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Menna Fitzpatrick

Menna Fitzpatrick

British alpine skier

May 21, 2026

41:22
I put myself in a situation where I thought, "Maybe I can get something out of it," and then got into the flow and did really well in the end.
41:29
Yeah, for me, I was at my first Paralympics at the age of 19, and I crashed in the downhill my first event.
41:38
I was bib number one, had a hell of a lot of pressure on me, and absolutely crashed.
41:45
And thankfully not injured, but I knew I had to do that same run pretty much the next day.
41:52
So for me, it was getting through that, "Oh, my God, I could do this again.
41:58
I could crash and burn horribly again." But actually, I just trusted the process and trusted in my guide and my teammates and, and went, "Do you know what? Let's just go and give this another go." And yeah, ended up h- coming back with a bronze medal, which was, I didn't even realize.
42:15
I was so relieved to get through the finish line after that, that race, I didn't r- even realize.
43:32
And that happened to bring the best out of my performance, which was good, 'cause in an adrenaline-fueled sport, it's really easy to get all worked up, and actually doing the opposite of that was really helpful for me.
2:07
How did you first get involved in skiing?
2:09
I first got involved in skiing at the age of five.
2:13
So my parents loved to ski and they were just like, well, we want to go skiing, but we've got three kids.
2:20
So why not just try and get the whole family involved? And yeah, they were very much like, let's see how it goes.
2:28
let's just try and get the girls to fall in love with skiing like we have.
2:33
So I think we actually did more tobogganing that day or that week rather than actually skiing.
2:40
But it did the trick.

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8:13
Mena, what kinds of things is Katie saying to you and is what is said, can it be quite individual to each partnership? Because I guess it's about that information coming as quickly and as succinctly as possible.

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