Canada at the 2014 Winter Paralympics

Canada at the
2014 Winter Paralympics
IPC code CAN
NPC Canadian Paralympic Committee
Website www.paralympic.ca
in Sochi
Competitors 54 in 5 sports
Flag bearer Sonja Gaudet (opening ceremony)
Josh Dueck (closing ceremony)[1]
Medals
Ranked 3rd
Gold
7
Silver
2
Bronze
7
Total
16
Winter Paralympics appearances (overview)

Canada competed at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia, from March 7 to 16, 2014.[2]

Canada sent a team of 54 athletes to compete in all five sports, and finished with 7 gold medals and 16 overall (ranking 3rd and 4th respectively). This met the performance goal set by the Canadian Paralympic Committee on a top three finish in total gold medals.[3][4]

Medalists

Alpine skiing

Men

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Final/Total
Time Diff Rank Time Diff Rank Time Diff Rank
Caleb Brousseau Downhill, sitting N/A 1:25.62 +1.82 6
Super-G, sitting N/A 1:22.05 +2.54 3rd, bronze medalist(s)
Combined, sitting Did not finish Did not advance
Slalom, sitting Did not finish Did not advance
Giant slalom, sitting Did not finish Did not advance
Josh Dueck Downhill, sitting N/A 1:24.19 +0.39 2nd, silver medalist(s)
Super-G, sitting N/A Did not finish
Combined, sitting 59.93 +1.22 5 1:18.27 0.00 1 2:18.20 0.00 1st, gold medalist(s)
Slalom, sitting Did not finish Did not advance
Giant slalom, sitting Did not finish Did not advance
Matthew Hallat Super-G, standing N/A Did not finish
Combined, standing Did not finish Did not advance
Slalom, standing 49.53 +1.84 5 54.28 +3.00 7 1:43.81 +4.84 6
Braydon Luscombe Downhill, standing N/A Did not finish
Super-G, standing N/A Did not finish
Combined, standing 52.17 +1.87 2 Did not finish
Slalom, standing 49.94 +2.25 6 Did not finish
Mac Marcoux
Guide: Robin Femy		 Downhill, visually impaired N/A 1:23.02 +1.26 3rd, bronze medalist(s)
Super-G, visually impaired N/A 1:20.77 +0.19 3rd, bronze medalist(s)
Combined, visually impaired Did not finish Did not advance
Slalom, visually impaired 52.03 +2.34 5 Did not finish
Giant slalom, visually impaired 1:16.02 0.00 1 1:13.60 +0.35 2 2:29.62 0.00 1st, gold medalist(s)
Kurt Oatway Downhill, sitting N/A 1:25.46 +1.66 5
Super-G, sitting N/A 1:29.10 +9.59 9
Combined, sitting Did not finish Did not advance
Slalom, sitting 57.61 +4.87 12 Did not finish
Giant slalom, sitting Did not finish Did not advance
Kirk Schornstein Downhill, standing N/A Did not finish
Super-G, standing N/A 1:27.83 +6.91 13
Combined, standing 57.62 +7.32 17 1:24.45 +6.06 11 2:22.07 +12.35 12
Slalom, standing 54.28 +6.59 17 59.77 +8.49 16 1:54.05 +15.08 16
Giant slalom, standing 1:22.51 +7.79 14 1:18.46 +7.31 14 2:40.97 +15.10 13
Chris Williamson
Guide: Nick Brush		 Slalom, visually impaired 50.18 +0.49 2 58.43 +4.91 6 1:48.61 +5.40 3rd, bronze medalist(s)
Giant slalom, visually impaired 1:21.29 +5.27 5 1:16.28 +3.03 5 2:37.57 +7.95 5

Women

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Final/Total
Time Diff Rank Time Diff Rank Time Diff Rank
Kimberly Joines Slalom, sitting 1:07.33 +0.92 2 1:07.83 0.00 1 2:15.16 +0.81 3rd, bronze medalist(s)
Giant slalom, sitting 1:30.44 0.00 1 Did not finish
Erin Latimer Super-G, standing N/A Did not finish
Combined, standing 1:07.18 +13.70 8 1:34.67 +9.76 6 2:41.85 +23.46 7
Slalom, standing 1:09.40 +10.03 8 1:09.91 +9.43 7 2:19.31 +19.46 8
Giant slalom, standing 1:33.42 +8.44 9 1:22.71 +8.85 9 2:56.13 +17.29 9
Alana Ramsay Super-G, standing N/A 1:43.39 +19.19 10
Combined, standing Did not start
Slalom, standing 1:13.91 +14.54 9 1:10.15 +9.67 8 2:24.06 +24.21 9
Giant slalom, standing 1:42.09 +17.11 16 Did not finish
Alexandra Starker Super-G, standing N/A 1:36.52 +12.32 7
Combined, standing 1:06.59 +13.11 7 Did not start
Slalom, standing 1:07.58 +8.21 7 1:06.58 +6.10 6 2:14.16 +14.31 6
Giant slalom, standing 1:33.91 +8.93 10 1:23.62 +9.76 11 2:57.53 +18.69 10

