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
Flag of Canada
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)
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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

Main article: 2014 Winter Paralympics medal table

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 Steve Arsenault Bradley Bowden Billy Bridges Ben Delaney Adam Dixon Marc Dorion Anthony Gale James Gemmell Dominic Larocque Karl Ludwig Tyler McGregor Graeme Murray Kevin Rempel Benoit St-Amand Corbin Watson Greg Westlake Derek Whitson Ice sledge hockey Mixed March 15

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

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Paralympics

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
	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
	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
	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
	Super-G, visually impaired	N/A						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	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
	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	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

Main article: Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Paralympics

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

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2014 Winter Paralympics

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
	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
	10km free, visually impaired	N/A					23:18.1	23:18.1
	20km, visually impaired	N/A					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	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

Main article: Ice sledge hockey at the 2014 Winter Paralympics

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

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

10–1 (4–0, 3–0, 3–1)

Sweden

Shayba Arena

				Referee: Petter Hegle
	B. Bridges (01:03) 1–0 B. Delaney (06:42) 2–0 A. Gale (12:30) 3–0 D. Larocque (13:03) 4–0 A. Dixon (26:47) 5–0 G. Murray (27:40) 6–0 G. Westlake (29:45) 7–0 7–1 P. Kasperi (35:22) A. Dixon (40:12) 8–1 D. Larocque (40:32) 9–1 A. Gale (41:30) 10–1

March 9, 2014 13:00 MSK

Canada

4–0 (0–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Norway

Shayba Arena

	D. Larocque (19:20) 1–0 A. Dixon (25:34) 2–0 A. Dixon (31:07) 3–0 M. Dorion (44:38) 4–0

March 11, 2014 20:00 MSK

Canada

1–0 (0–0, 1–0, 0–0)

Czech Republic

Shayba Arena

				Referee: Igor Samoylov
	G. Westlake (22:33) 1–0

Semifinal

March 13, 2014 20:00 MSK

Canada

0-3 (0–2,0–1,0–0)

United States

Shayba Arena

				Referee: Paul Boese
	0–1 D. Farmer 9:12 0–2 D. Farmer 14:04 0–3 J. Pauls 19:55

Bronze Medal Game

March 15, 2014 13:00 MSK

Canada

3–0 (0–0,3–0,0–0)

Norway

Shayba Arena

				Referee: Jonhnathan Morrison
	B. Bowden (15:30) 1–0 B. Bridges (17:22) 2–0 B. Bridges (21:42) 3–0

Wheelchair curling

Main article: Wheelchair curling at the 2014 Winter Paralympics

Team

Position	Curler
Skip	Jim Armstrong
Third	Dennis Thiessen
Second	Ina Forrest
Lead	Sonja Gaudet
Alternate	Mark Ideson

Standings

Final round robin standings[7]

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
United States	Patrick McDonald	4	5	56	42
Slovakia	Radoslav Ďuriš	4	5	47	68
Sweden	Jalle Jungnell	4	5	59	49
Norway	Rune Lorentsen	3	6	45	62
South Korea	Kim Myung-jin	3	6	41	74
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

• Canada at the Paralympics
• Canada at the 2014 Winter Olympics

References

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2. "Athletes - Sochi 2014 Paralympic winter Games". Sochi2014.com. 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. 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