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Wheelchair curling at the Winter Paralympics

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Wheelchair curling at the Winter Paralympics
Governing bodyWCF
Events2 (mixed)
Games

Wheelchair curling tournaments have been staged at the Paralympic Games since the Winter Paralympic Games in 2006 in Turin.

The tournaments are staged for mixed gender teams.

Canada has been the most successful team in the tournaments, winning three of five gold medals.

Participating nations

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The final placement for each team in each tournament is shown in the following tables.

Mixed tournament
Nation 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 Years
 Canada 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5
 China 4 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3
 Denmark 5 1
 Estonia 10 1
 Finland 10 11 2
 Germany 8 8 2
 Great Britain 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7 8 5
 Italy 7 5 2
 Japan 10 1
 Latvia 9 1
 Neutral Paralympic Athletes 5 1
 Norway 4 9 8 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 7 5
 South Korea 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 9 4 6 4
 Russia 2nd place, silver medalist(s) - - 1
 RPC - - DSQ 1
 Slovakia 6 9 4 3
 Sweden 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7 10 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5
 Switzerland 6 7 6 11 4
 United States 8 4 5 12 5 5
Total teams 8 10 10 12 11


Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Canada (CAN)3025
2 China (CHN)2002
3 Sweden (SWE)0123
4 Great Britain (GBR)0112
5 Norway (NOR)0101
 Russia (RUS)0101
 South Korea (KOR)0101
Totals (7 entries)55515

Medal summary

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Mixed team

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
2006 Torino  Canada (CAN)
Chris Daw
Gerry Austgarden
Gary Cormack
Sonja Gaudet
Karen Blachford
 Great Britain (GBR)
Frank Duffy
Michael McCreadie
Tom Killin
Angie Malone
Ken Dickson
 Sweden (SWE)
Jalle Jungnell
Glenn Ikonen
Rolf Johansson
Anette Wilhelm
Bernt Sjöberg
2010 Vancouver  Canada (CAN)
Jim Armstrong
Darryl Neighbour
Ina Forrest
Sonja Gaudet
Bruno Yizek
 South Korea (KOR)
Kim Hak-sung
Kim Myung-jin
Cho Yang-hyun
Kang Mi-suk
Park Kil-woo
 Sweden (SWE)
Jalle Jungnell
Glenn Ikonen*
Patrik Burman
Anette Wilhelm
Patrik Kallin
2014 Sochi  Canada (CAN)
Jim Armstrong
Dennis Thiessen
Ina Forrest
Sonja Gaudet
Mark Ideson
 Russia (RUS)
Andrei Smirnov
Alexander Shevchenko
Svetlana Pakhomova
Marat Romanov
Oksana Slesarenko
 Great Britain (GBR)
Aileen Neilson
Gregor Ewan
Bob McPherson
Jim Gault
Angie Malone
2018 Pyeongchang  China (CHN)
Wang Haitao
Chen Jianxin
Liu Wei
Wang Meng
Zhang Qiang
 Norway (NOR)
Rune Lorentsen
Jostein Stordahl
Ole Fredrik Syversen
Sissel Løchen
Rikke Iversen
 Canada (CAN)
Mark Ideson
Ina Forrest
Dennis Thiessen
Marie Wright
James Anseeuw
2022 Beijing  China (CHN)
Wang Haitao
Chen Jianxin
Zhang Mingliang
Yan Zhuo
Sun Yulong
 Sweden (SWE)
Viljo Petersson-Dahl
Ronny Persson
Mats-Ola Engborg
Kristina Ulander
Sabina Johansson
 Canada (CAN)
Jon Thurston
Ina Forrest
Dennis Thiessen
Mark Ideson
Collinda Joseph


Tournaments

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Mixed team

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Year Host Gold medal game Bronze medal game
Gold medalist Score Silver medalist Bronze medalist Score Fourth place
2006
details
Torino
Canada
7–4
Great Britain

Sweden
10–2
Norway
2010
details
Vancouver
Canada
8–7
South Korea

Sweden
7–5
United States
2014
details
Sochi
Canada
8–3
Russia

Great Britain
7–3
China
2018
details
Pyeongchang
China
6–5
Norway

Canada
5–3
South Korea
2022
details
Beijing
China
8–3
Sweden

Canada
8–3
Slovakia


See also

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References

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  • "Results". International Paralympic Committee. 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-19.