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Canadian wheelchair curler From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ina Forrest (born 25 May 1962) is a wheelchair curler selected to be second for Canada's team[n 1] at the 2010 and 2014 Winter Paralympics, winning a gold medal on both occasions.[1] She has also won a gold medal 3 times in the World Wheelchair Curling Championships, in 2009, 2011, and 2013.[2] She was inducted into the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame in February 2016.[2] She is a member of the Vernon Curling Club in Vernon, British Columbia.[3]
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Nationality | Canadian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Citizenship | Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | May 25, 1962 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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She started wheelchair curling in 2004, and won silver in both the 2004 and 2005 Canadian National Wheelchair Curling Championships as a member of the British Columbia wheelchair curling team, before being named in 2006 to the Canadian Wheelchair Curling Team[n 1] for whom she has since competed, as of 2018[update], in the next 9 World Wheelchair Curling Championships (starting in 2007) and the next 3 Winter Paralympics (starting in 2010).[2]
Winter Paralympics[2][5] | |||
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Gold | Wheelchair curling | 2010 | Vancouver, Canada |
Gold | Wheelchair curling | 2014 | Sochi, Russia |
Bronze | Wheelchair curling | 2018 | Pyeongchang, South Korea |
Bronze | Wheelchair curling | 2022 | Beijing, China |
World Wheelchair Curling Championships[2] | |||
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Finish | Event | Year | Place |
4 | Wheelchair curling | 2007 | Sollefteå, Sweden |
4 | Wheelchair curling | 2008 | Sursee, Switzerland |
Gold | Wheelchair curling | 2009 | Vancouver, Canada |
Gold | Wheelchair curling | 2011 | Prague, Czech Republic |
7[6] | Wheelchair curling | 2012 | Chuncheon, South Korea |
Gold | Wheelchair curling | 2013 | Sochi, Russia |
6[7] | Wheelchair curling | 2015 | Lohja, Finland |
7 | Wheelchair curling | 2016 | Lucerne, Switzerland |
5 | Wheelchair curling | 2017 | Pyeongchang, South Korea |
10 | Wheelchair curling | 2019 | Stirling, Scotland |
Silver | Wheelchair curling | 2020 | Wetzikon, Switzerland |
5 | Wheelchair curling | 2021 | Beijing, China |
Silver | Wheelchair curling | 2023 | Richmond, Canada |
She and her husband Curtis are small business owners. They have three children: Evany, Marlon and Connor.[2]
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