Canada at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

Canada sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.  They are competing in para-Nordic skiing, sledge hockey and wheelchair curling. 10 men and 4 women are participating in para-Nordic skiing.  The team has 10 skiers, and 2 guide skiers. Canada, Norway, Italy and Sweden are in Group A for the sledge hockey competition.

 Team 
The country has the second largest team among all nations.  It has 55 people.  The team also includes 16 coaches and 26 support staff. James Anseeuw is the oldest member of the team.  He was 58 years old. James Dunn is the youngest member of the team.  He was 27 years old.

The table below contains the list of members of people (called "Team Canada") that will be participating in the 2018 Games.
+Team CanadaNameSportsGenderClassificationEventsrefMark Arendzpara-Nordic skiingmaleLW6biathlonRob Armstrongsledge hockeymalesledge hockey minimum disability open classmixed teamSteve Arsenaultsledge hockeymalesledge hockey minimum disability open classmixed teamYves Bourquepara-Nordic skiingfemaleCollin Cameronpara-Nordic skiingmaleDominic Cozzolinosledge hockeymalesledge hockey minimum disability open classmixed teamBen Delaneysledge hockeymalesledge hockey minimum disability open classmixed teamAdam Dixonsledge hockeymalesledge hockey minimum disability open classmixed teamJames Dunnsledge hockeymalesledge hockey minimum disability open classmixed teamSébastien Fortierpara-Nordic skiingmaleJames Gemmellsledge hockeymalesledge hockey minimum disability open classmixed teamAndrew Gengepara-snowboardingmaleSandrine Hamelpara-snowboardingTyrone Henrysledge hockeymalesledge hockey minimum disability open classmixed teamEthan Hesspara-Nordic skiingmaleLiam Hickeysledge hockeymalesledge hockey minimum disability open classmixed teamBrittany Hudakpara-Nordic skiingfemaleMollie Jepsenpara-alpine skiingfemaleChris Kleblpara-Nordic skiingmaleRussell Kennedypara-Nordic skiingmaleguide skierDominic Larocquesledge hockeymalesledge hockey minimum disability open classmixed teamJohn Lesliepara-snowboardingmaleTyler McGregorsledge hockeymalesledge hockey minimum disability open classmixed teamBrian McKeeverpara-Nordic skiingmaleAlex Massiepara-snowboardingCurt Minardpara-snowboardingmaleGraham Nishikawapara-Nordic skiingmaleguide skierCindy Ouelletpara-Nordic skiingfemaleMichelle Saltpara-snowboardingfemaleBryan Sholomickisledge hockeymalesledge hockey minimum disability open classmixed teamCorbyn Smithsledge hockeymalesledge hockey minimum disability open classmixed teamCorbin Watsonsledge hockeymalesledge hockey minimum disability open classmixed teamNatalie Wilkiepara-Nordic skiingfemaleDerek Zaplotinskypara-Nordic skiingmale
SportMenWomenTotalAlpine skiing7512Biathlon / Cross-country skiing10414Para ice hockey17017Snowboarding527Wheelchair curling325Total421355
Canada had several people going to the Games as part of their team.  These were coaches, referees and sports officials. Ken Babey went to the Games as the coach of the sledge hockey team.

 Medalists 

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 Medal Name Sport Event Date   Guide: Jack Leitch  Alpine skiing  Men's downhill, visually impaired       Alpine skiing  Men's Super-G, sitting       Biathlon  Men's 7.5km, standing       Alpine skiing  Women's downhill, standing       Biathlon  Men's 7.5 km, sitting       Alpine skiing  Women's Super-G, standing  
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Medals by sportSport   TotalAlpine skiing2024Biathlon0112Cross-country skiing0000Para ice hockey0000Snowboarding0000Wheelchair curling0000Total2136

Medals by dateDayDate   Total Day 1 March 101124 Day 2 March 111012 Day 3 March 120000 Day 4 March 130000 Day 5 March 140000 Day 6 March 150000 Day 7 March 160000 Day 8 March 170000 Day 9 March 180000Total213 6

Medals by genderGender   TotalMale2114Female0022Mixed0000Total2136

 Para-alpine skiing 

 Schedule and training 
Skiers had training runs for the downhill race on 7 March.  Their practice runs in the downhill on 8 and 9 March were cancelled.

