Canada at the 2010 Winter Paralympics

Flag bearer Jean Labonté, as the Canadian delegation is entering the stadium during the opening ceremony.

Canada was the host country of the 2010 Winter Paralympics, in Vancouver, the first time it had hosted the Winter Paralympics.

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.

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. 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.

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.

Lauren Woolstencroft became the first Canadian to win 3 golds at the same Winter Paralympics, 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. 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. Her five gold are also the record for any Canadian Winter Paralympian or Olympian.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Brian McKeever Guide: Robin McKeever	Cross-country skiing	Men's 20 km free, visually impaired	March 15
Gold	Lauren Woolstencroft	Alpine skiing	Women's slalom, standing	March 15
Gold	Lauren Woolstencroft	Alpine skiing	Women's giant slalom, standing	March 17
Gold	Brian McKeever Guide: Robin McKeever	Cross-country skiing	Men's 10 km classic, visually impaired	March 18
Gold	Viviane Forest Guide: Lindsay Debou	Alpine skiing	Women's downhill, visually impaired	March 18
Gold	Lauren Woolstencroft	Alpine skiing	Women's downhill, standing	March 18
Gold	Lauren Woolstencroft	Alpine skiing	Women's Super-G, standing	March 19
Gold	Lauren Woolstencroft	Alpine skiing	Women's Super combined, standing	March 20
Gold	Jim Armstrong, Darryl Neighbour, Ina Forrest, Sonja Gaudet, Bruno Yizek	Wheelchair curling	Wheelchair curling	March 20
Gold	Brian McKeever Guide: Robin McKeever	Cross-country skiing	Men's 1 km sprint, visually impaired	March 21
Silver	Colette Bourgonje	Cross-country skiing	Women's 10 km free, sitting	March 14
Silver	Viviane Forest Guide: Lindsay Debou	Alpine skiing	Women's slalom, visually impaired	March 14
Silver	Josh Dueck	Alpine skiing	Men's slalom, sitting	March 14
Silver	Viviane Forest Guide: Lindsay Debou	Alpine skiing	Women's Super-G, visually impaired	March 19
Silver	Viviane Forest Guide: Lindsay Debou	Alpine skiing	Women's Super combined, visually impaired	March 20
Bronze	Karolina Wisniewska	Alpine skiing	Women's slalom, standing	March 15
Bronze	Viviane Forest Guide: Lindsay Debou	Alpine skiing	Women's giant slalom, visually impaired	March 16
Bronze	Colette Bourgonje	Cross-country skiing	Women's 5 km classic, sitting	March 18
Bronze	Karolina Wisniewska	Alpine skiing	Women's Super combined, standing	March 20

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1 (SG)			Run 2 (Sl)			Final/Total
		Time	Diff	Rank	Time	Diff	Rank	Time	Diff	Rank
Andrea Dziewior	Downhill, standing							1:37.53	+11.99	9
	Slalom, standing	1:13.77	+17.59	18	1:07.72	+11.93	14	2:21.49	+29.52	15
	Giant slalom, standing	Did not start
	Super-G, standing							Did not start
Arly Fogarty	Slalom, standing	Disqualified
	Giant slalom, standing	1:28.90	+13.28	12	1:26.68	+8.27	9	2:55.58	+21.55	11
	Super-G, standing							Did not start
Viviane Forest Guide: Lindsay Debou	Downhill, visually impaired							1:27.51	0.00
	Slalom, visually impaired	56.76	+0.86	2	1:04.69	+0.03	2	2:01.45	+0.89
	Giant slalom, visually impaired	1:35.03	+9.59	4	1:36.14	+4.93	4	3:11.17	+14.52
	Super-G, visually impaired							1:37.54	+3.73
	Super combined, visually impaired	1:35.97	+0.71	2	59.97	+0.62	2	2:35.94	+1.33
Melanie Schwartz	Slalom, standing	1:08.92	+12.74	14	1:06.39	+10.60	13	2:15.31	+23.34	13
	Giant slalom, standing	1:30.42	+14.80	13	1:29.05	+10.64	12	2:59.47	+25.44	12
	Super-G, standing							2:11.23	+44.77	14
	Super combined, standing	1:46.26	+19.42	11	1:08.25	+12.42	10	2:54.51	+31.84	10
Karolina Wisniewska	Downhill, standing							1:30.82	+5.28	5
	Slalom, standing	59.76	+3.58	4	59.08	+3.29	3	1:58.84	+6.87
	Giant slalom, standing	1:21.95	+6.33	4	1:22.08	+3.67	4	2:44.03	+10.00	4
	Super-G, standing							1:36.22	+9.76	7
	Super combined, standing	1:35.21	+8.37	3	1:00.26	+4.43	5	2:35.47	+12.80
Lauren Woolstencroft	Downhill, standing							1:25.54	0.00
	Slalom, standing	56.18	0.00	1	55.79	0.00	1	1:51.97	0.00
	Giant slalom, standing	1:15.62	0.00	1	1:18.41	0.00	1	2:34.03	0.00
	Super-G, standing							1:26.46	0.00
	Super combined, standing	1:26.84	0.00	1	55.83	0.00	1	2:22.67	0.00

