biography

Noah Matthew Galloway (born October 28, 1981) is a former United States Army soldier, and a model and motivational speaker. He was injured during the Iraq War, losing his left arm, above the elbow, and left leg, above the knee. He was a contestant on Dancing with the Stars season 20, paired with Sharna Burgess. The pair finished in third place.

Military career

Galloway, who was born in Birmingham, Alabama, joined the military in 2001. He was a Sergeant assigned to the 1st Battalion of the 502nd Infantry, 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

On December 19, 2005, during his second deployment, he was severely injured in an IED attack. He lost his left arm, above the elbow, and his left leg, above the knee; his right leg and jaw were badly injured, the latter having to be wired shut. He was unconscious for five days, and later was moved to Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. for further treatment and rehabilitation.

Motivational speaking

After leaving the Army, Galloway became a personal trainer. He participates in a variety of fitness competitions from regular 5K and 10K races to ones such as Tough Mudders, CrossFit competitions and Spartan events. He is also a motivational speaker, addressing audiences of veterans, school children, and others with his message of "no excuses".

Modeling

In October 2014, Galloway became the spokesman and model for Kenneth Cole's new fragrance Mankind Ultimate. Galloway appeared on the November 2014 cover of Men's Health magazine, the first reader to be selected for the magazine's cover, and was named the publication"?s "Ultimate Men's Health Guy". He has been a guest on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and The Today Show. More recently, Galloway became a brand ambassador for Armitron Watches. Both he and Armitron champion the No Excuses Charitable Fund which empowers injured veterans through support of physical rehabilitative services.

Dancing with the Stars

Galloway was chosen as a contestant on Dancing with the Stars (season 20), and was paired with professional dancer and choreographer Sharna Burgess. While Galloway experimented with a prosthetic arm for his Argentine tango, he and Burgess decided not to use it, ultimately not using it in any of his dances. The producers told him before the competition began that he would not be assigned the jive or quickstep, since the quick, repetitive motions required for those dances would be too painful. During the semi-finals, he proposed to his girlfriend (later fiance), Jamie Boyd, on air. (On Monday, October 26, 2015, Galloway announced the end of the engagement.) On May 19, 2015, Galloway and Burgess finished the competition in third place losing to Riker Lynch and Rumer Willis who took second and first place, respectively.

Week #	Dance/Song	Judges' score				Result
		Inaba	Goodman	Hough	Tonioli
1	Cha-Cha-Cha/ "I Lived"	7	6	6	7	No Elimination
2	Samba/ "Homegrown Honey"	7	6	7	7	Safe
3	Argentine Tango/"Rather Be"	7	7	8	8	Safe
4	Contemporary/"American Soldier"	8	8	8	8	Safe
5	Foxtrot/"A Whole New World"	7	7	7	7	Safe
6	Rumba/"Waves" Freestyle: Team YOLO/"Wipe Out"	7 10	7 9	7 10	8 10	Safe
7	Jazz/Era:1970's "Super Bad" Cha-Cha-Cha/"Dance with Me"	10 Awarded	8 2	9 Extra	9 Points	Safe
8	Tango/"Geronimo" Salsa/"Mr. Put It Down"	8 8	7 8	8 8	8 8	Safe
9 Semi-Finals	Viennese Waltz/"The Time of My Life" Paso Doble/"Unstoppable" (E.S. Posthumus)	9 -	9 10	9 10	9 10	Safe
10 Finals	Argentine Tango/"Rather Be" Freestyle/"Titanium" and "Fix You" Argentine Tango & Cha-cha-cha Fusion / "Surrender"	8 10 9	8 10 9	8 10 9	8 10 9	Third Place

Charity work

Galloway founded the No Excuses Charitable Fund. The fund, which assists organizations he feels are important, has aided Operation Enduring Warrior and also local programs including those for children at the YMCA of the town where he lives, Alabaster, Alabama.

Filmography

List of Television Appearances and Roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	True Life	Himself	Episode: "I'm Doing A Tough Mudder"
2014, 2015	The Ellen DeGeneres Show	Himself	Aired on: October 24, 2014
2015	Entertainment Tonight	Himself	Aired on: February 24, 2015, March 17, 2015
2015	Dancing with the Stars	Himself/Contestant	Third Place
2015	Good Morning America	Himself	Aired on: March 30, 2015
2015	Extra	Himself
2015	CMT Music Awards	Himself/Award Presenter
2015	The Home and Family Show	Himself
2015	The View	Himself