The first event on the para-alpine program was the downhill. It started on 10 March, running from 9:30 AM to 1:30 PM. The second event on the program was Super-G. All skiers will raced between 9:30 AM and 1:00 PM on 11 March.  The super combined takes place on 13 March. The Super-G part of the event is in the morning. The slalom part is in the afternoon. The slalom event gets underway on 14 March and conclude on 15 March. Women and men both race during the same sessions in the morning. The afternoon sessions start with the women doing their second run. Then the men go.The last para-alpine skiing race of the 2018 Games is the giant slalom. It takes place on 17 - 18 March.  Men and women both race at the same time in the morning sessions.  Women race first in the afternoon sessions, with the men racing a half hour after they end.

 Results 
Marie Bochet from France won gold in the women's downhill standing.  Andrea Rothfuss from Germany won silver.  Mollie Jepsen from Canada won bronze. Mac Marcoux won gold in the men's visually impaired downhill race.  Jakub Krako of Slovakia won silver.  Giacomo Bertagnolli of Italy won bronze. In the women's Super-G standing race, Marie Bochet of France won gold, Andrea Rothfuss of Germany won silver, and Alana Ramsay of Canada won bronze. In the men's Super-G sitting race, Kurt Oatway of Canada won gold, Andrew Kurka of the United States won silver, and Frederic Francois of France won bronze.

 Men
AthleteEventRun 1Run 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAlex CairnsGiant slalom, sittingSlalom, sittingAlexis GuimondCombined, standingDownhill, standing|colspan=4 1:27.094Giant slalom, standingSlalom, standingSuper-G, standing|colspan=4 1:28.014Braydon LuscombeCombined, standingDownhill, standing|colspan=4 Giant slalom, standingSlalom, standingSuper-G, standing|colspan=4 1:29.398Mac MarcouxGuide: Jack LeitchCombined, visually impairedDownhill, visually impaired|colspan=4 1:23.93Giant slalom, visually impairedSlalom, visually impairedSuper-G, visually impaired|colspan=4 Kurt OatwayCombined, sittingDownhill, sitting|colspan=4 1:27.508Giant slalom, sittingSlalom, sittingSuper-G, sitting|colspan=4 1:25.83Kirk SchornsteinCombined, standingDownhill, standing|colspan=4 1:28.536Giant slalom, standingSlalom, standingSuper-G, standing|colspan=4 1:29.287
 Women
AthleteEventRun 1Run 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankMollie JepsenCombined, standingDownhill, standing|colspan=4 1:34.60Giant slalom, standingSlalom, standingSuper-G, standing|colspan=4 1:36.224Erin LatimerCombined, standingDownhill, standing|colspan=4 1:38.876Giant slalom, standingSlalom, standingSuper-G, standing|colspan=4 1:43.139Mel PembleCombined, standingDownhill, standing|colspan=4 1:42.229Giant slalom, standingSlalom, standingSuper-G, standing|colspan=4 1:44.6311Alana RamsayCombined, standingDownhill, standing|colspan=4 1:35.214Giant slalom, standingSlalom, standingSuper-G, standing|colspan=4 1:35.20Frédérique TurgeonCombined, standingDownhill, standing|colspan=4 Giant slalom, standingSlalom, standingSuper-G, standing|colspan=4 

 Para-Nordic skiing 
10 men and 4 women are part of Team Canada at the 2018 Winter Paralympics.  The team has 10 skiers, and 2 guide skiers.

