Canada at the 2010 Winter Paralympics

Canada was the host country of the 2010 Winter Paralympics, in Vancouver, the first time it had hosted the Winter Paralympics."Les représentants de l'équipe Paralympique Canadienne sont les premiers à visiter les sites des Jeux paralympiques d’hiver de 2010 de Vancouver" , Canadian Paralympic Committee, July 28, 2006

The 2010 Winter Paralympics was the most successful Winter Paralympics for Canada, through 2010. It collected the most total medals and most gold medals of any Winter Paralympics up until then. Canada ended the Games with 19 total medals, 10 of them gold, ending at 3rd in total medals ranking, and 3rd in gold medal ranking. This met the performance level set by the Canadian Paralympic Committee, of ending third in total medal count.Canada News Wire, "Canada concludes most successful Paralympic Winter Games", CNW Telbec, 22 March 2010 (accessed 24 March 2010)

Canadian cross-country skier Brian McKeever, who would have competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics, would have been the first athlete ever to compete both at both the Winter Olympics and the Winter Paralympics."Brian McKeever se qualifie pour les Jeux olympiques et paralympiques d’hiver de 2010 à Vancouver" , Canadian Paralympic Committee, January 29, 2010 However, his coach cut him two days before the competition so McKeever will in fact not set an Olympic record. McKeever will compete in cross-country and biathlon events at the Winter Paralympics, with his brother Robin as his guide.Blind McKeever 'devastated' to miss Olympic debut, AFP, February 27, 2010

Viviane Forest became the first para-athlete to win a gold in both the Winter and Summer Games, by winning the Women's Downhill for Visually Impaired. She had previously won gold in the 2000 and 2004 Summer Paralympics for women's goalball.Vancouver Sun, "Paralympic para-alpine skiing: Canada’s Viviane Forest does the trifecta, wins visually impaired downhill gold" , Mike Beamish, 18 March 2010 (accessed 19 March 2010)Vancouver Sun, "Para-alpine star Viviane Forest has potential for huge Games medal haul" , John Korobanik, 11 March 2010 (accessed 19 March 2010)

Lauren Woolstencroft became the first Canadian to win 3 golds at the same Winter Paralympics,The Province, "Nation thrills at triple gold win", Ian Austin, 19 March 2010 (accessed 19 March 2010) this was eventually upped to 5 golds. With her 4th gold medal, she helped Canada set a record for most gold medals at any Winter Paralympic Games by winning the 7th medal. The previous mark was six, set at the 2002 Salt Lake City Paralympics.Canadian Paralympic Committee, "Woolstencroft lifts Canada to record winter paralympic performance" , CPC, 19 March 2010 (accessed 19 March 2010) With her 5th gold medal, she set the record for most gold medals won by any Winter Paralympian at a single Games, and she tied the record for gold medal haul of any Canadian Paralympian at a single Games, tying Chantal Petitclerc (who did the feat twice) and Stephanie Dixon, both Summer Paralympians.Vancouver Sun, "Woolstencroft wins fifth gold medal" , CanWest News Service, 21 March 2010 (accessed 21 March 2010) Her five gold are also the record for any Canadian Winter Paralympian or Olympian.CTV News Channel, "News Weekend", 10:15am broadcast, airdate 21 March 2010

Medallists Medal NameSportEventDate Guide: Cross-country skiing Men's 20 km free, visually impaired March 15 Alpine skiing Women's slalom, standing March 15 Alpine skiing Women's giant slalom, standing March 17 Guide: Cross-country skiing Men's 10 km classic, visually impaired March 18 Guide: Alpine skiing Women's downhill, visually impaired March 18 Alpine skiing Women's downhill, standing March 18 Alpine skiing Women's super-G, standing March 19 Alpine skiing Women's Super combined, standing March 20 Jim Armstrong, Darryl Neighbour, Ina Forrest, Sonja Gaudet, Bruno Yizek Wheelchair curling Wheelchair curling March 20 Guide: Cross-country skiing Men's 1 km sprint, visually impaired March 21 Cross-country skiing Women's 10 km free, sitting March 14 Guide: Alpine skiing Women's slalom, visually impaired March 14 Alpine skiing Men's slalom, sitting March 14 Guide: Alpine skiing Women's super-G, visually impaired March 19 Guide: Alpine skiing Women's Super combined, visually impaired March 20 Alpine skiing Women's slalom, standing March 15 Guide: Alpine skiing Women's giant slalom, visually impaired March 16 Cross-country skiing Women's 5 km classic, sitting March 18 Alpine skiing Women's Super combined, standing March 20

