Wheelchair curling at the 2006 Winter Paralympics

Wheelchair curling at the 2006 Winter Paralympics was played at the Pinerolo Palaghiaccio, in Pinerolo, 30 km southwest of Turin. Wheelchair curling was making its first appearance at the Paralympic Games and took the form of a mixed team event, open to athletes with a physical disability in the lower part of the body that required the everyday use of a wheelchair.

Wheelchair curling
at the IX Paralympic Winter Games
VenuePinerolo Palaghiaccio
Competitors8 teams from 8 nations
Medalists
 Canada
 Great Britain
 Sweden

Teams from eight nations, each containing five athletes, entered with four teams advancing from a group stage to a knockout round. Canada won the sport's first Paralympic gold medal beating Great Britain in the final. Sweden won the bronze medal.[1]

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Mixed  Canada (CAN)
Chris Daw
Gerry Austgarden
Gary Cormack
Sonja Gaudet
Karen Blachford
 Great Britain (GBR)
Frank Duffy
Michael McCreadie
Tom Killin
Angie Malone
Ken Dickson
 Sweden (SWE)
Jalle Jungnell
Glenn Ikonen
Rolf Johansson
Anette Wilhelm
Bernt Sjöberg

Preview

Wheelchair curling is played according to the rules of the World Curling Federation, the only modification is that there is no sweeping and stones may be played by hand while leaning over the side of the wheelchair, or pushed by a delivery stick. To be allowed to compete athletes must have a physical disability in the lower part of the body that required the everyday use of a wheelchair .Teams are mixed but must contain at least one member of each sex.[2] Wheelchair curling was first introduced in Switzerland in 2000 and the first World Championships were held in the same country in 2002. It is governed by the World Curling Federation (WCF); as of 2009, 24 of the WCF's member associations were involved in the sport.[3]

This was the first appearance of the sport at the Paralympic Games; the International Paralympic Committee had granted official medal status to mixed gender wheelchair Curling in March 2002. The organising committee of the Turin Games in 2006 agreed to include wheelchair curling in their programme.[4]

The British team, competing as Scotland and made up of Frank Duffy, Ken Dickson, Tom Killin, Angie Malone and Michael McCreadie had won the gold medal at the World Championships in January 2005 in Glasgow; Denmark and Switzerland won the silver and bronze medals. Britain had also won the 2004 World Championships, and were considered favourites for a medal.[5][6][7]

Event summary

Eight teams competed and the format was a round-robin tournament; each nation played all others in a group stage with the top four qualifying for medal playoffs. Canada topped the group, Great Britain finished second and Sweden finished third, all three qualifying for the semi-finals. Denmark and Norway finished joint fourth and faced each other in a tie-breaker match to decide who took the final position in the semi-finals; Norway beat Denmark 4–3 to advance.

The semi-finals saw first seeds Canada play Norway and Great Britain face Sweden. Canada beat Norway 5–4 and Great Britain stole three in the 1st end of their game, going on to win 7–3 win. Sweden only managed to curl 35% as a team, with skip Jalle Jungnell struggling at 23% for the game. Sweden and Norway met in the bronze medal match, the Swedes won 10–3.

In the final Great Britain faced Canada. Trailing 6–3 in the final end British skip Frank Duffy had an opportunity with the last stone of the tournament for an open hit of a Canadian stone that would have scored four for Britain and won them the gold medal. He threw too hard and the shot tracked an inch wide allowing Canada to score one and win 7–4.[8]

Teams

The following athletes represented their nations in the 2006 Paralympic wheelchair curling tournament;[8]