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1 (SG)			Run 2 (Sl)			Final/Total
		Time	Diff	Rank	Time	Diff	Rank	Time	Diff	Rank
Sam Carter Danniels	Downhill, sitting							Did not finish
	Super-G, sitting							Did not start
Jeff Dickson	Downhill, standing							Did not finish
	Slalom, standing	Did not start
	Giant slalom, standing	1:18.73	+6.93	19	1:19.45	+7.33	20	2:38.18	+14.26	T-18
	Super-G, standing							1:27.83	+7.72	16
Josh Dueck	Downhill, sitting							1:19.88	+1.69	5
	Slalom, sitting	49.59	+2.02	4	56.70	+4.03	2	1:46.29	+4.66
	Super-G, sitting							1:25.66	+5.68	13
	Super combined, sitting	1:26.68	+6.06	11	Disqualified
Matt Hallat	Downhill, standing							1:25.44	+4.64	11
	Slalom, standing	57.19	+6.24	17	1:07.01	+14.41	34	2:04.20	+18.80	31
	Giant slalom, standing	Did not start
	Super-G, standing							1:28.16	+8.05	18
	Super combined, standing	Did not finish
Morgan Perrin	Downhill, standing							1:26.52	+5.72	T-15
	Giant slalom, standing	1:19.22	+7.42	20	1:20.24	+8.12	21	2:39.46	+15.54	21
	Super-G, standing							1:29.15	+9.04	20
Kirk Schornstein	Slalom, standing	58.40	+7.45	23	59.61	+7.01	27	1:58.01	+12.61	25
	Giant slalom, standing	1:22.11	+10.31	25	1:23.27	+11.15	27	2:45.38	+21.46	T-25
	Super-G, standing							1:31.65	+11.54	26
Chris Williamson Guide: Nick Brush	Downhill, visually impaired							Did not start
	Slalom, visually impaired	52.93	+3.05	8	58.19	+2.78	5	1:51.12	+5.30	6
	Giant slalom, visually impaired	1:21.81	+2.44	5	1:22.84	+0.41	4	2:44.65	+2.66	4
	Super-G, visually impaired							1:23.74	+2.19	6
	Super combined, visually impaired	1:27.95	+4.10	6	50.47	0.00	1	2:18.42	+3.81	4

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2010 Winter Paralympics

Women

Athlete	Events	Factor %	Qualification					Final
			Real Time	Calculated Time	Missed Shots	Result	Rank	Real Time	Calculated Time	Missed Shots	Result	Rank
Jody Barber	3km pursuit, standing	97	11:54.59	11:33.15	0+2	12:13.15	9			1+0	14:41.2	10
	12.5km individual, standing							50:37.6	49:06.5	2+0+0+0	51:06.5	7
Margarita Gorbounova Guide: Robert d'Arras	3km pursuit, visually impaired	100	14:51.15	14:51.15	1+3	16:11.15	11	Did not qualify				11
Courtney Knight Guide: Andrea Bundon	3km pursuit, visually impaired	100	14:14.97	14:14.97	1+1	14:54.97	9	Did not qualify				9
Robbi Weldon Guide: Brian Berry	3km pursuit, visually impaired	98	12:34.74	12:19.65	3+3	14:19.65	6			4+5	20:34.7	6
	12.5km individual, visually impaired							50:59.2	49:58.0	2+2+3+3	59:58.0	9