Alpine skiing

Women AthleteEventRun 1 (SG)Run 2 (Sl)Final/TotalTimeDiffRankTimeDiffRankTimeDiffRankAndrea DziewiorDownhill, standing1:37.53+11.999Slalom, standing1:13.77+17.59181:07.72+11.93142:21.49+29.5215Giant slalom, standingdid not startSuper-G, standingdid not startArly FogartySlalom, standingdisqualifiedGiant slalom, standing1:28.90+13.28121:26.68+8.2792:55.58+21.5511Super-G, standingdid not startViviane ForestGuide: Lindsay DebouDownhill, visually impaired1:27.510.00Slalom, visually impaired56.76+0.8621:04.69+0.0322:01.45+0.89Giant slalom, visually impaired1:35.03+9.5941:36.14+4.9343:11.17+14.52Super-G, visually impaired1:37.54+3.73Super combined, visually impaired1:35.97+0.71259.97+0.6222:35.94+1.33Melanie SchwartzSlalom, standing1:08.92+12.74141:06.39+10.60132:15.31+23.3413Giant slalom, standing1:30.42+14.80131:29.05+10.64122:59.47+25.4412Super-G, standing2:11.23+44.7714Super combined, standing1:46.26+19.42111:08.25+12.42102:54.51+31.8410Karolina WisniewskaDownhill, standing1:30.82+5.285Slalom, standing59.76+3.58459.08+3.2931:58.84+6.87Giant slalom, standing1:21.95+6.3341:22.08+3.6742:44.03+10.004Super-G, standing1:36.22+9.767Super combined, standing1:35.21+8.3731:00.26+4.4352:35.47+12.80Lauren WoolstencroftDownhill, standing1:25.540.00Slalom, standing56.180.00155.790.0011:51.970.00Giant slalom, standing1:15.620.0011:18.410.0012:34.030.00Super-G, standing1:26.460.00Super combined, standing1:26.840.00155.830.0012:22.670.00

Men AthleteEventRun 1 (SG)Run 2 (Sl)Final/TotalTimeDiffRankTimeDiffRankTimeDiffRankSam Carter DannielsDownhill, sittingdid not finishSuper-G, sittingdid not startJeff DicksonDownhill, standingdid not finishSlalom, standingdid not startGiant slalom, standing1:18.73+6.93191:19.45+7.33202:38.18+14.26T-18Super-G, standing1:27.83+7.7216Josh DueckDownhill, sitting1:19.88+1.695Slalom, sitting49.59+2.02456.70+4.0321:46.29+4.66Super-G, sitting1:25.66+5.6813Super combined, sitting1:26.68+6.0611disqualifiedMatt HallatDownhill, standing1:25.44+4.6411Slalom, standing57.19+6.24171:07.01+14.41342:04.20+18.8031Giant slalom, standingdid not startSuper-G, standing1:28.16+8.0518Super combined, standingdid not finishMorgan PerrinDownhill, standing1:26.52+5.72T-15Giant slalom, standing1:19.22+7.42201:20.24+8.12212:39.46+15.5421Super-G, standing1:29.15+9.0420Kirk SchornsteinSlalom, standing58.40+7.452359.61+7.01271:58.01+12.6125Giant slalom, standing1:22.11+10.31251:23.27+11.15272:45.38+21.46T-25Super-G, standing1:31.65+11.5426Chris WilliamsonGuide: Nick BrushDownhill, visually impaireddid not startSlalom, visually impaired52.93+3.05858.19+2.7851:51.12+5.306Giant slalom, visually impaired1:21.81+2.4451:22.84+0.4142:44.65+2.664Super-G, visually impaired1:23.74+2.196Super combined, visually impaired1:27.95+4.10650.470.0012:18.42+3.814

Biathlon

Women AthleteEventsFactor %QualificationFinalReal TimeCalculated TimeMissed ShotsResultRankReal TimeCalculated TimeMissed ShotsResultRankJody Barber3km pursuit, standing9711:54.5911:33.150+212:13.1591+014:41.21012.5km individual, standing50:37.649:06.52+0+0+051:06.57Margarita GorbounovaGuide: Robert d'Arras3km pursuit, visually impaired10014:51.1514:51.151+316:11.1511did not qualify11Courtney KnightGuide: Andrea Bundon3km pursuit, visually impaired10014:14.9714:14.971+114:54.979did not qualify9Robbi WeldonGuide: Brian Berry3km pursuit, visually impaired9812:34.7412:19.653+314:19.6564+520:34.7612.5km individual, visually impaired50:59.249:58.02+2+3+359:58.09

