Canada at the 2022 Winter Paralympics explained

Npc:	CAN
Country:	Canada
Year:	2022
Games:	Winter Paralympics
Flagcaption:	Flag of Canada
Npcname:	Canadian Paralympic Committee
Location:	Beijing, China
Competitors:	48 (35 on foot,13 on wheelchair)
Sports:	6
Flagbearer Close:	Mollie Jepsen
Rank:	3
Gold:	8
Silver:	6
Bronze:	11
Appearances:	auto

Canada competed at the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing, China which took place between 4–13 March 2022.

Para-alpine skier Josh Dueck served as Chef de Mission of the Canadian team and para-alpine skier Karolina Wisniewska was assistant Chef de Mission.^[1] ^[2]

On March 2, 2022, the Canadian Paralympic Committee named wheelchair curler Ina Forrest and para ice hockey player Greg Westlake as Canada's flagbearers during the opening ceremony, the first time that two Canadian athletes will share the role at the Paralympic Games.^[3] ^[4]

Medalists

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Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date

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Medals by sport
Sport				Total
	5	1	4	8
Alpine skiing	1	2	3	6
	1	1	2	4
	1	1	1	3
	0	0	1	1
	0	1	0	1
Total	8	6	11	25

Medals by date
Day	Date				Total
Day 1	5 March	1	1	1	3
Day 2	6 March	0	0	3	3
Day 3	7 March	3	1	2	6
Day 4	8 March	1	0	0	1
Day 5	9 March	2	0	1	3
Day 6	10 March	0	0	0	0
Day 7	11 March	0	2	3	5
Day 8	12 March	1	1	0	2
Day 9	13 March	0	1	1	2
Total		8	6	11	25

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Male	5	2	5	8
Female	3	3	4	6
Mixed	0	1	2	3
Total	8	6	11	25

Multiple medalists
Name	Sport				Total
		3	0	0	3
		2	1	0	3
		1	1	1	3
		1	1	0	2
		1	0	1	2
		0	0	2	2
		0	0	2	2
		0	0	2	2

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

width=150	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Alpine skiing	6	4	10
Biathlon / Cross-country skiing	7	5	12
Ice Hockey	17	0	17
Snowboarding	2	2	4
Wheelchair curling	3	2	5
Total	35	13	48

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Paralympics.

Canada qualified a total of 11 alpine skiers (six men and five women).^[5] The team was officially named on February 18, 2022.^[6] Frédérique Turgeon was expected to complete, but withdrew after sustaining a leg injury during training.^[7]

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Alexis Guimond	Downhill, standing	1:16.77	5
	Giant slalom, standing			Did not advance
	Super-G, standing	1:10.02
Logan Leach Guide Julien Petit	Downhill, visually impaired	1:26.28	9
	Giant slalom, visually impaired	1:05.85	8
	Slalom, visually impaired	48.82	6	55.06	6	1:43.88	5
	Super combined, visually impaired	1:19.30	8	46.97	5	2:06.27	6
	Super-G, visually impaired	1:18.38	7
Mac Marcoux Guide Tristan Rodgers	Downhill, visually impaired	1:13.81
	Slalom, visually impaired	Did not start
	Super combined, visually impaired	Did not start
	Super-G, visually impaired
Brian Rowland	Downhill, sitting
	Giant slalom, sitting	1:06.07	12	1:04.15	13	2:10.22	12
	Slalom, sitting
	Super combined, sitting	Did not start
	Super-G, sitting	1:16.17	10

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Katie Combaluzier	Downhill, sitting
	Giant slalom, sitting	1:11.57	8	1:16.70	8	2:28.27	8
	Slalom, sitting	1:09.75	6	1:06.63	7	2:16.38	7
	Super combined, sitting
	Super-G, sitting
Michaela Gosselin	Downhill, standing	1:25.75	5
	Giant slalom, standing	1:01.31	8	1:04.86	6	2:06.17	6
	Slalom, standing	51:60	6	55.27	4	1:46.87	4
	Super combined, standing
	Super-G, standing	1:19.64	7
Mollie Jepsen	Downhill, standing	1:21.75
	Giant slalom, standing	57.90	3	1:03.05	5	2:00.95
	Slalom, standing	Did not start
	Super combined, standing	1:18.95	5
	Super-G, standing	1:18.69	6
Alana Ramsay	Downhill, standing	1:26.08	7
	Giant slalom, standing
	Slalom, standing
	Super combined, standing	1:18.71	4	47.62	4	2:06.33
	Super-G, standing	1:16.84

Biathlon

See main article: article and Biathlon at the 2022 Winter Paralympics.