Men

Athlete	Events	Factor %	Qualification					Final
			Real Time	Calculated Time	Missed Shots	Result	Rank	Real Time	Calculated Time	Missed Shots	Result	Rank
Mark Arendz	3km pursuit, standing	96	9:22.36	8:59.87	2+0	9:39.87	7			1+3	11:32.0	7
	12.5km individual, standing							42:34.8	40:52.6	2+1+3+3	49:52.6	16
Lou Gibson	2.4km pursuit, sitting	100	10:00.26	10:00.26	2+3	11:40.26	23	Did not qualify				23
	12.5km individual, sitting							48:38.8	48:38.8	1+1+2+1	53:38.8	18
Brian McKeever Guide: Robin McKeever	3km pursuit, visually impaired	100	9:54.30	9:54.30	0+1	10:14.30	6			0+3	12:02.7	6
	12.5km individual, visually impaired							Did not start
Alexei Novikov Guide: Jamie Stirling	3km pursuit, visually impaired	100	12:11.20	12:11.20	1+3	13:31.20	13	Did not qualify				13
	12.5km individual, visually impaired							51:30.2	51:30.2	1+1+2+1	56:30.2	10

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics

Women

Athlete	Event	Factor %	Qualification			Semifinal		Final
			Real Time	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Real Time	Result	Rank
Jody Barber	1 km sprint classic, standing	92	5:04.91	4:40.52	9	Did not qualify				9
	5km classic, standing							19:34.3	18:00.4	6
	15km free, standing							57:20.2	55:37.0	6
Mary Benson	1 km sprint classic, standing	85	5:41.60	4:50.36	12	Did not qualify				12
	5km classic, standing							23:46.3	20:12.4	14
	15km free, standing							Did not finish
Colette Bourgonje	1 km sprint classic, sitting	86	3:13.54	2:46.44	10	Did not qualify				10
	5km classic, sitting							17:45.6	15:16.4
	10km free, sitting							37:00.7	31:49.8
Margarita Gorbounova Guide: Robert d'Arras	1 km sprint classic, visually impaired	100	4:44.19	4:44.19	9	Did not qualify				9
	5km classic, visually impaired							20:16.5	20:16.5	12
	15km free, visually impaired							1:01:59.1	1:01:59.1	7
Courtney Knight Guide: Andrea Bundon	1 km sprint classic, visually impaired	100	4:40.66	4:40.66	8	4:49.6	4	Did not advance		8
	5km classic, visually impaired							20:12.7	20:12.7	11
	15km free, visually impaired							Did not start
Robbi Weldon Guide: Brian Berry	1 km sprint classic, visually impaired	98	4:24.52	4:19.23	5	4:23.8	3	Did not advance		5
	5km classic, visually impaired							18:02.6	17:40.9	6
	15km free, visually impaired							54:42.6	53:36.9	5

Men

Athlete	Event	Factor %	Qualification			Semifinal		Final
			Real Time	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Real Time	Result	Rank
Mark Arendz	1 km sprint classic, standing	91	3:49.51	3:28.85	9	Did not qualify				9
	10km classic, standing							32:42.4	29:45.8	12
	20km free, standing							Did not start
Sebastien Fortier	1 km sprint classic, sitting	98	2:39.56	2:36.37	32	Did not qualify				32
	10km classic, sitting							34:01.3	33:20.5	33
	15km free, sitting							52:36.7	51:33.6	29
Lou Gibson	1 km sprint classic, sitting	100	2:30.53	2:30.53	29	Did not qualify				29
	10km classic, sitting							31:50.4	31:50.4	29
	15km free, sitting							47:53.8	47:53.8	27
Tyler Mosher	1 km sprint classic, standing	94	4:02.22	3:47.69	21	Did not qualify				21
	10km classic, standing							36:12.6	34:02.2	23
	20km free, standing							Did not finish
Brian McKeever Guide: Robin McKeever	1 km sprint classic, visually impaired	100	3:14.79	3:14.79	1	3:20.6	1		3:42.9
	10km classic, visually impaired							26:01.6	26:01.6
	20km free, visually impaired							51:14.7	51:14.7
Alexei Novikov Guide: Jamie Stirling	1 km sprint classic, visually impaired	100	3:56.34	3:56.34	19	Did not qualify				19
	10km classic, visually impaired							35:21.9	35:21.9	14
	20km free, visually impaired							1:08:47.6	1:08:47.6	13

