Turia Pitt

Turia Pitt

Pitt at the Unbroken world premiere, 2014
Born (1987-07-24) 24 July 1987[1]
Tahiti, French Polynesia
Nationality Australian
Partner(s) Michael Hoskin[2]
Parent(s) Michael Pitt, Celestine Vaite

Turia Pitt (born 24 July 1987) is an Australian mining engineer, motivationalist, and author.

Career

Turia Pitt was competing in an ultramarathon through Western Australia's Kimberley region in 2011 when she was caught in a bushfire. An inquiry into the Kimberley Ultramarathon was damning of the race organizers, RacingThePlanet.[3] She suffered burns to 65% of her body and had four fingers from her left hand and her right thumb amputated. She launched Supreme Court action against the organizers, and in May 2014, it was reported that it was resolved with an out-of-court settlement.[4]

The organizers of the event, RacingThePlanet, were originally harshly criticised for their negligence and incompetence through a Parliamentary inquiry conducted by the Australian Government.[5]

Pitt was named the New South Wales Premier's Award for Woman of the Year 2014, and she was a finalist for Young Australian of the Year. She is an Ambassador for Interplast Australia & New Zealand, and has graced the cover of The Australian Women's Weekly, which attracted world-wide media attention.[6][7]

She is also a humanitarian and raised close to $200,000 for Interplast by trekking part of a section of the Great Wall of China.[5][8]

It was announced on 21 July 2015 that she and long term partner Michael Hoskin were engaged to be married.[9]

On 8 May 2016, Pitt completed her first Ironman Australia competition in 13:24:42.[10]

On 8 October 2016, she completed the Ironman World Championship at Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, in 14:37:30.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Happy birthday to Australia's most inspirational woman, Turia Pitt!". Woman's Day. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  2. ↑ Gusmaroli, Danielle (21 July 2015). "Turia Pitt and boyfriend Michael Hoskin announce engagement". Daily Mail Australia. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "Inquiry blasts organizer of disastrous Kimberley ultramarathon". The ABC. 17 August 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  4. ↑ "Ultramarathon fire victim Turia Pitt reaches settlement with Racing the Planet". The Sydney Morning Herald. 30 May 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  5. 1 2 Pitt, Turia. "Inquiry into the 2011 Kimberley Ultramarathon - tabling of formal evidence and other documents". Parliament.wa.gov.au. Economics and Industry committee. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  6. ↑ "About Turia". TuriaPitt.com. 29 June 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  7. ↑ "Turia Pitt joins ranks of Women's Weekly cover stars". The Australian Women's Weekly. 24 June 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  8. ↑ "News". interplast.org.au. 24 June 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
  9. ↑ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3169603/Turia-Pitt-boyfriend-Michael-Hoskin-announce-engagement-diamond-ring-bought-intensive-care-four-years-ago.html
  10. ↑ Weldon, Nick (13 May 2016). "Death-Defying Runner Finishes Ironman". Runner's World.
  11. ↑ http://m.eu.ironman.com/triathlon/events/americas/ironman/world-championship/results.aspx?bidid=152&rd=2016-10-08
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