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| Home town | Trent Lakes, Ontario, Canada |
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Chrissy Molnar is a Canadian wheelchair curler.
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| Home town | Trent Lakes, Ontario, Canada |
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Chrissy Molnar is a Canadian wheelchair curler.
Molnar was encouraged to try wheelchair curling in 2012. [1] She competed at the Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championships in 2013. [2]
She took a break from curling to have children, but returned to competition post-COVID. [1] Molnar was the alternate for the silver medal winning Canadian team at the 2024 World Wheelchair Championships, alongside Mark Ideson, Gil Dash, Ina Forrest, and Jon Thurston. [3] [4] At the 2025 Wheelchair Curling Ontario Provincial Championship, Molnar won in mixed doubles with teammate Jon Thurston. [5] She will represent Canada at the 2025 World Wheelchair Curling Championships as the team's alternate. [6]
| Year | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | Events (Result) |
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| 2013 | Ken Gregory | Collinda Joseph | Jon Thurston | Chrissy Molnar | Carl Rennick | CWhCC 2013 (7th) [7] | |
| 2023 | Jon Thurston | Collinda Joseph | Karl Allen | Chrissy Molnar | CWhCC 2023 (5th) | ||
| 2024 | Jon Thurston | Ina Forrest | Gil Dash | Mark Ideson | Chrissy Molnar | Kyle Paquette | WWhCC 2024 [8]  |
| 2025 | Jon Thurston | Gil Dash | Doug Dean | Collinda Joseph | Chrissy Molnar | WWhCC 2025 [9] |
Molnar became paralyzed after a balcony she was standing on collapsed. [6]
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