Ice sledge hockey

Main article: Ice sledge hockey at the 2010 Winter Paralympics

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	Benoit St-Armand	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)	165 lb (75 kg)	19 April 1978	St-Hubert, QC	Team Canada
57	G	Paul Rosen	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)	205 lb (93 kg)	26 April 1960	Thornhill, ON	Team Canada
11	D	Adam Dixon	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)	168 lb (76 kg)	13 September 1989	Midland, ON	Team Canada
17	D	Jean Labonté	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)	205 lb (93 kg)	20 March 1969	Hull, QC	Team Canada
21	D	Raymond Grassi	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)	260 lb (120 kg)	11 February 1983	Windsor, ON	Team Canada
29	D	Graeme Murray	5 ft 5 in (165 cm)	190 lb (86 kg)	14 December 1984	Gravenhurst, ON	Team Canada
3	F	Hervé Lord	5 ft 5 in (165 cm)	150 lb (68 kg)	3 March 1958	St-Pamphile, QC	Team Canada
4	F	Derek Whitson	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)	165 lb (75 kg)	21 June 1989	Chatham, ON	Team Canada
7	F	Marc Dorion	5 ft 0 in (152 cm)	137 lb (62 kg)	22 June 1987	Bourget, ON	Team Canada
8	F	Jeremy Booker	5 ft 2 in (157 cm)	125 lb (57 kg)	8 November 1986	Ajax, ON	Team Canada
10	F	Shawn Matheson	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)	130 lb (59 kg)	6 May 1972	Chatham, NB	Team Canada
12	F	Greg Westlake	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)	170 lb (77 kg)	12 June 1986	Oakville, ON	Team Canada
18	F	Billy Bridges	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)	190 lb (86 kg)	22 March 1984	Summerside, PE	Team Canada
19	F	Todd Nicholson	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)	180 lb (82 kg)	28 January 1969	Kinburn, ON	Team Canada
27	F	Bradley Bowden	5 ft 0 in (152 cm)	154 lb (70 kg)	26 May 1983	Orton, ON	Team Canada

Preliminary round

Round robin

13 March 2010 10:00

Canada

4 – 0 (1–0, 0–0, 3–0)

Italy

UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver

Game reference
	Paul Rosen	Goalies	Santino Stillitano
	Dorion (Bridges) - 09:28 1 – 0 Westlake (Dixon, Labonté) - 34:50 2 – 0 Westlake (Bowden) - 38:48 3 – 0 Labonté - 39:18 4 – 0
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	16	Shots	4

14 March 2010 13:30

Canada

10 – 1 (4–1, 4–0, 2–0)

Sweden

UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver

Game reference
	Benoit St-Armand	Goalies	Ulf Nilsson
	Bowden (Nicholson, Westlake) - 01:25 1 – 0 1 – 1 01:38 - Ingvarsson Westlake (Nicholson, Bowden) - 07:44 2 – 1 Dixon (Bridges) - 12:54 3 – 1 Bowden (Bridges, Westlake) - 13:47 4 – 1 Westlake (Dixon, Bridges) (PP) - 17:13 5 – 1 Dixon (Bowden, Bridges) (PP) - 22:16 6 – 1 Westlake (SH) - 25:28 7 – 1 Dorion (SH) - 26:33 8 – 1 Dorion (Nicholson) - 31:19 9 – 1 Dorion - 34:58 10 – 1
	20 min	Penalties	6 min
	32	Shots	3

16 March 2010 20:30

Norway

0 – 5 (0–2, 0–3, 0–0)

