Canada at the Paralympics

Canada has participated eleven times in the Summer Paralympic Games and in all Winter Paralympic Games. They first competed at the Summer Games in 1960 and the Winter Games in 1976.

Milestones Canada competed at the 1960 Summer Paralympics in Rome, Italy with a delegation consisted of one competitor, Franz Bronnenhuber, who took part in athleticsIPC, IPC and table tennis.IPC

At the 2000 Summer Paralympics, Stephanie Dixon set the Canadian record for most gold medals at a single Paralympics, Winter or Summer, with five.

At the 2002 Winter Paralympics, Canada set a new total Canadian gold medal record haul at a Winter Paralympics, with six.

At the 2004 Summer Paralympics, Chantal Petitclerc & Benoit Huot tied the five gold medal record at a single Games. Petitclerc also won the demonstration sport of Wheelchair Racing in the 2004 Summer Olympics.

At the 2008 Summer Paralympics, Chantal Petitclerc again tied the five gold medal record at a single Games.

In 2010, Brian McKeever of Canada became the first athlete in the world to be named to the Winter Paralympics and Winter Olympics teams in the same year. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, he was scheduled to compete in the men's 50 km cross-country race.Associated Press, "Canada's McKeever to ski at Olympics, Paralympics" , Rachel Cohen, 17 February 2010 (accessed 21 February 2010)Boston Herald, "Blind Olympian doesn't believe in limits", Steve Kelley, 20 February 2010 (accessed 21 February 2010)

At the 2010 Winter Paralympics, Viviane Forest became the first para-athlete to win a gold in both the Winter and Summer Games, by winning the Women's Downhill for Visually Impaired. She had previously won gold in the 2000 and 2004 Summer Paralympics for women's goalball.Vancouver Sun, "Paralympic para-alpine skiing: Canada's Viviane Forest does the trifecta, wins visually impaired downhill gold" , Mike Beamish, 18 March 2010 (accessed 19 March 2010)Vancouver Sun, "Para-alpine star Viviane Forest has potential for huge Games medal haul" , John Korobanik, 11 March 2010 (accessed 19 March 2010)

Lauren Woolstencroft became the first Canadian to win three gold medals at the same Winter Paralympics, at the 2010 edition; this was eventually upped to five golds. With her fourth gold medal, she helped Canada set a record for most gold medals at any Winter Paralympic Games by winning the seventh medal. The previous mark was six, set at the 2002 Salt Lake City Paralympics.Canada Newswire, "Woolstencroft lifts Canada to record winter paralympic performance", CNW Group, 19 March 2010 (accessed 3 March 2020) With her fifth gold medal, she set the record for most gold medals won by any Winter Paralympian at a single Games, and she tied the record for gold medal haul of any Canadian Paralympian at a single Games, tying Chantal Petitclerc (who did the feat twice), Dixon, and Benoit Huot both Summer Paralympians.Vancouver Sun, "Woolstencroft wins fifth gold medal" , CanWest News Service, 21 March 2010 (accessed 21 March 2010) Her five gold medals are also the record for any Canadian Winter Paralympian or Olympian.CTV News Channel, "News Weekend", 10:15am broadcast, airdate 21 March 2010

At the 2010 Games, Canada collected the most total medals and the most gold medals of any Winter Paralympics, up through 2010 for Canada, with 19 total medals, and 10 golds.Canada News Wire, "Canada concludes most successful Paralympic Winter Games", CNW Telbec, 22 March 2010 (accessed 24 March 2010)

At the 2018 Winter Paralympics, cross country skier McKeever became Canada's most decorated Winter Paralympian when he won a 14th medal in five Games from 2002 to 2018, passing the late Lana Spreeman, who won 13 medals in para-alpine skiing between 1980 and 1994.

