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 Silver Bronze Total
7 2 7 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

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold McKeever, BrianBrian McKeever
Guide: Erik Carleton 		Cross-country skiing Men's 20 km, visually impaired March 10
 Gold McKeever, BrianBrian McKeever
Guide: Graham Nishikawa 		Cross-country skiing Men's 1 km sprint classic, visually impaired March 12
 Gold Dueck, JoshJosh Dueck Alpine skiing Men's combined, sitting March 14
 Gold Marcoux, MacMac Marcoux
Guide: Robin Femy 		Alpine skiing Men's giant slalom, visually impaired March 15
 Gold Jim Armstrong
Ina Forrest
Sonja Gaudet
Mark Ideson
Dennis Thiessen 		Wheelchair curling Mixed March 15
 Gold Klebl, ChristopherChristopher Klebl Cross-country skiing Men's 10 km, sitting March 16
 Gold McKeever, BrianBrian McKeever
Guide: Erik Carleton 		Cross-country skiing Men's 10 km, visually impaired March 16
 Silver Dueck, JoshJosh Dueck Alpine skiing Men's downhill, sitting March 8
 Silver Arendz, MarkMark Arendz Biathlon Men's 7.5 km, standing March 8
 Bronze Marcoux, MacMac Marcoux
Guide: Robin Femy 		Alpine skiing Men's downhill, visually impaired March 8
 Bronze Brousseau, CalebCaleb Brousseau Alpine skiing Men's Super-G, sitting March 9
 Bronze Marcoux, MacMac Marcoux
Guide: Robin Femy 		Alpine skiing Men's Super-G, visually impaired March 9
 Bronze Arendz, MarkMark Arendz Biathlon Men's 12.5 km, standing March 11
 Bronze Joines, KimberlyKimberly Joines Alpine skiing Women's slalom, sitting March 12
 Bronze Williamson, ChrisChris Williamson
Guide: Nick Brush 		Alpine skiing Men's slalom, visually impaired March 13
 Bronze national ice sledge hockey team, CanadaCanada national ice sledge hockey team
Stephen Arsenault Anthony Gale Kevin Rempel
Bradley Bowden James Gemmell Benoit St.Amand
Billy Bridges Dominic Larocque Corbin Watson
Ben Delaney Karl Ludwig Greg Westlake
Adam Dixon Tyler McGregor Derek Whitson
Marc Dorion Graeme Murray
 Ice sledge hockey Mixed March 15
Medals by sport
Sport 1st, gold medalist(s) 2nd, silver medalist(s) 3rd, bronze medalist(s) Total
Alpine skiing 2 1 5 8
Biathlon 0 1 1 2
Cross-country skiing 4 0 0 4
Ice sledge hockey 0 0 1 1
Wheelchair curling 1 0 0 1
Total 7 2 7 16

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
22 G St-Armand, BenoitBenoit St-Armand 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) 166 lb (75 kg) 19 April 1978 St-Hubert, QC Team Canada
30 G Watson, CorbinCorbin Watson 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) 193 lb (88 kg) 6 January 1987 Kingsville, ON Team Canada
4 D Whitson , DerekDerek Whitson 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) 167 lb (76 kg) 21 June 1989 Chatham, ON Team Canada
11 D Dixon, AdamAdam Dixon 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) 176 lb (80 kg) 13 August 1989 Midland, ON Team Canada
14 D Arsenault, StephenStephen Arsenault 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) 177 lb (80 kg) 6 September 1988 Spruce Grove, AB Team Canada
25 D Gemmell, JamesJames Gemmell 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) 175 lb (79 kg) 26 April 1980 Quesnel, BC Team Canada
29 D Murray, GraemeGraeme Murray 5 ft 5 in (165 cm) 179 lb (81 kg) 14 December 1984 Gravenhurst, ON Team Canada
5 F Rempel, KevinKevin Rempel 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) 199 lb (90 kg) 15 September 1982 Vineland, ON Team Canada
7 F Dorion, MarcMarc Dorion 5 ft 0 in (152 cm) 137 lb (62 kg) 22 June 1987 Bourget, ON Team Canada
8 F McGregor, TylerTyler McGregor 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) 153 lb (69 kg) 11 March 1994 Forest, ON Team Canada
9 F Gale, AnthonyAnthony Gale 5 ft 0 in (152 cm) 163 lb (74 kg) 12 May 1993 Brampton, ON Team Canada
10 F Delaney, BenBen Delaney 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) 154 lb (70 kg) 23 August 1996 Ottawa, ON Team Canada
12 F Westlake, GregGreg Westlake 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) 173 lb (78 kg) 12 June 1986 Oakville, ON Team Canada
18 F Bridges, BillyBilly Bridges 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) 190 lb (86 kg) 22 March 1984 Summerside, PE Team Canada
20 F Ludwig, KarlKarl Ludwig 4 ft 10 in (147 cm) 128 lb (58 kg) 25 November 1988 Brampton, ON Team Canada
26 F Larocque, DominicDominic Larocque 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) 184 lb (83 kg) 30 July 1987 Quebec City, QC Team Canada
27 F Bowden, BradleyBradley Bowden 5 ft 0 in (152 cm) 161 lb (73 kg) 26 May 1983 Orton, ON Team Canada

