Menna Fitzpatrick

Menna became the most decorated British Winter Paralympian in history when she won Super-G silver on the second day of competition at Beijing 2022, skiing with guide Gary Smith. Menna then added Super Combined bronze 24 hours later to take her overall Paralympic medal tally to six.

Four years earlier at PyeongChang 2018, Menna claimed Slalom gold, Super Combined silver, Giant Slalom silver and Super-G bronze at her debut Games.

The Macclesfield athlete was born with a vision impairment that means she has no sight in her left eye and five percent vision in her right. She learned to ski when she was five-years-old, skiing behind her dad on family holidays.

Menna made her senior international debut for Great Britain in 2012 after being spotted by GB Snowsport at the indoor slope in Manchester. In March 2016, she and then guide Jennifer Kehoe made history by becoming the first British skiers to win an overall World Cup title and Crystal Globe.

At the 2017 World Championships in Tarvisio, Italy, Menna claimed bronze in the Giant Slalom before following that up at the 2019 World Championships in Sella Nevea, Italy, with five medals, including gold in the Downhill and the Super-G.

Menna joined forces with new guide Katie Guest in 2021 and the pair went on to win Slalom gold and Super Combined silver at the delayed World Championships in 2022 in Lillehammer, Norway as well as claim the 2022 Overall Para Slalom World Cup title. Katie was unable to travel to Beijing 2022 after testing positive for COVID-19.

In the ²⁰²³⁄₂₄ season, Menna and Katie took 12 World Cup podiums including victories in Downhill in St. Moritz, a brace of Super-G wins in Steinach and in Giant Slalom in Sella Nevea, before a broken leg in pre-season training forced Menna to sit out the ²⁰²⁴⁄₂₅ season.