Canada at the 2014 Winter Paralympics

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

Canada at the
2014 Winter Paralympics
IPC codeCAN
NPCCanadian Paralympic Committee
Websitewww.paralympic.ca
in Sochi
Competitors54 in 5 sports
Flag bearers 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 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 edit

Medals by sport
Sport       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
Medal Name Sport Event Date
  Gold Brian McKeever
Guide: Erik Carleton
Cross-country skiing Men's 20 km, visually impaired March 10
  Gold Brian McKeever
Guide: Graham Nishikawa
Cross-country skiing Men's 1 km sprint classic, visually impaired March 12
  Gold Josh Dueck Alpine skiing Men's combined, sitting March 14
  Gold Mac 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 Christopher Klebl Cross-country skiing Men's 10 km, sitting March 16
  Gold Brian McKeever
Guide: Erik Carleton
Cross-country skiing Men's 10 km, visually impaired March 16
  Silver Josh Dueck Alpine skiing Men's downhill, sitting March 8
  Silver Mark Arendz Biathlon Men's 7.5 km, standing March 8
  Bronze Mac Marcoux
Guide: Robin Femy
Alpine skiing Men's downhill, visually impaired March 8
  Bronze Caleb Brousseau Alpine skiing Men's super-G, sitting March 9
  Bronze Mac Marcoux
Guide: Robin Femy
Alpine skiing Men's super-G, visually impaired March 9
  Bronze Mark Arendz Biathlon Men's 12.5 km, standing March 11
  Bronze Kimberly Joines Alpine skiing Women's slalom, sitting March 12
  Bronze Chris Williamson
Guide: Nick Brush
Alpine skiing Men's slalom, visually impaired March 13
  Bronze Canada national ice sledge hockey team
Ice sledge hockey Mixed March 15

Alpine skiing edit

Men

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Final/Total
Time Diff Rank Time Diff Rank Time Diff Rank
Caleb Brousseau Downhill, sitting 1:25.62 +1.82 6
Super-G, sitting 1:22.05 +2.54  
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 1:24.19 +0.39  
Super-G, sitting did not finish
Combined, sitting 59.93 +1.22 5 1:18.27 0.00 1 2:18.20 0.00  
Slalom, sitting did not finish did not advance
Giant slalom, sitting did not finish did not advance
Matthew Hallat Super-G, standing 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 did not finish
Super-G, standing 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 1:23.02 +1.26  
Super-G, visually impaired 1:20.77 +0.19  
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  
Kurt Oatway Downhill, sitting 1:25.46 +1.66 5
Super-G, sitting 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 did not finish
Super-G, standing 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  
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  
Giant slalom, sitting 1:30.44 0.00 1 did not finish
Erin Latimer Super-G, standing 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 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 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 edit

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 edit

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  
12.5km, standing 31:47.3 30:31.0 0+0+1+0 30:31.0  
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 edit

Men

Athlete Event Qualification Semifinal Final
Real Time Result Rank Result Rank Real Time Result Rank
Mark Arendz 10km free, standing 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 39:11.5 39:11.5 24
15km, sitting 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 41:17.7 41:17.7 26
15km, sitting 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 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 32:50.2 30:52.0  
15km, sitting 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  
10km free, visually impaired 23:18.1 23:18.1  
20km, visually impaired 52:37.1 52:37.1  

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 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 21:10.9 18:13.0 13
12km, sitting 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 15:42.2 15:42.2 8
15km, visually impaired 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 16:03.9 15:35.0 12
15km, standing 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 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 edit

Roster

No. Pos. Name Height Weight Birthdate Hometown 2012–13 team
22 G Benoit St-Amand 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) 166 lb (75 kg) 19 April 1978 St-Hubert, QC Team Canada
30 G Corbin Watson 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) 193 lb (88 kg) 6 January 1987 Kingsville, ON Team Canada
4 D Derek Whitson 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) 167 lb (76 kg) 21 June 1989 Chatham, ON Team Canada
11 D Adam Dixon 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) 176 lb (80 kg) 13 August 1989 Midland, ON Team Canada
14 D Steve Arsenault 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) 177 lb (80 kg) 6 September 1988 Spruce Grove, AB Team Canada
25 D James Gemmell 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) 175 lb (79 kg) 26 April 1980 Quesnel, BC Team Canada
29 D Graeme Murray 5 ft 5 in (165 cm) 179 lb (81 kg) 14 December 1984 Gravenhurst, ON Team Canada
5 F Kevin Rempel 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) 199 lb (90 kg) 15 September 1982 Vineland, ON Team Canada
7 F Marc Dorion 5 ft 0 in (152 cm) 137 lb (62 kg) 22 June 1987 Bourget, ON Team Canada
8 F Tyler McGregor 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) 153 lb (69 kg) 11 March 1994 Forest, ON Team Canada
9 F Anthony Gale 5 ft 0 in (152 cm) 163 lb (74 kg) 12 May 1993 Brampton, ON Team Canada
10 F Ben Delaney 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) 154 lb (70 kg) 23 August 1996 Ottawa, ON Team Canada
12 F Greg Westlake 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) 173 lb (78 kg) 12 June 1986 Oakville, ON Team Canada
18 F Billy Bridges 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) 190 lb (86 kg) 22 March 1984 Summerside, PE Team Canada
20 F Karl Ludwig 4 ft 10 in (147 cm) 128 lb (58 kg) 25 November 1988 Brampton, ON Team Canada
26 F Dominic Larocque 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) 184 lb (83 kg) 30 July 1987 Quebec City, QC Team Canada
27 F Bradley Bowden 5 ft 0 in (152 cm) 161 lb (73 kg) 26 May 1983 Orton, ON Team Canada

