Viviane Forest Explained

Viviane Forest (born 14 May 1979) is a Canadian multi-sport Paralympic medallist. She was born and raised in Quebec, and currently resides in Edmonton, Alberta. She is the first Canadian Paralympian to win a gold medal at the Summer and Winter Paralympic Games.[1]

Early life

A native of Montreal who was born in Greenfield Park, Quebec with four percent of vision.[2] [3]

Sporting career

Forest played on Canada's gold medal-winning goalball teams in Sydney and Athens in 2000 and 2004 respectively.

She won a silver at the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver for slalom (Visually Impaired), with a time of 2:01.45, 0.89 seconds behind the winner, Sabine Gasteiger of Austria.[4]

She won a bronze in the 2010 Winter Paralympics for giant slalom for women's visually impaired.[5]

She won gold at the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Whistler Creekside for Women's Visually Impaired Downhill. This made her the first para-athlete to win a gold in both the Winter and Summer Games.[6] [5] [7]

Her skiing guide is Lindsay Debou.[8] Their personal sponsors are The Weather Network and Fischer.[9]

In 2013, Forest announced her retirement from the Paralympic Sport at the Sport Chek Para-Alpine Canadian Championships in Sun Peaks, British Columbia.[10]

In 2019, she was named to the Canadian Paralympic Hall of Fame at the 2019 Induction.[11]

Results

Beyond the Paralympics, her results include:

2009 World IPC Championships-High 1 Korea

2009 World Cup Finals-Whistler, BC

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sports experiences as important as medals for Viviane Forest . Canadian Paralympic Committee . 11 Nov 2019 . 6 Jun 2024.
  2. Web site: Mike . Contact . Vancouver 2010 poster girl Forest inducted to Canadian Paralympic Hall of Fame . insidethegames.biz . 17 Nov 2019 . 6 Jun 2024.
  3. Web site: Canada . Social Development . PM congratulates Viviane Forest on winning gold at 2010 Paralympic Winter Games . Canada.ca . 18 Mar 2010 . 6 Jun 2024.
  4. Telegraph-Journal, "Games: Canucks remain undefeated in sledge hockey, curling", Canadian Press, 15 March 2010 (accessed 19 March 2010)
  5. The Gazette (Montreal), "‘Tough cookie’ Forest wins second Paralympic medal", Mike Beamish, 16 March 2010 (accessed 19 March 2010)
  6. Vancouver Sun, "Para-alpine star Viviane Forest has potential for huge Games medal haul", John Korobanik, 11 March 2010 (accessed 19 March 2010)
  7. 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)
  8. Web site: Viviane Forest Canadian Paralympic Committee . 2024-06-06 . paralympic.ca.
  9. The Weather Network (Canada), "Weather News: The Weather Network is proud to sponsor Canadian Para-Alpine athlete Viviane Forest." (accessed 15 March 2010)
  10. Web site: Canadian Paralympic star Viviane Forest announces retirement . insidethegames.biz . 3 Apr 2013 . 6 Jun 2024.
  11. Web site: Viviane Forest, Named to the Canadian Paralympic Hall of Fame 2019 . Alberta Sports & Recreation Association for the Blind . 6 Jun 2024 . 6 Jun 2024.

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