Canada: 8 facts on the Sochi 2014 Paralympics
Canada is ranked ninth in the all-time Paralympic Winter Games medal table with 119 total medals, made up of 36 gold, 41 silver and 42 bronze 01 Mar 2014
Lauren Woolstencroft (CAN) competes in the Women's Standing Downhill at the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games
• Of the 119 medals Canada has won, 91 of them - 21 gold, 35 silver and 35 bronze – have come in alpine skiing events
• Since wheelchair curling was introduced into the Winter Paralympics in 2006, Canada is the only nation to have won gold and Sonja Gaudet was involved in both teams
• Canada has also won medals in cross-country skiing (22), ice sledge hockey (3), and biathlon (1)
• The nation has won 18 gold medals in women's events and 16 in men's events, with two more gold medals in mixed wheelchair curling
• Four years ago in Vancouver, Canada enjoyed its best ever Winter Paralympics winning 19 medals, including 10 golds
• Alpine skier Lauren Woolstencroft won five of Canada’s 10 golds in 2010. She became the first athlete to win five gold medals in alpine skiing in a single edition of the Paralympic Winter Games
• Having won 10 Paralympic Winter Games medals already (seven gold, two silver and one bronze), Brian McKeever could become Canada’s most decorated Winter Paralympian in Sochi. Lauren Woolstencroft has won the most golds (eight) whilst Lana Spreeman has won 13 medals in total.
• You can follow Canadian Paralympic team on Twitter @CDNParalympics
Athletes:
Alpine skiing
Caleb BROUSSEAU, Twitter: @CalebBrousseau
Josh DUECK,, Twitter: @justdueck
Matt HALLAT, Twitter: @matthallat
Kimberly JOINES, Twitter: @9LivesJoines
Erin LATIMER
Braydon LUSCOMBE, Twitter: @OneLeggedHustla
Mac MARCOUX, Twitter: @MarcouxBros
Kurt OATWAY, Twitter: @Koatway
Alana Colette RAMSAY
Kirk SCHORNSTEIN, Twitter: @KirkSchornstein
Alexandra STARKER, Twitter: @AlexStarker
Chris WILLIAMSON
Snowboard
Ian LOCKEY, Twitter: @adaptiverider
John LESLIE
Tyler MOSHER, Twitter: @Mosherinspired, Facebook
Michelle SALT
Nordic skiing
Mark ARENDZ, Twitter: @markarendz
Caroline Juliette BISSON, Twitter: @caro_bisson
Colette BOURGONJE
Yves BOURQUE
Sebastien FORTIER
Louis FORTIN, Facebook
Margarita GOURBOUNOVA, Twitter: @Mgorbounova
Brittany HUDAK
Chris KLEBL, Twitter: @chrisklebl
Brian MCKEEVER, Twitter: @brianmckeever
Robbi WELDON, Twitter: @thundercycle12,
Ice sledge hockey
Adam DIXON, Twitter: @11Dixons
Steve ARSENAULT
Brad BOWDEN, Twitter: @Bow27,
Billy BRIDGES, Twitter: @BillyBridges18,
Benjamin Thomas John DELANEY
Marc DORION
Anthony GALE, Twitter: @Anthony_Gale9
James GEMMELL, Twitter: @BigGemms25,
Dominic LAROCQUE
Karl LUDWIG, Twitter: @K_Ludwig
Tyler MCGREGOR. Twitter: @tgregs8
Graeme MURRAY, Twitter: @G_Murray_29
Kevin REMPEL, Twitter: @KevinRempel,
Benoit ST-AMAND, Twitter: @BenoitStAmand,
Corbin WATSON
Greg WESTLAKE, Twitter: @gwestlake12, Facebook (Sledge Hockey Canada)
Derek WHITSON, Twitter: @whitz_04
Wheelchair curling
James Peter ARMSTRONG
Ina FORREST
Sonia GAUDET,
Mark Allen IDESON, Twitter: @MarkIdeson
Dennis John THIESSEN, Twitter: @thiessen_dennis