Snowboarding

Para-snowboarding made its debut at the Winter Paralympics and it was placed under the Alpine skiing program during the 2014 Games. Canada's para-snowboarding team was announced on January 26, 2014.[5] Michelle Salt was added to the team on February 22, 2014.[6]

Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
John Leslie Snowboard cross 56.74 6 56.25 6 55.63 4 1:51.88 7
Ian Lockey 1:09.81 21 1:08.79 18 1:01.47 13 2:10.26 21
Tyler Mosher 1:03.73 14 59.69 11 1:00.11 8 1:59.80 12
Women
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Michelle Salt Snowboard cross 1:34.43 9 1:49.80 7 1:46.85 8 3:21.28 9

Biathlon

Men

Athlete Events Final
Real Time Calculated Time Missed Shots Result Rank
Mark Arendz 7.5km, standing 20:02.5 19:14.4 1+0 19:14.4 2nd, silver medalist(s)
12.5km, standing 31:47.3 30:31.0 0+0+1+0 30:31.0 3rd, bronze medalist(s)
15km, standing 40:10.6 40:34.2 1+0+0+1 40:34.2 11
Brian McKeever
Guide: Erik Carleton		 7.5km, visually impaired Did not start

Women

Athlete Events Final
Real Time Calculated Time Missed Shots Result Rank
Caroline Bisson 6km, standing 28:22.9 27:14.8 2+1 27:14.8 14
10km, standing 41:33.6 39:53.9 2+0+1+0 39:53.9 11
12.5km, standing 54:32.7 56:21.8 1+2+0+1 56:21.8 12
Margarita Gorbounova
Guide: Andrea Bundon		 6km, visually impaired 26:17.8 26:17.8 2+0 26:17.8 7

Cross-country skiing

Men

Athlete Event Qualification Semifinal Final
Real Time Result Rank Result Rank Real Time Result Rank
Mark Arendz 10km free, standing N/A 26:19.6 25:16.4 11
Yves Bourque 1km sprint classic, sitting 2:50.67 2:50.67 24 Did not qualify
10km free, sitting N/A 39:11.5 39:11.5 24
15km, sitting N/A 55:25.4 55:25.4 20
Sébastien Fortier 1km sprint classic, sitting 2:48.85 2:43.78 23 Did not qualify
10km free, sitting N/A 41:17.7 41:17.7 26
15km, sitting N/A 53:19.3 51:43.3 18
Louis Fortin 1km sprint classic, standing 4:58.38 4:46.45 29 Did not qualify
10km free, standing N/A 34:21.2 32:58.8 36
Christopher Klebl 1km sprint classic, sitting 2:24.29 2:15.63 5 2:29.9 5 Did not advance
10km free, sitting N/A 32:50.2 30:52.0 1st, gold medalist(s)
15km, sitting N/A 45:52.0 43:06.9 6
Brian McKeever
Guides: Erik Carleton,
Graham Nishikawa		 1km sprint classic, visually impaired 3:32.51 3:32.51 1 4:09.50 1 3:59.60 3:59.60 1st, gold medalist(s)
10km free, visually impaired N/A 23:18.1 23:18.1 1st, gold medalist(s)
20km, visually impaired N/A 52:37.1 52:37.1 1st, gold medalist(s)

Women

Athlete Event Qualification Semifinal Final
Real Time Result Rank Result Rank Real Time Result Rank
Caroline Bisson 1km sprint classic, standing Did not start
5km, standing N/A 17:37.5 16:55.2 16
Colette Bourgonje 1km sprint classic, sitting 3:22.94 2:54.53 16 Did not qualify
5km, sitting N/A 21:10.9 18:13.0 13
12km, sitting N/A 50:58.5 43:50.3 13
Margarita Gorbounova
Guide: Andrea Bundon		 1km sprint classic, visually impaired 5:14.58 5:14.58 7 Did not qualify
5km, visually impaired N/A 15:42.2 15:42.2 8
15km, visually impaired N/A 1:04:43.9 1:04:43.9 4
Brittany Hudak 1km sprint classic, standing 5:22.81 5:13.13 12 5:13.0 6 Did not advance
5km, standing N/A 16:03.9 15:35.0 12
15km, standing N/A 1:05:01.8 59:10.6 10
Robbi Weldon
Guides: Phil Wood		 1km sprint classic, visually impaired 5:06.03 4:59.91 6 5:10.3 3 Did not advance
5km, visually impaired N/A 15:42.3 15:23.5 7

Relay

Athletes Event Final
Time Rank
Christopher Klebl
Brian McKeever
Guides: Erik Carleton,
Graham Nishikawa		 4 x 2.5km open relay 25:51.9 4
Sébastien Fortier
Margarita Gorbounova
Guide: Andrea Bundon
Robbi Wheldon
Guides: Phil Wood		 4 x 2.5km mixed relay Did not finish