Hosting the Games Canada has hosted the Games twice. Games Host city Dates Nations Participants Events1976 Summer Paralympics Toronto August 3 to August 11, 1976 32 1657 447 in 13 sports2010 Winter Paralympics Vancouver March 12 to March 21, 2010 44 506 64 in 5 sports

In 1976, and in 2010, Canada also hosted the Olympic Games counterpart, the 1976 Summer Olympics and the 2010 Winter Olympics respectively. Canada did not host the Paralympic Games counterpart to the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta; this was the last Winter Olympics that the host city did not also host the Winter Paralympics. The 1988 Summer Paralympics was the first Paralympics to be linked to the hosting of the Summer Olympics. The 1976 Summer Olympics were hosted in Montreal, and not linked to the Toronto Paralympiad.

Medals The ranking in these table is based on information provided by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and is consistent with IPC convention in its published medal tables, ordered first of all by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won, followed by the number of silver medals and then the number of bronze medals.

Medal tables

Red border colour indicates host nation status.

Medals by Summer Games GamesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank by Gold medalsRank by Total medals 1960 Rome 0 0 0 0 - - 1968 Tel-Aviv 6 6 7 19 12 12 1972 Heidelberg 5 6 8 19 13 10 1976 Toronto 25 26 26 77 6 6 1980 Arnhem 64 35 31 130 4 4 87 82 69 238 3 3 1988 Seoul 55 42 55 130 4 4 1992 Barcelona 29 23 29 81 7 7 1996 Atlanta 24 21 24 69 7 7 2000 Sydney 38 35 25 98 3 5 2004 Athens 28 19 25 72 3 7 2008 Beijing 19 10 21 50 7 10 2012 London 7 15 9 31 20 13 2016 Rio de Janeiro 8 10 11 29 14 14 2020 Tokyo 5 10 6 21 23 19 2024 Paris 10 9 10 29 13 12 2028 Los Angeles Future event 2032 Brisbane Future event Total 410 349 356 1115 4 7

Medals by Winter Games GamesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank by Gold medalsRank by Total medals 1976 Örnsköldsvik 2 0 2 4 9 8 1980 Geilo 2 3 1 6 8 7 1984 Innsbruck 2 8 4 14 10 8 1988 Innsbruck 5 3 5 13 8 9 2 4 6 12 9 9 1994 Lillehammer 1 2 5 8 14 13 1998 Nagano 1 9 5 15 15 10 2002 Salt Lake City 6 4 5 15 6 7 2006 Turin 5 3 5 13 6 6 2010 Vancouver 10 5 4 19 3 3 2014 Sochi 7 2 7 16 3 4 2018 Pyeongchang 8 4 16 28 3 2 2022 Beijing 8 6 11 25 3 3 2026 Milan-Cortina 3 4 8 15 8 7 2030 Alps Future event 2034 Utah Future event Total 62 57 84 203 8 7

Medals by summer sport Medals by sport

Medals by winter sport Medals by sport

Best results in non-medaling sports: Summer Sport Rank Athlete Event & Year Badminton 8th Olivia Meier Women's singles SL4 in 2020 Football 5-a-side did not participate Parataekwondo did not participate Wheelchair fencing 5th Trinity Lowthian Women's épée B in 2024 Wheelchair tennis 4th Sarah Hunter &Brian McPhate Quad doubles in 2004

Records Summer Paralympics Multi medalists This is a list of Canadian athletes who have won at least three gold medals or five medals at the Summer Paralympics. Bold athletes are athletes who are still in active. No. Athlete Sport Years Games Gender GoldSilverBronzeTotal1Michael Edgson1984-19923M1830212Chantal Petitclerc1992-20085F1452213Benoît Huot2000-20165M956204Walter Wu1996-20043M942155Stephanie Dixon2000-20083F782176Arnold Boldt1976-1992, 20126M71087Joanne Mucz1984-19923F62088Lisa Franks2000-20083F6107Jessica Sloan20001F6107Michelle Stilwell 2000-20165F610711Joanne Bouw1984-19964F502712Aurelie Rivard2012-20244F6431313Eugene Reimer1968-19804M4521114Valerie Grand'Maison2008-20122F440815Jacques Martin1984-20005M432916Andre Viger1980-19965M3341017Danielle Campo2000-20042F322718Rick Hansen1980-19842M321619Philippe Gagnon20001M310420Andre Beaudoin1988-20086M2761521Marc Quessy1988-19963M152822Brent Lakatos2012-20242M2921323John Belanger1984-19882M040424Joyce Murland 1972-19762F0235