Canada

UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver

Game reference
	Roger Johansen (out 26:05) Kissinger Deng (in 26:05)	Goalies	Paul Rosen
	0 – 1 00:31 - Bridges (Dixon, Bowden) (PP) 0 – 2 07:14 - Westlake (Bowden) (SH) 0 – 3 15:11 - Bowden (Murray) 0 – 4 18:46 - Westlake (Bowden, Bridges) (PP) 0 – 5 35:04 - Dixon (Labonté, Nicholson) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	12	Shots	8

Standings

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Canada	3	3	0	0	0	19	1	+18	9
Norway	3	1	1	0	1	4	7	−3	5
Sweden	3	1	0	1	1	3	12	−9	4
Italy	3	0	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0

Playoff round

Semifinal

18 March 2010 12:00

Canada

1 – 3 (1–0, 0–1, 0–2)

Japan

UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver

Game reference
	Paul Rosen	Goalies	Mitsuru Nagase
	Dorion (Booker, Grassi) - 09:56 1 – 0 1 – 1 22:33 - Endo 1 – 2 43:47 - Uehara (Takahashi) 1 – 3 44:44 - Endo (EN)
	12 min	Penalties	4 min
	20	Shots	11

Bronze medal game

19 March 2010 19:00

Canada

1 – 2 (0–0, 0–0, 1–2)

Norway

UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver

Game reference
	Paul Rosen	Goalies	Roger Johansen
	Dixon (Westlake) - 32:45 1 – 0 1 – 1 36:08 - Pederson (PS) 1 – 2 44:46 - Hagen
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	18	Shots	12

Wheelchair curling

Main article: Wheelchair curling at the 2010 Winter Paralympics

Roster

Position	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Birthplace
First	Sonja Gaudet	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)	66 kg (146 lb)	22 July 1966	North Vancouver, BC
Second	Ina Forrest	160 cm (5 ft 3 in)	61 kg (134 lb)	25 May 1962	Fort St. John, BC
Third	Darryl Neighbour	187 cm (6 ft 2 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	21 July 1948	Beaverlodge, AB
Fourth	Jim Armstrong (skip)	189 cm (6 ft 2 in)	125 kg (276 lb)	30 June 1950	Victoria, BC
Alternate	Bruno Yizek	177 cm (5 ft 10 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	10 December 1948	Cardston, AB

Preliminary round

Round robin

Draw 1 - Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Great Britain (McCreadie)	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	x	2
Canada (Armstrong)	0	2	1	3	2	0	1	x	9

Draw 2 - Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Armstrong)	0	4	2	2	0	2	0	x	10
United States (Perez)	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	x	5

Draw 3 - Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Norway (Lorentsen)	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	5
Canada (Armstrong)	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	2	6

Draw 5 - Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Japan (Nakajima)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	x	2
Canada (Armstrong)	3	1	2	0	2	0	5	x	13

Draw 6 - Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sweden (Jungnell)	2	0	0	2	3	1	0	x	8
Canada (Armstrong)	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	x	4

Draw 7 - Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Armstrong)	1	0	2	5	1	6	x	x	15
Switzerland (Bolliger)	0	1	0	0	0	0	x	x	1

Draw 9 - Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Armstrong)	0	2	4	0	1	1	0	0	8
Germany (Jaeger)	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	6

Draw 10 - Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Armstrong)	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	6
South Korea (Kim)	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	4

Draw 12 - Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Italy (Tabanelli)	1	0	2	0	0	4	0	1	8
Canada (Armstrong)	0	1	0	2	2	0	2	0	7

Standings

Country	Skip	W	L
Canada	Jim Armstrong	7	2
United States	Augusto Perez	7	2
South Korea	Haksung Kim	6	3
Sweden	Jalle Jungnell	5	4
Italy	Andrea Tabanelli	5	4
Japan	Yoji Nakajima	3	6
Germany	Jens Jaeger	3	6
Norway	Rune Lorentzen	3	6
Switzerland	Manfred Bolliger	3	6
Great Britain	Michael McCreadie	3	6

Playoffs

Semifinal

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sweden (Jungnell)	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	x	5
Canada (Armstrong)	3	0	2	3	0	0	2	x	10

Gold medal game

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Armstrong)	3	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	8
South Korea (Kim)	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	7

See also

• Canada at the 2010 Winter Olympics
• Canada at the Paralympics

References

External links

• Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Games official website
• Canadian Paralympic Committee official website
• International Paralympic Committee official website