 Skiers 
Brian McKeever is part of the team, along with his guide skiers Graham Nishikawa and Russell Kennedy.  Kennedy competed in Nordic skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Mark Arendz will be 27 years old in Pyeongchang.  He competed at the 2014 Winter Paralympics, and he won a silver medal in the men´s sprint and a bronze medal in the men's middle distance standing.   Chris Klebl was at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, where he won a gold medal the men’s 10-kilometre sit ski race. Cindy Ouellet has been part of Team Canada at the Summer Paralympics, where she played wheelchair basketball.  She started going to ski races a year before the 2018 Winter Games.  When she was a 12-year-old, Ouellet got bone cancer. She has a disability because of the bone cancer.  Before she got bone cancer, Ouellet was an alpine skier.  She had dreams of going to the Winter Olympics.

The 2018 Games were the first Games for Collin Cameron and Emily Young.  Young was a wrestler before doing para-Nordic skiing.
+Canadian Nordic SkiersNameHometownAgerefMark ArendzHartsville, Prince Edward Island27Yves BourqueBécancour, QuebecCollin CameronSudbury, OntarioSébastien FortierQuebec City, QuebecEthan HessPemberton, British ColumbiaBrittany HudakPrince Albert, SaskatchewanRussell KennedyCanmore, AlbertaChris KleblCanmore, AlbertaBrian McKeeverCanmore, AlbertaGraham NishikawaWhitehorse, YukonCindy OuelletQuebec City, QuebecNatalie WilkieSalmon Arm, British Columbia16Derek ZaplotinskySmokey Lake, Alberta

 Schedule and results 
On 12 March, the 15 km race takes place, with standing and vision impaired women starting at 10:00 PM.  Thee sprint classic qualification takes place on 14 March from 10:00 AM - 11:25 AM for both men and women in all classes. It is followed in the afternoon by the semifinals and finals.  The classic race takes place on 17 March. The standing and visually impaired women's race takes place from 10:00 AM - 12:30.

 Biathlon 
In the men's 7.5 km sitting event, Daniel Cnossen of the United States won gold, Dzmitry Loban of Belarus won silver and Collin Cameron of Canada won bronze. In the men's 7.5 km standing race,  Benjamin Daviet of France won gold, Mark Arendz won silver and Ihor Reptyukh of Ukraine won bronze.
 Men
AthleteEventsFinalReal TimeCalculated TimeMissed ShotsResultRankMark Arendz7.5 km, standing19:24.118:25.90+018:25.912.5 km, standing15 km, standingCollin Cameron7.5 km, sitting24:59.023:59.00+123:59.012.5 km, sitting15 km, sittingSébastien Fortier12.5 km, sitting15 km, sittingDerek Zaplotinsky7.5 km, sitting28:06.425:17.80+125:17.8912.5 km, sitting15 km, sitting
 Women
AthleteEventsFinalReal TimeCalculated TimeMissed ShotsResultRankBrittany Hudak6 km, standing20:11.019:22.61+119:22.6810 km, standing12.5 km, standingEmily Young6 km, standing20:08.619:08.20+119:08.2710 km, standing12.5 km, standing

 Cross country skiing 
 Distance
 Men
AthleteEventFinalReal TimeResultRankMark Arendz10 km classic, standing20 km free, standingYves Bourque7.5 km, sitting15 km, sitting55:52.952:31.725Collin Cameron7.5 km, sitting15 km, sitting45:30.143:40.95Sébastien Fortier7.5 km, sitting15 km, sitting48:22.146:26.018Ethan Hess7.5 km, sitting15 km, sitting52:14.652:14.624Christopher Klebl7.5 km, sitting15 km, sitting46:42.143:54.08Brian McKeever
Guides: Russell Kennedy,
Graham Nishikawa10 km classic, visually impaired20 km free, visually impairedDerek Zaplotinsky7.5 km, sitting15 km, sitting48:57.444:03.79
 Women
AthleteEventFinalReal TimeResultRankBrittany Hudak7.5 km classic, standing15 km free, standingCindy Ouellet5 km, sitting12 km, sitting51:28.249:24.718Natalie Wilkie7.5 km classic, standing15 km free, standingEmily Young7.5 km classic, standing15 km free, standing
 Sprint
 Men
AthleteEventQualificationSemifinalFinalReal TimeResultRankResultRankReal TimeResultRankMark Arendz1.5 km sprint classic, standingYves Bourque1.1 km sprint, sittingCollin Cameron1.1 km sprint, sittingSébastien Fortier1.1 km sprint, sittingEthan Hess1.1 km sprint, sittingChristopher Klebl1.1 km sprint, sittingBrian McKeever
Guides: Russell Kennedy,
Graham Nishikawa1.5 km sprint classic, visually impairedDerek Zaplotinsky1.1 km sprint, sitting
 Women
AthleteEventQualificationSemifinalFinalReal TimeResultRankResultRankReal TimeResultRankBrittany Hudak1.5 km sprint classic, standingCindy Ouellet1.1 km sprint, sittingNatalie Wilkie1.5 km sprint classic, standingEmily Young1.5 km sprint classic, standing

