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Menna Fitzpatrick

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Menna Fitzpatrick
human
Ein sex anaa genderfemale Edit
Country wey e be citizenUnited Kingdom Edit
Country for sportUnited Kingdom Edit
Name wey dem give amMenna Edit
Family nameFitzpatrick Edit
Ein date of birth5 May 1998 Edit
Place dem born amMacclesfield Edit
Languages edey speak, rep anaa signEnglish Edit
Ein occupationalpine skier Edit
Educate forMacclesfield College, The Fallibroome Academy Edit
Sportalpine skiing Edit
Participant insyd2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships Edit
Dema official websitehttps://www.mennaandjen.co.uk/ Edit

Menna Fitzpatrick MBE (born 5 May 1998) be British alpine skier.[1][2] She be visually impaired wey get 5% vision per wey she formerly ski plus guide Jennifer Kehoe til 2021.[3] Dem compete for de 2018 Winter Paralympics insyd Pyeongchang insyd March 2018[1] wer na dem take four medals, wey dey include gold insyd de slalom, wey dey make Fitzpatrick Team GB ein most decorated Winter Paralympian.[4]

Early life den training

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Na dem born am insyd Macclesfield,[5] Cheshire, wey she study Media Production for de Macclesfield College.[6] Fitzpatrick get congenital retinal folds, wey dey mean say she get no vision for ein left eye insyd den limited sight insyd ein right eye since birth. Despite dis, she learn make she ski whilst on family holidays from de age of five plus ein poppie dey act as ein guide. Na sam coach discover am whilst she dey ski for de Chill Factore indoor slope insyd Manchester for 2010 insyd, wey she subsequently start dey train plus de British Para Snowsport team. She make ein international debut give Great Britain insyd 2012.[7]

Skiing career

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Insyd 2016, na Fitzpatrick den Kehoe be de first British winners of de overall World Cup Visually Impaired title for de International Paralympic Committee ein World Cup insyd Aspen.[2] Na ebe Fitzpatrick ein first season she compete for World Cup level: she den Kehoe sanso win de discipline title for giant slalom dat season, as well as she place second insyd de super-G classification den third insyd de downhill den slalom standings.[7] Insyd 2016, na dem award am de Ski Club of Great Britain ein annual Evie Pinching award "which celebrates the next generation of young, up-and-coming snow sports athletes".[8]

Insyd October 2016, Fitzpatrick break ein hand during super-G training ahead of de 2016–17 season, wey keep am off de snow for two months wey require am make she get surgery. Despite dis, na she den Kehoe be able make dem claim bronze medal insyd de giant slalom for de 2017 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships insyd Tarvisio. De season wey dey follow de pair take de discipline World Cup title for super-G.[7]

For de 2018 Winter Paralympics, Fitzpatrick den Kehoe take bronze insyd de super-G den two silvers insyd de combined den de giant slalom before dem take slalom gold for de final day of de Games.[4][9]

Na dem appoint Fitzpatrick Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) insyd de 2018 Birthday Honours give "Services to Paralympic Winter Olympic Sport".[10]

For de 2019 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships Fitzpatrick den Kehoe take five medals, wey dem secure bronze insyd de giant slalom den silver insyd de slalom[11] before dem win gold insyd de downhill ahead of compatriots Kelly Gallagher den Gary Smith, wey dem cam turn de first British skiers make dem win both Paralympic den World Para titles.[12] Dem then take second gold insyd de super-G before dem round off dema championships plus second silver insyd de combined.[13]

For 25 August 2021, she announce de end of ein partnership plus Kehoe den dat she dey seek fresh guide.[14] Insyd 2022, she win de silver medal insyd de women's visually impaired super combined event for de 2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships dem hold insyd Lillehammer, Norway alongsyd fresh guide, Katie Guest (sisto of British Alpine World Cup skier, Charlie Guest).[15][16][17]

She win two medals insyd alpine skiing for de 2022 Winter Paralympics dem hold insyd Beijing, China.[18]

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Menna Fitzpatrick: Paralympic call-up 'means everything'". BBC Sport. 8 January 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Menna Fitzpatrick Makes History". Snowsport Cymru Wales. 31 March 2016. Archived from the original on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "Menna Fitzpatrick and Jen Kehoe: Para-skiiers [sic] call time on partnership". BBC Sport. 25 August 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Belam, Martin (18 March 2018). "Winter Paralympics: Menna Fitzpatrick wins Britain's first gold on final day". theguardian.com. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  5. ↑ "Menna Fitzpatrick – GB Snowsport". gbsnowsport.com. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  6. ↑ "FITZPATRICK Menna". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "BBC Cymru Wales Sports Personality of the Year 2018: Menna Fitzpatrick profile". bbc.co.uk. 23 November 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  8. ↑ "Ski Club of Great Britain announces winner of the Evie Pinching emerging talent award". 31 May 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  9. ↑ Belam, Martin (14 March 2018). "Britain's Menna Fitzpatrick wins her third medal at Winter Paralympics". theguardian.com. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  10. ↑ "No. 62310". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 June 2018. p. B17.
  11. ↑ "Para Alpine World Championships: Menna Fitzpatrick and Jen Kehoe win slalom silver". bbc.co.uk. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  12. ↑ "Para Alpine World Championships: Menna Fitzpatrick & Jen Kehoe win women's downhill gold". bbc.co.uk. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  13. ↑ Hanna, Gareth (31 January 2019). "Kelly Gallagher wins three medals in two days at World Championships". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  14. ↑ "Menna Fitzpatrick and Jen Kehoe: Para-skiiers call time on partnership". BBC Sport. 25 August 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  15. ↑ "Katie Guest (Guide) – GB Snowsport". gbsnowsport.com. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  16. ↑ "Magnificent Monday for Millie Knight and Rene De Silvestro in the Super-Combined". Paralympic.org. 17 January 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  17. ↑ Houston, Michael (17 January 2022). "France twice strike Alpine Combined gold at World Para Snow Sports Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  18. ↑ "Alpine Skiing Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Winter Paralympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 March 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
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