Jo Pitt (22 February 1979 – 2 May 2013) was a Scottish equestrian

Paralympian The Paralympic Games or Paralympics is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of disabilities. There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which since the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Kore ...

Early life

Pitt came from

Huntly, Aberdeenshire Huntly ( or ''Hunndaidh'') is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, formerly known as Milton of Strathbogie or simply Strathbogie. It had a population of 4,460 in 2004 and is the site of Huntly Castle. Its neighbouring settlements include Keith, M ...

, and studied at Oatridge College,

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. She had right-sided

hemiplegic Hemiparesis, also called unilateral paresis, is the weakness of one entire side of the body ('' hemi-'' means "half"). Hemiplegia, in its most severe form, is the complete paralysis of one entire side of the body. Either hemiparesis or hemiplegia ...

cerebral palsy Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of movement disorders that appear in early childhood. Signs and symptoms vary among people and over time, but include poor coordination, spasticity, stiff muscles, Paresis, weak muscles, and tremors. There may b ...

Career

Pitt represented

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at the 2004 Athens Paralympics. She won

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's winter championship title in April 2013. She was in the para-equestrian dressage team that won gold at the 2010 World Equestrian Games.

Death

Pitt died 2 May 2013. She had been living with pulmonary

veno-occlusive disease Hepatic veno-occlusive disease (VOD) or veno-occlusive disease with immunodeficiency is a potentially life-threatening condition in which some of the small veins in the liver are obstructed. It is a complication of high-dose chemotherapy given be ...

. She had recently moved to Dereham, Norfolk to live with her fiancé, Rory.

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* 1979 births 2013 deaths People from Huntly Sportspeople from Dereham Equestrians at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Paralympic equestrians for Great Britain Sportspeople with cerebral palsy Scottish disabled sportspeople Sportspeople from Aberdeenshire Alumni of Scotland's Rural College {{UK-equestrian-bio-stub