 Para-snowboarding 

 Snowboarders 
On February 21, 2018, Canada Snowboard announced the nominations of 7 athletes (five men and two women) to Team Canada.

 Results 
 Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Race 3TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAndrew GengeSnowboard banked slalom, SB-ULSnowboard cross, SB-ULJohn LeslieSnowboard banked slalom, SB-LL2Snowboard cross, SB-LL2Colton LiddleSnowboard banked slalom, SB-LL2Snowboard cross, SB-LL2Alex MassieSnowboard banked slalom, SB-LL2Snowboard cross, SB-LL2Curt MinardSnowboard banked slalom, SB-ULSnowboard cross, SB-UL
 Women
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Race 3TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankSandrine HamelSnowboard banked slalom, SB-LL2Snowboard cross, SB-LL2Michelle SaltSnowboard banked slalom, SB-LL1Snowboard cross, SB-LL1

 Sledge hockey 

 History 
Canada finished in the first four at the 2017 Sledge Hockey World Championships.  This was why they could compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics.   Canada played in the 2017 World Sledge Hockey Challenge in December in Charlottetown, Canada.

The sledge hockey team went to South Korea after winning bronze at the 2014 Winter Paralympics.   Canada went to Pyeongchang wanting to win a gold medal.  Their biggest competitor was thought to be the United States. The United States was going to the 2018 Winter Paralympics looking to win their third consecutive Paralympic gold, having claimed gold at the 2010 and 2014 Winter Paralympics. In comparison, Canada had won three consecutive gold medals at the World Championships, with their most recent gold at the 2017 World Championships A-Pool.

 Roster 
The coach for the 2018 Games is Ken Babey.  He said choosing the 17 players for the team was very hard.
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RosterNamePositionJersey numberHometownPrevious GamesrefRob Armstrongdefenceman6Erin, OntarioSteve Arsenaultdefenceman14Spruce Grove, Alberta2014Dominic Cozzolinoforward19Mississauga, OntarioBen Delaneyforward10Ottawa2014Adam Dixondefenceman11Midland, Ontario2014James Dunnforward4Wallacetown, OntarioJames Gemmelldefenceman25Quesnel, B.C.2014Tyrone Henrydefenceman5OttawaLiam Hickeyforward23St. John's, N.LDominic Larocquegoaltender31Quebec City2014Tyler McGregorforward8Forest, Ontario2014Bryan Sholomickiforward20WinnipegCorbyn Smithforward9Monkton, OntarioCorbin Watsongoaltender30Kingsville, Ontario2014

 Schedule and results 
Canada, Norway, Italy and Sweden were in Group A for the sledge hockey competition.  Canada plays against Sweden on 10 March. They play against Italy on 11 March. They play against  Norway on 12 March.

 Preliminary round
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 Wheelchair curling 
Wheelchair curling starts on 10 March.  Canada plays against Sweden on 11 March.
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W 8–0 NOR
W 10–1 SWE
W 8–4 KOR GBR CHN USANPA SVK GER FIN

 References 

Category:Sport in Canada
Category:Nations at the 2018 Winter Paralympics