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Canada at the
2014 Winter Paralympics
Flag of Canada
IPC codeCAN
NPC Canadian Paralympic Committee
Website www.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 competed at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia, from March 7 to 16, 2014. [2]

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
Medals by sport
Sport 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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 — 1:25.62 +1.82 6
Super-G, sitting — 1:22.05 +2.54 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Super-G, sitting — did not finish
Combined, sitting 59.93 +1.22 5 1:18.27 0.00 1 2:18.20 0.00 1st place, gold medalist(s)
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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Super-G, visually impaired — 1:20.77 +0.19 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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 1st place, gold medalist(s)
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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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

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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
12.5km, standing 31:47.3 30:31.0 0+0+1+0 30:31.0 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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 — 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 1st place, gold medalist(s)
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 1st place, gold medalist(s)
10km free, visually impaired — 23:18.1 23:18.1 1st place, gold medalist(s)
20km, visually impaired — 52:37.1 52:37.1 1st place, gold medalist(s)

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

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

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 Canada10–1
(4–0, 3–0, 3–1)		 Sweden Sweden Shayba Arena
Attendance: 1,707
Game reference
Benoit St-AmandGoalies Ulf Nilsson
Kenth Jonsson		Referee:
Norway Petter Hegle
Linesmen:
Poland Tomasz Heltman
Russia 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 Canada4–0
(0–0, 2–0, 2–0)		 Norway Norway Shayba Arena
Attendance: 4,879
Game reference
Corbin WatsonGoalies Kristian BuenReferee:
United States Derek Berkebile
Linesmen:
South Korea Chae Young-jin
United States 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 Canada1–0
(0–0, 1–0, 0–0)		 Czech Republic Czech Republic Shayba Arena
Attendance: 4,069
Game reference
Corbin WatsonGoalies Michal VápenkaReferee:
Russia Igor Samoylov
Linesmen:
United States Brian Frerichs
Russia Sergey Yudakov
Westlake ( Bridges) – 22:331–0
4 minPenalties8 min
19Shots7

Semifinal

13 March 2014
20:00		 Canada Canada0–3
(0–2, 0–1, 0–0)		 United States United States Shayba Arena
Attendance: 5,150
Game reference
Corbin WatsonGoalies Steve CashReferee:
Canada Paul Boese
Linesmen:
Russia Dmitriy Klochkov
Russia 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 Canada3–0
(0–0, 3–0, 0–0)		 Norway Norway Shayba Arena
Attendance: 4,823
Game reference
Corbin WatsonGoalies Kristian BuenReferee:
United States Jonhnathan Morrison
Linesmen:
United States Brian Frerichs
Russia 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

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
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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 X 3
  Canada ( Armstrong) 0 1 1 2 1 3 0 X 8

See also

References

  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
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