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Jennifer "Jen" Kehoe (born 15 November 1983) is an author and former professional skier, formerly competing with visually impaired athlete

Menna Fitzpatrick Menna Fitzpatrick MBE (born 5 May 1998) is a British alpine skier. She is visually impaired having only 5% vision and formerly skied with guide Jennifer Kehoe until 2021. They competed at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang in March 20 ...

as her sighted guide on the

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World Cup circuit and has represented Great Britain winning four medals including gold at the

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Paralympic Games in South Korea becoming Britains most decorated winter Paralympians. She was a

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Officer. As well as competing, she worked with wounded veterans and service personnel to support them in their recovery journey as the Performance Manager of the Armed Forces Para-Snowsport Team. It was through Army racing that Jennifer became a para-alpine ski guide. In 2014, she started her guiding career skiing with Paralympian Millie Knight, although a serious injury prevented Kehoe from competing in the Sochi Paralympics. Now skiing with

, the pair exceeded expectations at the Winter Paralympics in South Korea. They paired up in September 2015, which is proving to be a hugely successful partnership. Along with over 20 Gold and Silver medals to their names, they made history in 2016 by becoming the first ever British athletes to win an overall World Cup crystal globe and be crowned World Cup champions. Kehoe and Fitzpatrick also won the discipline title for giant slalom that season, as well as placing second in the super-G classification and third in the downhill and slalom standings. Fitzpatrick and Kehoe took a bronze medal in the giant slalom at the

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in Tarvisio, despite Fitzpatrick suffering a broken hand in a super-G training accident in October 2016 ahead of the 2016-17 season, keeping her off the snow for two months and requiring her to have surgery. The following season the pair took the discipline World Cup title for super-G. At the

2019 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships The 2019 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships was an international disability sport alpine skiing event held in two cities: Sella Nevea, Italy from 21 to 24 January with slalom and giant slalom and Kranjska Gora, Slovenia from 28 to 31 January w ...

Fitzpatrick and Kehoe took five medals, securing bronze in the giant slalom and silver in the slalom before winning gold in the downhill ahead of compatriots Kelly Gallagher and Gary Smith, becoming the first British skiers to win both Paralympic and World Para titles. They then took a second gold in the super-G before rounding off their championships with a second silver in the combined. Kehoe was appointed

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in the

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for services to Paralympic Winter Olympic Sport (sic). On 25 August 2021, she announced the end of her partnership with Fitzpatrick and said her future was within the British army.

Military service

Kehoe underwent officer training at the

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. On 12 December 2009, she was commissioned into the

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, British Army, as a

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with seniority in that rank from 16 June 2008. She was promoted to

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on 12 June 2012. After attending staff college, she was promoted to

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on 31 July 2019.

Notable awards 2018

* Member of the Order of the British Empire - Presented by HRH Queen Elizabeth II * The Sunday Times Sportswoman Of The Year - Disability Sportsperson of the Year (VI Guide to Menna Fitzpatrick MBE) * British Army Sportswoman of the Year Award * Woman of the Year Awards - Outstanding Achievement

References

External links

* Officia
Menna and Jen website
* GB Snowspor

Paralympics GB profile

Jennifer Kehoe official Instagram

Toyota - See like Menna Instagram
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