Men AthleteEventsFactor %QualificationFinalReal TimeCalculated TimeMissed ShotsResultRankReal TimeCalculated TimeMissed ShotsResultRankMark Arendz3km pursuit, standing969:22.368:59.872+09:39.8771+311:32.0712.5km individual, standing42:34.840:52.62+1+3+349:52.616Lou Gibson2.4km pursuit, sitting10010:00.2610:00.262+311:40.2623did not qualify2312.5km individual, sitting48:38.848:38.81+1+2+153:38.818Brian McKeeverGuide: Robin McKeever3km pursuit, visually impaired1009:54.309:54.300+110:14.3060+312:02.7612.5km individual, visually impaireddid not startAlexei NovikovGuide: Jamie Stirling3km pursuit, visually impaired10012:11.2012:11.201+313:31.2013did not qualify1312.5km individual, visually impaired51:30.251:30.21+1+2+156:30.210

Cross-country skiing

Women AthleteEventFactor %QualificationSemifinalFinalReal TimeResultRankResultRankReal TimeResultRankJody Barber1 km sprint classic, standing925:04.914:40.529did not qualify95km classic, standing19:34.318:00.4615km free, standing57:20.255:37.06Mary Benson1 km sprint classic, standing855:41.604:50.3612did not qualify125km classic, standing23:46.320:12.41415km free, standingdid not finishColette Bourgonje1 km sprint classic, sitting863:13.542:46.4410did not qualify105km classic, sitting17:45.615:16.410km free, sitting37:00.731:49.8Margarita GorbounovaGuide: Robert d'Arras1 km sprint classic, visually impaired1004:44.194:44.199did not qualify95km classic, visually impaired20:16.520:16.51215km free, visually impaired1:01:59.11:01:59.17Courtney KnightGuide: Andrea Bundon1 km sprint classic, visually impaired1004:40.664:40.6684:49.64did not advance85km classic, visually impaired20:12.720:12.71115km free, visually impaireddid not startRobbi WeldonGuide: Brian Berry1 km sprint classic, visually impaired984:24.524:19.2354:23.83did not advance55km classic, visually impaired18:02.617:40.9615km free, visually impaired54:42.653:36.95

Men AthleteEventFactor %QualificationSemifinalFinalReal TimeResultRankResultRankReal TimeResultRankMark Arendz1 km sprint classic, standing913:49.513:28.859did not qualify910km classic, standing32:42.429:45.81220km free, standingdid not startSebastien Fortier1 km sprint classic, sitting982:39.562:36.3732did not qualify3210km classic, sitting34:01.333:20.53315km free, sitting52:36.751:33.629Lou Gibson1 km sprint classic, sitting1002:30.532:30.5329did not qualify2910km classic, sitting31:50.431:50.42915km free, sitting47:53.847:53.827Tyler Mosher1 km sprint classic, standing944:02.223:47.6921did not qualify2110km classic, standing36:12.634:02.22320km free, standingdid not finishBrian McKeeverGuide: Robin McKeever1 km sprint classic, visually impaired1003:14.793:14.7913:20.613:42.910km classic, visually impaired26:01.626:01.620km free, visually impaired51:14.751:14.7Alexei NovikovGuide: Jamie Stirling1 km sprint classic, visually impaired1003:56.343:56.3419did not qualify1910km classic, visually impaired35:21.935:21.91420km free, visually impaired1:08:47.61:08:47.613

Ice sledge hockey

The Canadian sledge hockey team qualified for the 2010 Paralympics by winning the bronze medal at the 2009 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships.

Roster No. Pos. Name Height Weight Birthdate Hometown 2008–09 team 22 G St-Hubert, QC Team Canada 57 G Thornhill, ON Team Canada 11 D Midland, ON Team Canada 17 D Hull, QC Team Canada 21 D Windsor, ON Team Canada 29 D Gravenhurst, ON Team Canada 3 F St-Pamphile, QC Team Canada 4 F Chatham, ON Team Canada 7 F Bourget, ON Team Canada 8 F Ajax, ON Team Canada 10 F Chatham, NB Team Canada 12 F Oakville, ON Team Canada 18 F Summerside, PE Team Canada 19 F Kinburn, ON Team Canada 27 F Orton, ON Team Canada

Preliminary round

Round robin

Standings Team 3 3 0 0 0 19 1 +18 9 3 1 1 0 1 4 7 −3 5 3 1 0 1 1 3 12 −9 4 3 0 0 0 3 1 7 −6 0

Playoff round

Semifinal

Bronze medal game

Wheelchair curling

Roster