MENNA FITZPATRICK has won Great Britain’s fifth Winter Paralympic medal alongside her guide Jen Kehoe.
The pair won a silver medal in the giant slalom with Kelly Gallagher and Gary Smith fifth and Millie Knight and Brett Wild in seventh.
This comes only the day after her silver medal in the women’s visually impaired super-combined and a few days after she won bronze in the Super-G.
Menna Fitzpatrick and guide Jen Kehoe are competing at their first Winter Games.
The pair were second after their opening run and were unable to close the gap between themselves and Slovakia’s Henrieta Farksova and Natalia Subrtova who won their fourth gold medal of the Games.
Who is Menna Fitzpatrick?
THE 19-year-old visually impaired skier was selected for her first Winter Games in PyeongChang.
She was born in Macclesfield, Cheshire and has only 5% vision.
She was awarded the Ski Club of Great Britain’s annual Evie Pinching award in 2016 which celebrates snow sport athletes of the next generation.
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What other medals has she won in her career?
SHE became the first British snow sports athlete to win a World Cup title.
She won in Aspen, Colarado in 2016.
She competes alongside guider Jennifer Kehoe.
Which events is she competing in?
FITZPATRICK will compete in a total of five events at the Winter Paralympics in PyeongChang.
Her first race was in the downhill on Saturday where she sadly did not finish but redeemed herself in the super-G securing her first Winter Games medal.
She has one event left which is the giant slalom and this will take place on Thursday.
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