Team Roster
Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach
 CanadaChris DawGerry AustgardenGary CormackSonja GaudetKaren BlachfordJoe Rea
 DenmarkKenneth ØrbækRosita JensenJørn KristensenSussie PedersenBjarne Jensen
 Great BritainFrank DuffyMichael McCreadieTom KillinAngie MaloneKen DicksonTom Pendreigh
 ItalyEgidio MarcheseAndrea TabanelliPierino GaspardRita Dal MonteEmanuele Spelorzi
 NorwayRune LorentsenGeir Arne SkogstadPaul Aksel JohansenLene TystadTrine Fissum
 SwedenJalle JungnellGlenn IkonenRolf JohanssonAnette WilhelmBernt SjöbergOlle Brudsten,
Thomas Wilhelm
 SwitzerlandUrs BucherManfred BolligerCesare CassaniMadeleine WildiErwin Lauper
 United StatesJames PierceJames JosephWes SmithDanell LibbyAugusto Perez

Round robin standings

Final round robin standings[9]

Key
Teams to playoffs
Teams to tiebreaker
Country Skip W L PF PA
 CanadaChris Daw523829
 Great BritainFrank Duffy434030
 SwedenJalle Jungnell433634
 DenmarkKenneth Ørbæk433434
 NorwayRune Lorentsen434437
 SwitzerlandUrs Bucher343332
 ItalyEgidio Marchese252843
 United StatesJames Joseph252539

Round robin results

All times are local (UTC+1).[10]

Summary
Team Record
 Canada 6–3 7–6 5–3 7–6 4–5 5–1 4–5 5–2
 Denmark 3–6 3–5 5–4 7–3 2–10 8–2 6–4 4–3
 Great Britain 6–7 5–3 8–5 6–7 7–2 3–4 5–2 4–3
 Italy 3–5 4–5 5–8 3–9 7–1 0–14 6–1 2–5
 Norway 6–7 3–7 7–6 9–3 4–7 5–4 10–3 4–3
 Sweden 5–4 10–2 2–7 1–7 7–4 5–6 6–4 4–3
 Switzerland 1–5 2–8 4–3 14–0 4–5 6–5 2–6 3–4
 United States 5–4 4–6 2–5 1–6 3–10 4–6 6–2 2–5
Session 1

12 March, 11:00

Draw 1 - Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Great Britain (Duffy) 1 0 0 0 1 1 3
 Switzerland (Bucher) 0 1 1 2 0 0 4
Draw 1 - Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Denmark (Ørbæk) 1 0 2 0 0 0 3
 Canada (Daw) 0 1 0 1 3 1 6
Draw 1 - Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Sweden (Jungnell) 1 2 2 0 1 0 6
 United States (Joseph) 0 0 0 2 0 2 4
Draw 1 - Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Italy (Marchese) 0 1 0 0 2 0 3
 Norway (Lorentsen) 1 0 3 3 0 2 9
Session 2

12 March, 16:00

Draw 2 - Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 United States (Joseph) 0 3 0 0 0 0 3
 Norway (Lorentsen) 2 0 2 2 2 2 10
Draw 2 - Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Sweden (Jungnell) 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
 Italy (Marchese) 2 1 0 2 1 1 7
Draw 2 - Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Switzerland (Bucher) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
 Canada (Daw) 0 1 1 0 1 2 5
Draw 2 - Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Great Britain (Duffy) 3 1 1 0 0 0 5
 Denmark (Ørbæk) 0 0 0 1 1 1 3
Session 3

13 March, 11:00

Draw 3 - Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Sweden (Jungnell) 0 0 0 2 2 1 5
 Canada (Daw) 2 1 1 0 0 0 4
Draw 3 - Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Great Britain (Duffy) 3 0 1 0 0 2 6
 Norway (Lorentsen) 0 4 0 1 2 0 7
Draw 3 - Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Italy (Marchese) 1 1 0 0 0 2 4
 Denmark (Ørbæk) 0 0 2 1 2 0 5
Draw 3 - Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Switzerland (Bucher) 0 0 0 1 0 1 2
 United States (Joseph) 1 1 1 0 3 0 6
Session 4

