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Wheelchair Curling At The 2018 Winter Paralympics
The wheelchair curling competition of the 2018 Winter Paralympics was held from 10 to 17 March 2018 at the Gangneung Gymnasium in Gangneung, South Korea. For the first time, twelve mixed teams will compete at the Winter Paralympics. Medal summary Medal table Medalists Qualification Qualification for the 2018 Paralympics was based on rankings in the 2015, 2016, and 2017 World Wheelchair Curling Championships. The qualification points are allotted based on the nations' final rankings at the World Championships. The points are distributed as shown in the table below. The eleven countries with the most points were to qualify for the Pyeongchang Games, while the twelfth slot was reserved for the host country, South Korea. Because the South Korean team placed within the top eleven point-scorers, the twelfth slot was given to the twelfth-ranked team, Sweden. Rankings ;Notes # Scotland, England and Wales all compete separately at the World Wheelchair Curling Championship. Under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gangneung Gymnasium
Gangneung Gymnasium () is a multi-purpose indoor arena, located in the coastal city of Gangneung, South Korea. It was opened in 1998 for Ice hockey at the 1999 Asian Winter Games, ice hockey at the 1999 Asian Winter Games. The seating capacity is 3,500. It is converted into ice surface when needed, while the underground floor is a permanent ice rink. It was used for the 2009 Mount Titlis World Women's Curling Championship, 2009 World Women's Curling Championships, 2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games, 2017 World Junior Curling Championships, and 2017 World Wheelchair Curling Championship. It was used for both the 2018 Winter Olympics and 2018 Winter Paralympics as the venue for curling and wheelchair curling. It also was used for the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics as the venue for curling. It is the only Olympic venue in Gangneung which existed prior to the selection of PyeongChang as host city of the 2018 Winter Games. For the Games it was named the Gangneung Curling Centre (). I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ole Fredrik Syversen
Ole Fredrik Syversen (born 16 December 1971) is a Norwegian athlete who competed in Wheelchair curling at the 2018 Winter Paralympics, winning a silver medal A silver medal, in sports and other similar areas involving competition, is a medal made of, or plated with, silver awarded to the second-place finisher, or runner-up, of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, .... He also competed in Wheelchair curling at the 2022 Winter Paralympics. References External links * * 1971 births Living people Norwegian male curlers Norwegian wheelchair curlers Paralympic wheelchair curlers for Norway Paralympic medalists in wheelchair curling Paralympic silver medalists for Norway Wheelchair curlers at the 2018 Winter Paralympics Wheelchair curlers at the 2022 Winter Paralympics Medalists at the 2018 Winter Paralympics World wheelchair curling champions Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Norwegian people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vesa Leppänen
Vesa Leppänen (born ) is a Finnish wheelchair curler. He participated in the 2018 Winter Paralympics The 2018 Winter Paralympics (), the 12th Paralympic Winter Games, and also more generally known as the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games, were an international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities governed by the Internation ... where Finnish team finished on eleventh place. Teams References External links * * Video: Living people 1951 births Finnish male curlers Finnish wheelchair curlers Paralympic wheelchair curlers for Finland Wheelchair curlers at the 2018 Winter Paralympics Finnish wheelchair curling champions 21st-century Finnish people 20th-century Finnish sportsmen {{Finland-curling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yrjö Jääskeläinen
Yrjö Tapani Jääskeläinen (born ) is a Finnish wheelchair curler. He participated in the 2018 Winter Paralympics The 2018 Winter Paralympics (), the 12th Paralympic Winter Games, and also more generally known as the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games, were an international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities governed by the Internation ... where Finnish team finished on eleventh place. Teams References External links * * Video: Living people 1956 births Finnish male curlers Finnish wheelchair curlers Paralympic wheelchair curlers for Finland Wheelchair curlers at the 2018 Winter Paralympics Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Finnish people 20th-century Finnish sportsmen {{Finland-curling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Markku Karjalainen
Markku Karjalainen (born 13 February 1966 in Kajaani) is a Finnish wheelchair curler. He participated in the 2014 and 2018 Winter Paralympics where Finnish team finished on tenth and eleventh places respectively. His wife Sari A sari (also called sharee, saree or sadi)The name of the garment in various regional languages include: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * is a drape (cloth) and a women's garment in the Indian subcontinent. It consists of an un-sti ... is also a member of the Finland national wheelchair curling team. Teams Mixed doubles References External links **[https://web.archive.org/web/20180418032014/https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/game-time/results/PWG2018/en/wheelchair-curling/athlete-profile-n3049554-markku-karjalainen.htm Profile at the official website for the 2018 Winter Paralympics] (web archive) * Video: Living people 1966 births Sportspeople from Kajaani Finnish male curlers Finnish wheelchair curlers Paralympic wheelchair ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Wheelchair Curling Championship
The World Wheelchair Curling Championship is an annual world championship held to determine the world's best team in wheelchair curling. It is held every non-Paralympic year. Medalists Following is a list of medalists: All-time medal table ''As of 2025 World Wheelchair Curling Championship'' Performance timeline Wheelchair Fair Play Award For the World Curling Wheelchair Sportsmanship Award all participants are invited to nominate a fellow competitor who, in their view, has best exemplified the traditional values of skill, honesty, fair play, sportsmanship and friendship during a world championship. The award is presented at the closing ceremony. Players cannot vote for a fellow team member. ''The number in parentheses after the curler's first and last name indicates which of the several times he was awarded this year.'' World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship The World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship is a qualifier event for the World Wheelchair Championship. Fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wayne Kiel
