Slide 1

Jo receiving an MBNA Northern Sports Award, in July 2011. Jo was nominated for and won the Sports Preson of the Year with a Diasbility Award. An honour that came as a total surprise.

Slide 2

Promoting UK Sport and the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics with Euan Thomas, when the tour bus came to Xscape, Castleford.

Slide 3

Ending a training session in Puy St Vincent, 2010. Edging hard and coming to a stop.

Slide 4

Danger in training, Puy St Vincent, France. Jo’s forgot to lock down her frame after dismounting the chair lift, so when she hit this compression, her rig was thrown forward. Jo performs a recovery move here that saved her from hitting the deck.

Slide 5

Jo in her favourite environment. On top of the mountains and free to ski where she wants to go. This picture is taken in Hintertux, Austria, 2010.

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Welcome

  • About Jo

    Paralysed from the chest down by a childhood illness, Jo has no sensation below the neck and no movement below the chest. She has 60% movement in her left arm, a partial amputation of her left hand, full amputation of her left leg and is blind in her right eye. Despite this, she is the most successful female sitskier Great Britain has ever had ...

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  • Jo's Equipment

    "My sitski consists of two metal 'A' frames mounted on a single ski foot. The ski foot fits into a single binding that attaches it to the ski. The seat is moulded fibre glass that has a hinge joint that allows forward movement of my upper body. The specialised fender has been specially designed to give maximum aerodynamics when skiing downhill ... "

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  • Sponsorship

    Jo needs your help because at the moment; her equipment is uncompetitive,she has a fraction of the budget she needs in order to be able to train for the Paralympics, and her health isn't the best. Unless we all pull together the opportunity to win gold for Great Britain and the chance for Jo to fulfill a lifetimes ambition will be wasted ...

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  • Current Sponsors

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  • Gallery

    Please take a look at my gallery. I'll keep uploading videos and photographs of my progress, my sitskiing and my general adventures ...

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  • Get in touch

    Sponsorship/Media
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    Jo Willoughby
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