Multi golds at single Games This is a list of Canadian athletes who have won at least two gold medals in a single Games. Ordered categorically by gold medals earned, sports then year. No. Athlete Sport Year Gender GoldSilverBronzeTotal Athletics1Tham Simpson1984F50052Lisa Franks2000F41053Jamie Bone1988M30144Laura Misciagna1980F3003Richard Reelie1988M3003Frank Bruno1992M30036Eugene Reimer1968M2103Rick Hansen1984M21038James Shaw1996M2013 Swimming1Michael Edgson1988M90092Jessica Sloan2000F61073Walter Wu1996M60174Stephanie Dixon2000F52075Joanne Mucz1992F50056Valerie Grand'Maison2008F32057Danielle Campo2000F3104Philippe Gagnon2000M3104Aurelie Rivard2016F310410Summer Mortimer2012F2114 Multiple sports1Martha Gustafson1984F5007110

Multi medals at single event This is a list of Canadian athletes who have won at least three medals in a single event at the Summer Paralympics. Ordered categorically by medals earned, sports then gold medals earned. No. Athlete Sport Event Years Games Gender GoldSilverBronzeTotal1Arnold BoldtHigh jump1976-19925M50052Benoît Huot200m individual medley2000-20165M50163Martha GustafsonDiscus throw1976-19843F30034Walter Wu400m freestyle1996-20043M2103Kirby Cote200m individual medley2000-20083F2103

Most appearances This is a list of Canadian athletes who have competed in four or more Summer Paralympics. Active athletes are in bold. Athletes who were aged under 15 years of age and over 40 years of age are in bold. No. Athlete Sport Birth Year Games Years First/Last Age Gender GoldSilverBronzeTotal1Chris DawAthletics, Rugby, Curling 19701984-200614 - 36M20022Clayton Gerein19641984-200820 - 40M31153Arnold Boldt 19571976-1992, 201218 - 35M71083Andre Viger19521980-199627 - 43M33410Chantal Petitclerc19691992-200822 - 39F145221Paul Tingley19702000-201630 - 46M1023Benoît Huot19842000-201616 - 32M95620

Winter Paralympics Multi-medalists This is a list of Canadian athletes who have won at least two gold medals or three medals at the Winter Paralympics. Athletes in bold are still active. No. Athlete Sport Years Games Gender GoldSilverBronzeTotal1Brian McKeever2002-20184M1322172Lauren Woolstencroft2002-20103F811103Sonja Gaudet2006-20143F30034Mac Marcoux2014-20182M20355Ina Forrest2010-20183F20136Lana Spreeman1980-19945F166137Viviane Forest20101F13158Stacy Kohut1994-20023F13049Mark Arendz2014-20182M122510Mollie Jepsen2018-20222F2226Chris Williamson2002-20144M112411Natalie Wilkie20181F111312Karolina Wisniewska1998-2002, 20103F0448

Multi golds at one game This is a list of Canadian athletes who have won at least two gold medals at a single Winter Paralympics. Order by gold medals earned, sport then year. No. Athlete Sport Year Gender GoldSilverBronzeTotal1Lauren Woolstencroft2010F5005

Multi medals at one game This is a list of Canadian athletes who have won at least three medals in a single event at the Winter Paralympics. Order by medals earned, sport then year. No. Athlete Sport Event Years Gender GoldSilverBronzeTotal1Brian McKeever10 km cross country2002-2018M50052Sonja GaudetMixed curling team2006-2014F30033Ina ForrestMixed curling team2010-2018F2013

Most appearances This is a list of Canadian athletes who have competed in at least four Winter Paralympics. Still active athletes are in bold. No. Athlete Sport Born Year Games Years First/Last Age Gender GoldSilverBronzeTotal1Chris DawAthletics, Rugby, Curling 19701984-200614 - 36M20021Lana Spreeman19551980-199424 - 38F16613

See also

Canadian Paralympic Committee Canada at the Olympics Canada at the Commonwealth Games Canada at the Pan American Games

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