Viviane Forest

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Viviane Forest
Viviane Forest and Chloe Lauzon-Gauthier of Canada GS.JPG
2013 IPC Alpine World Championships
Medal record
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Goalball
Paralympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2000 Sydney Women's goalball
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2004 Athens Women's goalball
Alpine skiing
Paralympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Vancouver Women's downhill (visually impaired)
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2010 Vancouver Women's slalom (visually impaired)
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2010 Vancouver Women's Super-G (visually impaired)
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2010 Vancouver Women's combined (visually impaired)
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2010 Vancouver Women's giant slalom (visually impaired)
IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2013 La Molina Giant slalom, (visually impaired)
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2013 La Molina Slalom, (visually impaired)

Viviane Forest (born 14 May 1979) is a Canadian multi-sport Paralympic medallist. She was born and raised in Quebec, and currently resides in Edmonton, Alberta. [1] She is the first Canadian Paralympian to win a gold medal at the Summer and Winter Paralympic Games. [2]

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Early life

A native of Montreal who was born in Greenfield Park, Quebec with four percent of vision. [3] [4]

Sporting career

Forest played on Canada's gold medal-winning goalball teams in Sydney and Athens in 2000 and 2004 respectively.

She won a silver at the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver for slalom (Visually Impaired), with a time of 2:01.45, 0.89 seconds behind the winner, Sabine Gasteiger of Austria. [5]

She won a bronze in the 2010 Winter Paralympics for giant slalom for women's visually impaired. [6] [7]

She won gold at the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Whistler Creekside for Women's Visually Impaired Downhill. This made her the first para-athlete to win a gold in both the Winter and Summer Games. [1] [6] [7]

Her skiing guide is Lindsay Debou. [8] Their personal sponsors are The Weather Network and Fischer. [9]

In 2013, Forest announced her retirement from the Paralympic Sport at the Sport Chek Para-Alpine Canadian Championships in Sun Peaks, British Columbia. [10]

In 2019, she was named to the Canadian Paralympic Hall of Fame at the 2019 Induction. [11]

Results

B2 classified Canadian skier Viviane Forest and guide Chloe Lauzon-Gauthier in action at the IPC Alpine World Championships in 2013

Beyond the Paralympics, her results include:

2009 World IPC Championships-High 1 Korea

2009 World Cup Finals-Whistler, BC

References

  1. 1 2 Vancouver Sun, "Para-alpine star Viviane Forest has potential for huge Games medal haul" Archived 24 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine , John Korobanik, 11 March 2010 (accessed 19 March 2010)
  2. ↑ "Sports experiences as important as medals for Viviane Forest". Canadian Paralympic Committee. 11 November 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  3. ↑ Mike, Contact (17 November 2019). "Vancouver 2010 poster girl Forest inducted to Canadian Paralympic Hall of Fame". insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  4. ↑ Canada, Social Development (18 March 2010). "PM congratulates Viviane Forest on winning gold at 2010 Paralympic Winter Games". Canada.ca. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  5. ↑ Telegraph-Journal, "Games: Canucks remain undefeated in sledge hockey, curling", Canadian Press, 15 March 2010 (accessed 19 March 2010)
  6. 1 2 The Gazette (Montreal), "‘Tough cookie’ Forest wins second Paralympic medal", Mike Beamish, 16 March 2010 (accessed 19 March 2010)
  7. 1 2 Vancouver Sun, "Paralympic para-alpine skiing: Canada’s Viviane Forest does the trifecta, wins visually impaired downhill gold" Archived 23 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine , Mike Beamish, 18 March 2010 (accessed 19 March 2010)
  8. ↑ "Viviane Forest | Canadian Paralympic Committee". paralympic.ca. Archived from the original on 6 June 2024. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  9. ↑ The Weather Network (Canada), "Weather News: The Weather Network is proud to sponsor Canadian Para-Alpine athlete Viviane Forest." Archived 7 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine (accessed 15 March 2010)
  10. ↑ "Canadian Paralympic star Viviane Forest announces retirement". insidethegames.biz. 3 April 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  11. ↑ "Viviane Forest, Named to the Canadian Paralympic Hall of Fame 2019". Alberta Sports & Recreation Association for the Blind. 6 June 2024. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
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