She was born in Macclesfield, Cheshire, and studied Media Production at the Macclesfield College. Fitzpatrick has congenital retinal folds, meaning that she has had no vision in her left eye and limited sight in her right eye since birth. Despite this, she learned to ski whilst on family holidays from the age of five with her father acting as her guide. She was discovered by a coach whilst skiing at the Chill Factore indoor slope in Manchester in 2010, and subsequently started training with the British Para Snowsport team. She made her international debut for Great Britain in 2012.
Skiing career
In 2016 Fitzpatrick and Kehoe were the first British winners of the overallWorld CupVisually Impaired title at the International Paralympic Committee's World Cup in Aspen. It was Fitzpatrick's first season competing at World Cup level: she and Kehoe 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. In 2016 she was awarded the Ski Club of Great Britain's annual Evie Pinching award "which celebrates the next generation of young, up-and-coming snow sports athletes". In October 2016 Fitzpatrick broke her hand during super-G training ahead of the 2016-17 season, keeping her off the snow for two months and requiring her to have surgery. Despite this, she and Kehoe were able to claim a bronze medal in the giant slalom at the 2017 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships in Tarvisio. The following season the pair took the discipline World Cup title for super-G. At the 2018 Winter Paralympics, Fitzpatrick and Kehoe took a bronze in the super-G and two silvers in the combined and the giant slalom before taking slalom gold on the final day of the Games. At the 2019 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships 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.
