Turia pitt biography
Turia pitt biography
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Turia Pitt
Australian ultra-marathon runner (born 1986)
Turia Pitt (born 24 July 1987) is a French Polynesian born athlete, motivational speaker and author.
Accident and later life
On 2 September 2011, Pitt was competing in a 100 km ultramarathon through Western Australia's Kimberley region, when she was caught in a large bush fire.
During a subsequent inquiry, she stated there was "nowhere else to go" when the competitors tried to outrun an out-of-control blaze that swept up Selena Gorge, just outside Kununurra.
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Pitt sustained burns to 65 percent of her body. It was several hours before medical help arrived and she was air-lifted out. Doctors did not expect her to survive her injuries.[2]
The parliamentary inquiry into the Kimberley Ultramarathon was damning of the race organisers, RacingThePlanet.[3] Among other things, it was revealed that the organisers were unable to communicate properly between checkpoints.
Pitt launched Supreme Court act