Natalie Wilkie

Natalie Wilkie

Personal information
Nationality	Canadian
Born	(2001-01-21) January 21, 2001
Sport
Country	Canada
Sport	Paralympic Nordic skiing (Paralympic cross-country skiing)
Disability class	LW8
Medal record Representing  Canada Women's Paralympic cross-country skiing Winter Paralympics 2018 Pyeongchang 7.5km classic standing 2018 Pyeongchang 4 x 2.5km mixed relay 2018 Pyeongchang 1.5km sprint classic standing

Natalie Wilkie (born 21 January 2001) is a Canadian Paralympic cross-country skier. As the youngest member of Team Canada at the 2018 Winter Paralympic Games, Wilkie won gold, silver, and bronze medals at the PyeongChang, South Korea games.

Biography

Wilkie began training and competing in able-bodied cross-country skiing when she was 4 years old, growing up near the Larch Hills Cross Country Ski Area near Salmon Arm, BC, Canada.

In June 2016, as a Grade 9 student at Salmon Arm Secondary School, Wilkie lost four fingers on her left hand in an accident involving a jointer during a school woodworking class. She resumed training with her able-bodied ski club only two weeks after the accident.

Wilkie was introduced to para cross-country skiing at a camp in Canmore, Alberta in November 2016. Today, she competes nationally in Canada in both Paralympic cross-country skiing using a single ski pole and in able-bodied cross-country skiing using two ski poles.

Wilkie was designated the “CTV Athlete of the Week” on December 18, 2017.

In February 2018, Wilkie was selected as the youngest member of the PyeongChang 2018 Canadian Paralympic Team. At the 2018 Winter Paralympic Games, at the age of 17, she won a gold medal in the Women’s 7.5km Classic, Standing, a silver medal in the 4x2.5 Mixed Relay, a bronze medal in the Women’s 1.5km Sprint Classic, Standing, and placed sixth in the Women’s 15km Free, Standing.

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