Ina Forrest
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| Born | May 25, 1962 Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Paralympic appearances | 4 (2010, 2014, 2018, 2022) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ina Forrest (born 25 May 1962) is a wheelchair curler selected to be second for Canada's team[n 1] at the 2010 and 2014 Winter Paralympics, winning a gold medal on both occasions.[1] She has also won a gold medal 3 times in the World Wheelchair Curling Championships, in 2009, 2011, and 2013.[2] She was inducted into the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame in February 2016.[2] She is a member of the Vernon Curling Club in Vernon, British Columbia.[3]
Early curling career
She started wheelchair curling in 2004, and won silver in both the 2004 and 2005 Canadian National Wheelchair Curling Championships as a member of the British Columbia wheelchair curling team, before being named in 2006 to the Canadian Wheelchair Curling Team[n 1] for whom she has since competed, as of 2018, in the next 9 World Wheelchair Curling Championships (starting in 2007) and the next 3 Winter Paralympics (starting in 2010).[2]
Results
| Winter Paralympics[2][5] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Wheelchair curling | 2010 | Vancouver, Canada |
| Gold | Wheelchair curling | 2014 | Sochi, Russia |
| Bronze | Wheelchair curling | 2018 | Pyeongchang, South Korea |
| Bronze | Wheelchair curling | 2022 | Beijing, China |
| World Wheelchair Curling Championships[2] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Finish | Event | Year | Place |
| 4 | Wheelchair curling | 2007 | Sollefteå, Sweden |
| 4 | Wheelchair curling | 2008 | Sursee, Switzerland |
| Gold | Wheelchair curling | 2009 | Vancouver, Canada |
| Gold | Wheelchair curling | 2011 | Prague, Czech Republic |
| 7[6] | Wheelchair curling | 2012 | Chuncheon, South Korea |
| Gold | Wheelchair curling | 2013 | Sochi, Russia |
| 6[7] | Wheelchair curling | 2015 | Lohja, Finland |
| 7 | Wheelchair curling | 2016 | Lucerne, Switzerland |
| 5 | Wheelchair curling | 2017 | Pyeongchang, South Korea |
| 10 | Wheelchair curling | 2019 | Stirling, Scotland |
| Silver | Wheelchair curling | 2020 | Wetzikon, Switzerland |
| 5 | Wheelchair curling | 2021 | Beijing, China |
| Silver | Wheelchair curling | 2023 | Richmond, Canada |
Family
She and her husband Curtis are small business owners. They have three children: Evany, Marlon and Connor.[2]
Footnotes
- ^ a b The team is mixed gender, as mandated by the World Curling Federation's rules for wheelchair curling.[4]
References
- ^ CTV
- ^ a b c d e f "Ina Forrest | Canadian Paralympic Committee". Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- ^ Vernon Morning Star
- ^ "Rules and Regulations". World Curling Federation. Archived from the original on 12 March 2010. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
R13. WHEELCHAIR CURLING ... (h) For WCF wheelchair competitions, each on-ice team must have four players delivering stones and must be comprised of both genders at all times during games. A team violating this rule will forfeit the game.
(The quote is from pages 20 and 21 of the pdf file The_Rules_of_Curling_(October_2017).pdf which can be downloaded from the afore-mentioned website.) - ^ "Wheelchair Curling – Mixed – Competition Summary" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 15 March 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
- ^ "World Wheelchair Curling Championship 2012 Medal Games". World Curling Federation. 25 February 2012. Archived from the original on 16 March 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
WWhCC 2012 - Final Standings: ... 7. Canada 3-6* ... * teams are ranked according to their win–loss record against each other at the event.
- ^ "World Wheelchair Curling Championship 2015". World Curling Federation. 2015. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
Standings ... 6.Canada
External links
- Ina Forrest at World Curling
- Ina Forrest at the International Paralympic Committee
- Ina Forrest at the Canadian Paralympic Committee
- Ina Forrest at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Paralympics (archived)
- Ina Forrest at the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics (archived)