Ice sledge hockey

Roster

No. Pos. Name Height Weight Birthdate Hometown 2012–13 team
22GBenoit St-Armand5 ft 10 in (178 cm)166 lb (75 kg)19 April 1978St-Hubert, QCTeam Canada
30GCorbin Watson5 ft 11 in (180 cm)193 lb (88 kg)6 January 1987Kingsville, ONTeam Canada
4DDerek Whitson 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)167 lb (76 kg)21 June 1989Chatham, ONTeam Canada
11DAdam Dixon5 ft 9 in (175 cm)176 lb (80 kg)13 August 1989Midland, ONTeam Canada
14DStephen Arsenault5 ft 7 in (170 cm)177 lb (80 kg)6 September 1988Spruce Grove, ABTeam Canada
25DJames Gemmell5 ft 11 in (180 cm)175 lb (79 kg)26 April 1980Quesnel, BCTeam Canada
29DGraeme Murray5 ft 5 in (165 cm)179 lb (81 kg)14 December 1984Gravenhurst, ONTeam Canada
5FKevin Rempel6 ft 1 in (185 cm)199 lb (90 kg)15 September 1982Vineland, ONTeam Canada
7FMarc Dorion5 ft 0 in (152 cm)137 lb (62 kg)22 June 1987Bourget, ONTeam Canada
8FTyler McGregor5 ft 9 in (175 cm)153 lb (69 kg)11 March 1994Forest, ONTeam Canada
9FAnthony Gale5 ft 0 in (152 cm)163 lb (74 kg)12 May 1993Brampton, ONTeam Canada
10FBen Delaney5 ft 11 in (180 cm)154 lb (70 kg)23 August 1996Ottawa, ONTeam Canada
12FGreg Westlake6 ft 2 in (188 cm)173 lb (78 kg)12 June 1986Oakville, ONTeam Canada
18FBilly Bridges5 ft 8 in (173 cm)190 lb (86 kg)22 March 1984Summerside, PETeam Canada
20FKarl Ludwig4 ft 10 in (147 cm)128 lb (58 kg)25 November 1988Brampton, ONTeam Canada
26FDominic Larocque6 ft 0 in (183 cm)184 lb (83 kg)30 July 1987Quebec City, QCTeam Canada
27FBradley Bowden5 ft 0 in (152 cm)161 lb (73 kg)26 May 1983Orton, ONTeam Canada

Preliminaries

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts
 Canada (CAN) 33000151+146
 Norway (NOR) 3110145−15
 Czech Republic (CZE) 301113303
 Sweden (SWE) 30012214−121
March 8, 2014
13:00 MSK		Canada Canada10–1
(4–0, 3–0, 3–1)		Sweden SwedenShayba Arena
March 9, 2014
13:00 MSK		Canada Canada4–0
(0–0, 2–0, 2–0)		Norway NorwayShayba Arena
March 11, 2014
20:00 MSK		Canada Canada1–0
(0–0, 1–0, 0–0)		Czech Republic Czech RepublicShayba Arena

Semifinal

March 13, 2014
20:00 MSK		Canada Canada0-3
(0–2,0–1,0–0)		United States United StatesShayba Arena

Bronze Medal Game

March 15, 2014
13:00 MSK		Canada Canada3–0
(0–0,3–0,0–0)		Norway NorwayShayba Arena

Wheelchair curling

Team
PositionCurler
SkipJim Armstrong
ThirdDennis Thiessen
SecondIna Forrest
LeadSonja Gaudet
AlternateMark Ideson
Standings

Final round robin standings[7]

Key
Teams to playoffs
Country
 Skip W L PF PA
 Russia Andrei Smirnov 816038
 Canada Jim Armstrong 726642
 China Wang Haitao 545445
 Great Britain Aileen Neilson 545356
 United States Patrick McDonald 455642
 Slovakia Radoslav Ďuriš 454768
 Sweden Jalle Jungnell 455949
 Norway Rune Lorentsen 364562
 South Korea Kim Myung-jin 364174
 Finland Markku Karjalainen 276158
Results

See also

References

  1. ↑ Massie, Jon (March 16, 2014). "Josh Dueck named Canada's flag-bearer for closing ceremony". CBC Sports. CBC.ca. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Athletes - Sochi 2014 Paralympic winter Games". Sochi2014.com. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
  3. ↑ "Canada to send 54 athletes to Sochi Paralympic Games". The Canadian Press. CBC.ca. February 26, 2014. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Mission accomplished as Canada finishes Sochi 2014 Paralympic Games ranked third in gold medal count". Canadian Paralympic Committee. CNW Group. March 16, 2014. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
  5. ↑ The Canadian Press (January 26, 2014). "Canada's para-snowboarding team named for sport's debut in Sochi". CBC Sports. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
  6. ↑ Canadian Paralympic Committee (February 22, 2014). "Para-snowboarder Michelle Salt nominated for Sochi 2014 Paralympic Games". Newswire.ca. CNW Group. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
  7. ↑ Round robin standings
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