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Athlete, Humanitarian, Entrepreneur
In 2011, Turia Pitt was a mining engineer, living her dream life in the Australian outback. Then, while competing in a 100km ultra-marathon, she was caught in a grassfire. She was choppered out of the remote desert barely alive, with full thickness burns to 65 percent of her body. She lost seven fingers, had over 200 medical procedures and spent two grueling years in recovery. Surviving against overwhelming odds, Turia has rebuilt her life and defied every expectation placed on her. She has written three best-selling books, coached over 40,000 people in her digital courses, shared a stage with Tony Robbins, competed in the Ironman World Championships, sailed a boat around French Polynesia, walked the Kokoda Trek, met some amazing people and she has grown a team and a business that she’s truly proud of.
Turia Pitt Keynote Speaker Fee Fee range is for U.S. events, depending on location and organization type
$20,001 - $30,000
Languages Spoken
English
Travels From
Australia
Turia Pitt Keynote Speaker Fee Fee range is for U.S. events, depending on location and organization type
$20,001 - $30,000
Languages Spoken
English
Travels From
Australia
About Speaker Turia Pitt…
TURIA was born on the tropical island of Tahiti in the late 1980’s. Her dad, a keen Australian surfer, moved to Tahiti and immediately fell in love with the island, the waves and a beautiful woman (Turia’s future mum). The family migrated to Australia when Turia was three and ended up on the South Coast of New South Wales.
Turia studied at the University of New South Wales where she earned a double degree with honours in Mining Engineering and Science. She worked as a model before landing her dream job with Rio Tinto at their prestigious Argyle Diamond Mine and moving to Kununurra with her partner, Michael. Their lives were turned upside-down when she was trapped by a grassfire in a 100 kilometre ultra-marathon in September 2011, and suffered burns to 65 per cent of her body. For now, Michael and Turia live in the coastal community of Ulladulla, surrounded by friends and family. She spends her time training for an Iron Man, doing yoga, studying for an MBA and travelling the world giving motivational speeches.
She is a well-recognized humanitarian dedicating her time to causes that she is passionate about. Interplast is one such cause – a charity that provides free reconstructive surgery to people in developing countries. Since she became their official ambassador she has helped raised close to a million dollars for this important cause. Turia has achieved so much in her short life. She was named the NSW Premier’s Woman of the Year and she was a finalist for Young Australian of the Year. She also graced the cover of the Australian Women’s Weekly and she is a judge for the Australian Woman of the Future Fund. Her initial memoir was published in 2013.
