| Collinda Joseph | |
|---|---|
| Born | Collinda Patricia Joseph May 15, 1965 |
| Team | |
| Curling club | Bradford & District Curling Club, Bradford, ON |
Curling career  | |
| Member Association |  Canada |
| World Wheelchair Championship appearances | 2 (2019, 2020) |
| Paralympic appearances | 1 (2022) |
Collinda Patricia Joseph (born May 15, 1965) is a Canadian wheelchair curler. [1] Collinda and her husband, Euan, have two children: Hannah and Sara.
| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012–13 | Ken Gregory | Collinda Joseph | Jon Thurston | Chrissy Molnar | Carl Rennick | CWhCC 2013 (7th) [2] | |
| 2015–16 | Collinda Joseph | Doug Morris | Jon Thurston | Ross Nicholson | CWhCC 2016 (8th) [3] | ||
| 2018–19 | Jim Armstrong | Collinda Joseph | Jonathon Thurston | Reid Mulligan | Bruce Gorsline | CWhCC 2019  [4] | |
| Mark Ideson | Collinda Joseph | Jon Thurston | Marie Wright | Ina Forrest | Wayne Kiel | WWhCC 2019 (10th) | |
| 2019–20 | Jon Thurston (fourth) | Ina Forrest | Dennis Thiessen | Mark Ideson (skip) | Collinda Joseph | Wayne Kiel, Michael Lizmore | WWhCC 2020  |
Wheelchair curling at the 2006 Winter Paralympics was played at the Pinerolo Palaghiaccio, in Pinerolo, 30 km southwest of Turin. Wheelchair curling was making its first appearance at the Paralympic Games and took the form of a mixed team event, open to athletes with a physical disability in the lower part of the body that required the everyday use of a wheelchair.
Wheelchair curling is an adaptation of curling for athletes with a disability affecting their lower limbs or gait. Wheelchair curling is governed by the World Curling Federation, and is one of the sports in the Winter Paralympic Games.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed at the 2006 Winter Paralympics held in Turin, Italy. The team was known by it shortened name of Great Britain, for identification purposes.
The wheelchair curling competition of the 2010 Winter Paralympics was held at the Vancouver Olympic/Paralympic Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, from 13 March to 20 March 2010. Ten teams competed in a single event, a mixed tournament in which men and women competed together.
The United States sent a delegation to compete at the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. A total of 50 U.S. competitors took part in all five sports. The American delegation included five former members of the U.S. military, including a veteran of the Iraq War and a veteran of the War in Afghanistan.
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Dennis Thiessen 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.
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