Preliminaries

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Canada 3 3 0 0 0 15 1 +14 9 Semifinals
2   Norway 3 1 1 0 1 4 5 −1 5
3   Czech Republic 3 0 1 1 1 3 4 −1 3 5–8th place semifinals
4   Sweden 3 0 0 1 2 2 14 −12 1
Source: Sochi 2014
8 March 2014
13:00
Canada  10–1
(4–0, 3–0, 3–1)
  SwedenShayba Arena
Attendance: 1,707
Game reference
Benoit St-AmandGoaliesUlf Nilsson
Kenth Jonsson
Referee:
  Petter Hegle
Linesmen:
  Tomasz Heltman
  Sergey Yudakov
Bridges (Whitson) – 01:031–0
Delaney (Gale, Murray) – 06:422–0
Gale (McGregor) – 12:303–0
Larocque (Dixon, Rempel) – 13:034–0
Dixon (Westlake, Dorion) – 26:475–0
Murray (Gale) – 27:406–0
Westlake (Dixon, Rempel) (PP) – 29:457–0
7–135:22 – Kasperi (Rakos, Ingvarsson)
Dixon (Rempel, Bowden) (PP) – 40:128–1
Larocque (Rempel, Arsenault) – 40:329–1
Gale (Whitson, McGregor) – 41:3010–1
2 minPenalties10 min
31Shots5

9 March 2014
13:00
Canada  4–0
(0–0, 2–0, 2–0)
  NorwayShayba Arena
Attendance: 4,879
Game reference
Corbin WatsonGoaliesKristian BuenReferee:
  Derek Berkebile
Linesmen:
  Chae Young-jin
  Brian Frerichs
Larocque (McGregor, Gale) (PP) – 19:201–0
Dixon (Gale, Bridges) – 25:342–0
Dixon (Arsenault, Rempel) – 31:073–0
Dorion (Larocque, Rempel) – 44:384–0
6 minPenalties6 min
23Shots6

11 March 2014
20:00
Canada  1–0
(0–0, 1–0, 0–0)
  Czech RepublicShayba Arena
Attendance: 4,069
Game reference
Corbin WatsonGoaliesMichal VápenkaReferee:
  Igor Samoylov
Linesmen:
  Brian Frerichs
  Sergey Yudakov
Westlake (Bridges) – 22:331–0
4 minPenalties8 min
19Shots7

Semifinal

13 March 2014
20:00
Canada  0–3
(0–2, 0–1, 0–0)
  United StatesShayba Arena
Attendance: 5,150
Game reference
Corbin WatsonGoaliesSteve CashReferee:
  Paul Boese
Linesmen:
  Dmitriy Klochkov
  Sergey Yudakov
0–109:12 – Farmer (Pauls, Landeros)
0–214:04 – Farmer (Chace)
0–319:55 – Pauls (Farmer)
4 minPenalties6 min
11Shots10

Bronze Medal Game

15 March 2014
13:00
Canada  3–0
(0–0, 3–0, 0–0)
  NorwayShayba Arena
Attendance: 4,823
Game reference
Corbin WatsonGoaliesKristian BuenReferee:
  Jonhnathan Morrison
Linesmen:
  Brian Frerichs
  Sergey Yudakov
Bowden (Arsenault) – 15:301–0
Bridges (Westlake, Bowden) – 17:222–0
Bridges (Dixon, Bowden) (PP) – 21:423–0
6 minPenalties10 min
18Shots10

Wheelchair curling edit

Team
Position Curler
Skip Jim Armstrong
Third Dennis Thiessen
Second Ina Forrest
Lead Sonja Gaudet
Alternate Mark Ideson
Standings
Final round robin standings
Team Skip Pld W L PF PA Qualification
  Russia Andrei Smirnov 9 8 1 60 38 Playoffs
  Canada Jim Armstrong 9 7 2 66 42
  China Wang Haitao 9 5 4 54 45
  Great Britain Aileen Neilson 9 5 4 53 56
  United States Patrick McDonald 9 4 5 56 52
  Slovakia Radoslav Ďuriš 9 4 5 47 68
  Sweden Jalle Jungnell 9 4 5 59 49
  Norway Rune Lorentsen 9 3 6 47 62
  South Korea Kim Myung-jin 9 3 6 41 74
  Finland Markku Karjalainen 9 2 7 61 58
Source: [7]
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

Team 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

Team 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 edit

References edit

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