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| Born | (1962-05-25) 25 May 1962 Fort St. John, British Columbia, Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Paralympic appearances | 5 (2010, 2014, 2018, 2022, 2026) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ina Forrest (born 25 May 1962) is a wheelchair curler from Spallumcheen, British Columbia. She was selected to be second for Canada's teamn 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
Forrest was born in Fort St. John, British Columbia.4 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 Teamn 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 Paralympics26 | |||
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| Gold | Wheelchair curling | 2010 |  Vancouver, Canada
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| Gold | Wheelchair curling | 2014 |  Sochi, Russia
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| Bronze | Wheelchair curling | 2018 |  Pyeongchang, South Korea
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| Bronze | Wheelchair curling | 2022 |  Beijing, China
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| Gold | Wheelchair curling | 2026 |  Milan, Italy
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 World Wheelchair Curling Championships2
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| Finish | Event | Year | Place |
| 4 | Wheelchair curling | 2007 |  Sollefteå, Sweden
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| 4 | Wheelchair curling | 2008 |  Sursee, Switzerland
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| Gold | Wheelchair curling | 2009 | Vancouver, Canada
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| Gold | Wheelchair curling | 2011 |  Prague, Czech Republic
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| 77 | Wheelchair curling | 2012 | Chuncheon, South Korea
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| Gold | Wheelchair curling | 2013 | Sochi, Russia
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| 68 | Wheelchair curling | 2015 |  Lohja, Finland
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| 7 | Wheelchair curling | 2016 | Lucerne, Switzerland
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| 5 | Wheelchair curling | 2017 | Pyeongchang, South Korea
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| 10 | Wheelchair curling | 2019 |  Stirling, Scotland
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| Silver | Wheelchair curling | 2020 | Wetzikon, Switzerland
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| 5 | Wheelchair curling | 2021 | Beijing, China
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| Silver | Wheelchair curling | 2023 | Richmond, Canada
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| Silver | Wheelchair curling | 2024 | Gangneung, South Korea
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Family
She and her husband Curtis are small business owners. They have three children: Evany, Marlon and Connor.2
Footnotes
Footnotes
- The team is mixed gender, as mandated by the World Curling Federation's rules for wheelchair curling.5
References
References
- CTV
- "Ina Forrest | Canadian Paralympic Committee". Archived from the original on 23 July 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- Vernon Morning Star
- "Forrest, Ina". CBC. March 3, 2014. Retrieved March 6, 2026.
- "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
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)
- Ina Forrest on Instagram