Wayne "Winger" Kiel (born ) is a Canadian male curler and coach. As a coach of Canadian wheelchair curling team he participated in 2018 Winter Paralympics The 2018 Winter Paralympics (), the 12th Paralympic Winter Games, and also more generally known as the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games, were an international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities governed by the Internation .... He started curling in 1960. He awarded Canadian Curling Association Award of achievement in 1999. Record as a coach of national teams References External links *Wayne Kiel - Coach profile - 2018 Winter Paralympics - International Paralympic Committee [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Anseeuw
James Anseeuw (born September 16, 1959) is a Canadian Wheelchair curler. As the oldest Canadian Paralympic athlete, he helped Canada win a bronze medal at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in South Korea. Early life Anseeuw was born on September 16, 1959, in Oak Bluff, Manitoba, Canada. Career In the 1990s, Anseeuw was a semi-professional snowmobile racer until he became paralyzed after a crash on March 27, 1999. At the time of the accident, Anseeuw was team manager for the Flying Canucks and Arctic Cat's Canadian Racing Coordinator. Arctic Cat began a trust fund in his name, and mentee Blair Morgan began raising money for spinal cord research. In 2014, Anseeuw was convinced to try wheelchair curling by Dennis Thiessen. He trained with the Assiniboine Curling Club and competed with Team Manitoba at the 2014 Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championship, where they finished in first place. Three years later, he again won gold with Team Manitoba at the 2017 Canadian Wheelchair Curling Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Wright (curler)
Marie Wright (born May 9, 1960) is a Canadian wheelchair curler. Wright helped Canada win a bronze medal at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in South Korea in 2018. Early life Wright was born on May 9, 1960, in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. On August 20, 1988, Wright, two of her daughters, and her niece and nephew were in a car accident. She was left paraplegic and one of her daughters with a serious head injury. Her husband left her two years later and she raised her four daughters on her own. Career Wright began para-curling in 2008 and played for Team Saskatchewan at their first Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championship. Within two years, she achieved her Level 1 Officiation certification and volunteered at the 2010 Saskatchewan Winter Games curling competition as a timer. During the 2012 Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championship, Wright helped Team Saskatchewan win their first national wheelchair title. Wright competed with Team Saskatchewan at the 2016 Canadian Wheelchair Curling C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dennis Thiessen
Dennis Thiessen (born April 20, 1961, in Crystal City, Manitoba) is a Canadian wheelchair curler who was part of the winning team in wheelchair curling for Canada at the 2014 Winter Paralympics. He played on the winning Canadian team at the 2013 World Wheelchair Curling Championship. His disability is that at seventeen he lost his leg. He is the only Manitoban on the team and lives in Sanford, Manitoba. He was inducted into the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame in 2019. Personal Thiessen was born in Crystal City, Manitoba on April 20, 1961, and now resides in Sanford, Manitoba. He is married and has 2 children. In 1978, when Thiessen was 17 years old, he had an accident in his family's farm and had lost his leg. He was suggested to give wheelchair curling a try in 2005. He said that he was really inspired by another Manitoban winter sportsperson Cindy Klassen Cindy Klassen, (born August 12, 1979) is a Canadian retired long track speed skater. She is a six-time medallist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ina Forrest
Ina Forrest (born 25 May 1962) is a wheelchair curler selected to be second for Canada's team at the 2010 and 2014 Winter Paralympics, winning a gold medal on both occasions. She has also won a gold medal 3 times in the World Wheelchair Curling Championships, in 2009, 2011, and 2013. She was inducted into the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame in February 2016. She is a member of the Vernon Curling Club in Vernon, British Columbia. 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 British Columbia is the westernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. Situated in the Pacific Northwest between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains, the province has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that ... wheelchair curling team, before being named in 2006 to the Canadian Wheelchair Curling Team for whom she has since comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Ideson
Mark Ideson (born April 10, 1976, in Parry Sound, Ontario) is a Canadian wheelchair curler who competed in the 2014 Winter Paralympic Games in Sochi and won gold. He is married and has two children. He now resides in London, Ontario. In 2007, the helicopter he was piloting crashed into a field near Cambridge, Ontario and he now lives with quadriplegia. He played hockey and golf before he was disabled. Personal Ideson is married and has two children, an 18-year-old daughter, Brooklyn, and a 15-year-old son, Myles. He went to the University of Western Ontario. He studied environmental Science there, where he met his future wife, Lara. He was also a former Mustangs Cheerleader. After graduating university, he became a helicopter pilot and was introduced to wheelchair curling in 2010 at the age of 33. Accident In 2007, during a maintenance flight, his helicopter crashed into a field near Cambridge, Ontario. He broke 29 bones during the process. 500 metres away, Daniel Hermann, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
