JT McNamara
Age: 41
Summary: Irish
amateur steeplechase jockey considered as one of Ireland's most
renowned amateur jockeys who won over 600 racecourse victories during
his career and was successful in the Glenfarclas Cross Country Handicap
Chase with Spot Thedifference for three years, but who had sustained a
serious back injury and a broken neck after a fall at the 2013
Cheltenham Festival which left him paralyzed and confined to a
wheelchair.
Cause of Death: Complications of quadriplegia
Born: April 8, 1975
Died: July 26, 2016
Location: Limerick, Ireland
