Canada at the 2010 Winter Paralympics explained

Npc:	CAN
Npcname:	Canadian Paralympic Committee
Games:	Winter Paralympics
Year:	2010
Flagcaption:	Flag of Canada
Location:	Vancouver
Competitors:	46
Sports:	5
Flagbearer:	Jean Labonte (opening)^[1] Lauren Woolstencroft (closing)
Rank:	3
Gold:	10
Silver:	5
Bronze:	4
Appearances:	auto

Canada was the host country of the 2010 Winter Paralympics, in Vancouver, the first time it had hosted the Winter Paralympics.^[2]

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.^[3]

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.^[4] 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.^[5]

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.^{[6] [7]}

Lauren Woolstencroft became the first Canadian to win 3 golds at the same Winter Paralympics,^[8] 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.^[9] 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.^[10] Her five gold are also the record for any Canadian Winter Paralympian or Olympian.^[11]

Medalists

Medal	width=350px	Name	Sport	Event	Date
	Guide		Men's 20 km free, visually impaired	March 15
			Women's slalom, standing	March 15
			Women's giant slalom, standing	March 17
	Guide		Men's 10 km classic, visually impaired	March 18
	Guide		Women's downhill, visually impaired	March 18
			Women's downhill, standing	March 18
			Women's super-G, standing	March 19
			Women's Super combined, standing	March 20
			Wheelchair curling	March 20
	Guide		Men's 1 km sprint, visually impaired	March 21
			Women's 10 km free, sitting	March 14
	Guide		Women's slalom, visually impaired	March 14
			Men's slalom, sitting	March 14
	Guide		Women's super-G, visually impaired	March 19
	Guide		Women's Super combined, visually impaired	March 20
			Women's slalom, standing	March 15
	Guide		Women's giant slalom, visually impaired	March 16
			Women's 5 km classic, sitting	March 18
			Women's Super combined, standing	March 20

Alpine skiing

See 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

See 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

See 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

See 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.^[12]

Roster

No.	Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Hometown	2008–09 team
22	G		5feet	165lb			Team Canada
57	G		6feet	205lb			Team Canada
11	D		5feet	168lb			Team Canada
17	D		5feet	205lb			Team Canada
21	D		6feet	260lb			Team Canada
29	D		5feet	190lb			Team Canada
3	F		5feet	150lb			Team Canada
4	F		6feet	165lb			Team Canada
7	F		5feet	137lb			Team Canada
8	F		5feet	125lb			Team Canada
10	F		5feet	130lb			Team Canada
12	F		6feet	170lb			Team Canada
18	F		5feet	190lb			Team Canada
19	F		6feet	180lb			Team Canada
27	F		5feet	154lb			Team Canada

Preliminary round

Standings

width=165	Team	width=40		width=40		width=40		width=40		width=40		width=40		width=40		width=40		width=40
	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

Bronze medal game

Wheelchair curling

See main article: Wheelchair curling at the 2010 Winter Paralympics.

Roster

Position	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Birthplace
First		180cm (70inches)	66kg (146lb)		North Vancouver, BC
Second		160cm (60inches)	61kg (134lb)		Fort St. John, BC
Third		187cm (74inches)	100kg (200lb)		Beaverlodge, AB
Fourth	(skip)	189cm (74inches)	125kg (276lb)		Victoria, BC
Alternate		177cm (70inches)	100kg (200lb)		Cardston, AB

Preliminary round

Standings

Country	Skip	W	L
		7	2
		7	2
		6	3
		5	4
		5	4
		3	6
		3	6
		3	6
		3	6
		3	6

Playoffs

Gold medal game

See also

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

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Flagbearers from Opening Ceremony . . 12 March 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100620033748/http://paralympic.org/export/sites/default/Media_Centre/News/General_News/FLAG_BEARER_NOMINATIONS_Opening_Ceremony.pdf . 2010-06-20 .
2. http://www.paralympic.ca/fr/Nouvelles/Canadian-Paralympic-Team-Reps-First-to-Tour-2010-Games-Sites.html "Les représentants de l'équipe Paralympique Canadienne sont les premiers à visiter les sites des Jeux paralympiques d’hiver de 2010 de Vancouver"
3. Canada News Wire, "Canada concludes most successful Paralympic Winter Games", CNW Telbec, 22 March 2010 (accessed 24 March 2010)
4. http://www.paralympic.ca/fr/date/2010/1.html?catid=1 "Brian McKeever se qualifie pour les Jeux olympiques et paralympiques d’hiver de 2010 à Vancouver"
5. https://web.archive.org/web/20100305093549/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hP2e861XCT7OHCatTg7ikyjy8vEA Blind McKeever 'devastated' to miss Olympic debut
6. 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)
7. Vancouver Sun, "Para-alpine star Viviane Forest has potential for huge Games medal haul", John Korobanik, 11 March 2010 (accessed 19 March 2010)
8. The Province, "Nation thrills at triple gold win", Ian Austin, 19 March 2010 (accessed 19 March 2010)
9. Canadian Paralympic Committee, "Woolstencroft lifts Canada to record winter paralympic performance", CPC, 19 March 2010 (accessed 19 March 2010)
10. Vancouver Sun, "Woolstencroft wins fifth gold medal", CanWest News Service, 21 March 2010 (accessed 21 March 2010)
11. CTV News Channel, "News Weekend", 10:15am broadcast, airdate 21 March 2010
12. Web site: USA Wins Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships A. May 18, 2009. International Paralympic Committee. January 7, 2010.