13 March, 16:00

Draw 4 - Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Denmark (Ørbæk) 0 1 2 1 0 2 6
 United States (Joseph) 2 0 0 0 2 0 4
Draw 4 - Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Italy (Marchese) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Switzerland (Bucher) 6 1 1 3 1 2 14
Draw 4 - Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Great Britain (Duffy) 2 1 1 2 0 1 7
 Sweden (Jungnell) 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
Draw 4 - Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Norway (Lorentsen) 0 2 3 0 1 0 6
 Canada (Daw) 3 0 0 3 0 1 7
Session 5

14 March, 11:00

Draw 5 - Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Italy (Marchese) 3 1 0 0 0 1 5
 Great Britain (Duffy) 0 0 5 2 1 0 8
Draw 5 - Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Canada (Daw) 0 1 0 0 2 1 4
 United States (Joseph) 1 0 0 4 0 0 5
Draw 5 - Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Denmark (Ørbæk) 1 0 4 1 1 0 7
 Norway (Lorentsen) 0 2 0 0 0 1 3
Draw 5 - Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Sweden (Jungnell) 0 1 1 2 1 0 5
 Switzerland (Bucher) 2 0 0 0 0 4 6
Session 6

14 March, 16:00

Draw 6 - Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Switzerland (Bucher) 0 0 0 1 0 1 2
 Denmark (Ørbæk) 1 3 2 0 2 0 8
Draw 6 - Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Norway (Lorentsen) 0 0 0 2 0 2 4
 Sweden (Jungnell) 1 2 1 0 3 0 7
Draw 6 - Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 EE Final
 Canada (Daw) 0 4 0 1 0 1 1 7
 Great Britain (Duffy) 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 6
Draw 6 - Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 United States (Joseph) 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
 Italy (Marchese) 1 1 0 1 1 2 6
Session 7

15 March, 11:00

Draw 7 - Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Canada (Daw) 2 1 1 0 0 1 5
 Italy (Marchese) 0 0 0 2 1 0 3
Draw 7 - Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 United States (Joseph) 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
 Great Britain (Duffy) 1 1 0 1 1 1 5
Draw 7 - Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Norway (Lorentsen) 2 0 0 1 0 2 5
 Switzerland (Bucher) 0 2 1 0 1 0 4
Draw 7 - Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Denmark (Ørbæk) 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
 Sweden (Jungnell) 1 2 0 5 1 1 10
Tie-breaker

15 March, 16:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Norway (Lorentsen) 0 0 1 1 0 2 4
 Denmark (Ørbæk) 1 1 0 0 1 0 3

Medal round

  Semifinal                    
  2  Great Britain (GBR) 7  
  3  Sweden (SWE) 3   Gold medal game
      2  Great Britain (GBR) 4
  Semifinal   1  Canada (CAN) 7
  1  Canada (CAN) 5
  4  Norway (NOR) 4   Bronze medal game
    3  Sweden (SWE) 10
    4  Norway (NOR) 2
Semi-finals

17 March, 11:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Canada (Daw) 0 1 1 0 2 1 5
 Norway (Lorentsen) 1 0 0 3 0 0 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Great Britain (Duffy) 3 0 1 0 2 1 7
 Sweden (Jungnell) 0 1 0 2 0 0 3
Bronze Medal Game

17 March, 16:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Sweden (Jungnell) 2 3 0 0 2 3 10
 Norway (Lorentsen) 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
Gold Medal Game

18 March, 11:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Canada (Daw) 2 0 1 0 3 1 7
 Great Britain (Duffy) 0 3 0 1 0 0 4

See also

References

General
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Specific
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  4. "About Wheelchair Curling". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
  5. "GB announces strong curling team for Winter Paralympic Games". British Paralympic Committee. 30 October 2005. Retrieved 20 April 2010.
  6. Doug Gillon (28 February 2006). "Ready, willing and able quintet curling for gold Scottish rink are GB's strongest medal contenders at Paralympics, says Doug Gillon". The Herald. Retrieved 20 April 2010.
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  10. "Schedules and Results – Wheelchair Curling". Torino 2006 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 29 August 2006. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
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