About Jo Pitt
Lived 1979 – 2013 (aged 34). Jo Pitt was an equestrian.
Jo Pitt (22 February 1979 – 2 May 2013) was a Scottish equestrian Paralympian.
Early life Pitt came from Huntly, Aberdeenshire, and studied at Oatridge College, West Lothian. She had right-sided hemiplegic cerebral palsy.
Career Pitt represented Great Britain at the 2004 Athens Paralympics. She won British Dressage'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. She had recently moved to Dereham, Norfolk to live with her fiancé, Rory.
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Who was Jo Pitt?
Scottish equestrian Paralympian
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Jo Pitt was born on 22 February 1979.
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Jo Pitt died on 2 May 2013.
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Jo Pitt was an equestrian.
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