Canada competed in biathlon.^[8] ^[9]

Men

Athlete	Events	Final
Athlete	Events	Missed Shots	Result	Rank
Mark Arendz	6 km, standing	2	17:13.6
	10 km, standing	0	31:45.2
	12.5 km, standing	1	40:13.0
Collin Cameron	6 km, sitting	3	20:24.7	7
Collin Cameron	12.5 km, sitting	1	40:35.6	4
Derek Zaplotinsky	6 km, sitting	2	21:15.6	14
	10 km, sitting	3	32:56.4	8
	12.5 km, sitting	1	43:45.2	10

Women

Athlete	Events	Final
Athlete	Events	Missed Shots	Result	Rank
Brittany Hudak	6 km, standing	1	20:32.4	8
	10 km, standing	2	37:43.1	6
	12.5 km, standing	2	49:03.4
Christina Picton	6 km, sitting	0	23:50.7	7
	10 km, sitting	3	39:15.9	8
	12.5 km, sitting	0	47:51.9	7
Emily Young	6 km, standing	0	20:31.0	7
	10 km, standing	2	39:27.8	8
	12.5 km, standing	1	49:55.3	6

Cross-country skiing

See main article: article and Cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Paralympics.

Canada qualified a total of 12 cross-country skiers (seven men and five women).^[10] The team was officially named on January 27, 2022.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Mark Arendz	12.5 km free, standing	36:23.5	7
Mark Arendz	20 km classic, standing	54:43.9	4
Collin Cameron	1.5 km sprint, sitting	2:15.51	2	2:49.2	1	2:46.3
	10 km, sitting	31:47.8	4
	18 km, sitting	47:36.6
Ethan Hess	1.5 km sprint, sitting	2:43.50	26	Did not qualify
	10 km, sitting	38:16.1	19
	18 km, sitting	54:35.9	18
Brian McKeever Guide Russell Kennedy, Graham Nishikawa	1.5 km sprint free, visually impaired	2:37.34	2	3:36.4	2	3:19.5
	12.5 km free, visually impaired	33:06.6
	20 km classic, visually impaired	55:36.7
Derek Zaplotinsky	1.5 km sprint, sitting	2:25.97	11	3:15.7	6	Did not qualify
	10 km, sitting	36:14.9	15
	18 km, sitting	50:42.6	13

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Brittany Hudak	10 km free, standing	43:16.3	7
Brittany Hudak	15 km classic, standing	49:27.8
Lyne-Marie Bilodeau	1.5 km sprint, sitting	3:46.30	18	Did not qualify
	7.5 km, sitting	34:20.4	13
	15 km, sitting	59:38.1	9
Christina Picton	1.5 km sprint, sitting	3:03.47	10	3:45.8	3	3:38.6	6
Christina Picton	7.5 km, sitting	28:55.6	8
Natalie Wilkie	1.5 km sprint free, standing	3:11.87	1	4:11.0	1	4:05.1
	10 km free, standing	41:45.3
	15 km classic, standing	48:04.8
Emily Young	10 km free, standing	45:40.1	11
Emily Young	15 km classic, standing	52:06.7	5

Relay

Athletes	Event	Final
Athletes	Event	Time	Rank
Collin Cameron Emily Young Mark Arendz Natalie Wilkie	4 x 2.5 km mixed relay	27:00.6
Brian McKeever Guide Russell Kennedy Brittany Hudak	4 x 2.5 km open relay	30:24.7	6

Para ice hockey

See main article: article and Para ice hockey at the 2022 Winter Paralympics.

Canada qualified a full team of 17 sled hockey players (five men and five women). The team was officially named on February 15, 2022.^[11]

Summary

Preliminary round----

Semifinal

Final

Snowboarding

See main article: article and Snowboarding at the 2022 Winter Paralympics.

Canada qualified a total of four snowboarders (two men and two women).^[12] The team was officially named on February 12, 2022.^[2]

Banked slalom

Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank
Alex Massie	Men's banked slalom, SB-LL2	1:10.91	1:10.77	1:10.77	6
Tyler Turner	Men's banked slalom, SB-LL1	1:14.00	1:12.84	1:12.84
Lisa DeJong	Women's banked slalom, SB-LL2	1:21.62	1:20.19	1:20.19	8
Sandrine Hamel	Women's banked slalom, SB-LL2	1:23.05	1:22.86	1:22.86	10

Cross

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Best	Seed	Position	Position	Position	Rank
Alex Massie	Men's snowboard cross, SB-LL2	1:02.65	1:03.34	1:02.65	3 Q	1 Q	3 FB	2	6
Tyler Turner	Men's snowboard cross, SB-LL1	1:04.74	1:04.24	1:04.24	1 Q	1 Q	1 FA	1
Lisa DeJong	Women's snowboard cross, SB-LL2	1:13.25	1:12.22	1:12.22	4 Q	1 Q	2 FA	2
Sandrine Hamel	Women's snowboard cross, SB-LL2	1:17.69	1:18.40	1:17.69	8 Q	2 Q	4 FB	4	8

Qualification legend: FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round

Wheelchair curling

See main article: article and Wheelchair curling at the 2022 Winter Paralympics.

Canada has qualified a full team of five curlers. ^[13] ^[14] The team was officially named on January 27, 2022. ^[15]