Wheelchair curling Paralympian Jo Butterfield is hoping to add to her medal collection as she takes on her first Winter Olympics.

Jo Butterfield, aged 47, was born in Doncaster, Yorkshire before moving to Glasgow.

She was diagnosed with a spinal tumor which resulted in her being paralysed from below her chest.

She started her sporting career with wheelchair rugby before moving to athletics which brought her success – winning gold in the F51 club throw and took a world record in the Summer 2016 Paralympic games in Rio.

In 2017 she was awarded a MBE for her services to athletes.

Adding to her medal collection, she got silver at the 2018 European Championships and another silver in the 2019 World Championships.

In 2022, Butterfield announced her switch to wheelchair Curling and in the 2023 World Championships she won a bronze medal.

She was then diagnosed with Breast cancer in the summer of 2023, where she then completed treatment and returned back in time to help secure a qualification for the Milan-Cortina Winter Paralympics 2026.

Butterfield is pairing with Jason Kean in the wheelchair curling mixed doubles at the Winter Paralympics.

The British pair have had some mixed results and most recently were defeated by China in a 10-5 defeat yesterday (8th March 2026).

Speaking to the BBC, Butterfield said: “We have to take the positives and the fact that we took a good game to them for four ends. We just have to work out how to keep that going if we play them again in the play-offs.

“We more than matched them in the first half and if we play them again, and play the way we did in the first four ends for eight ends, then we can beat them.”

A win for the pair against the host nation Italy today (9th March 2026), would secure Great Britain a semi final spot.

However, if they are defeated they would have to rely on other results to secure a place.