Preliminaries

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts
 Canada (CAN) 3 3 0 0 0 15 1 +14 6
 Norway (NOR) 3 1 1 0 1 4 5 −1 5
 Czech Republic (CZE) 3 0 1 1 1 3 3 0 3
 Sweden (SWE) 3 0 0 1 2 2 14 −12 1
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
Position Curler
Skip Jim Armstrong
Third Dennis Thiessen
Second Ina Forrest
Lead Sonja Gaudet
Alternate Mark Ideson
Standings

Final round robin standings

Key
Teams to playoffs
Country
 Skip W L PF PA
Russia Andrei Smirnov 8 1 60 38
Canada Jim Armstrong 7 2 66 42
China Wang Haitao 5 4 54 45
Great Britain Aileen Neilson 5 4 53 56
Slovakia Radoslav Ďuriš 4 5 47 68
United States Patrick McDonald 4 5 56 42
Sweden Jalle Jungnell 4 5 59 49
South Korea Kim Myung-jin 3 6 41 74
Norway Rune Lorentsen 3 6 45 62
Finland Markku Karjalainen 2 7 61 58
Results

Draw 1

Saturday, March 8, 9:30

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Canada (Armstrong) 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 6

Great Britain (Neilson) 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3

Draw 2

Saturday, March 8, 15:30

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Canada (Armstrong) 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 5

Russia (Smirnov) 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 4

Draw 4

Sunday, March 9, 15:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Canada (Armstrong) 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 7

Sweden (Jungnell) 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 4

Draw 5

Monday, March 10, 9:30

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
United States (McDonald) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 X 2

Canada (Armstrong) 1 0 2 0 2 1 1 X 7

Draw 6

Monday, March 10, 15:30

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 EE Final
Canada (Armstrong) 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 6

Norway (Lorentsen) 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 2 8

Draw 8

Tuesday, March 11, 15:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
China (Wang) 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 5

Canada (Armstrong) 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 1 8

Draw 9

Wednesday, March 12, 9:30

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Canada (Armstrong) 0 3 2 0 1 0 4 X 10

South Korea (Kim) 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 X 4

Draw 11

Thursday, March 13, 9:30

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Slovakia (Ďuriš) 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X 0

Canada (Armstrong) 3 4 2 3 2 2 X X 16

Draw 12

Thursday, March 13, 15:30

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Finland (Karjalainen) 2 5 1 1 3 0 X X 12

Canada (Armstrong) 0 0 0 0 0 1 X X 1

Semifinal

Saturday, March 15, 9:30

Sheet 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Canada (Armstrong) 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 5

China (Wang) 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 4

Gold medal game

Saturday, March 15, 15:30

Sheet 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Russia (Smirnov) 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 X 3

Canada (Armstrong) 0 1 1 2 1 3 0 X 8

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.
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