Ina Forrest
Canadian wheelchair curler
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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 team[n 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]
Fort St. John, British Columbia, Canada
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| Born | 25 May 1962 Fort St. John, British Columbia, Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Paralympic appearances | 5 (2010, 2014, 2018, 2022, 2026) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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 Team[n 1] for whom she has since competed, as of 2018[update], in the next 9 World Wheelchair Curling Championships (starting in 2007) and the next 3 Winter Paralympics (starting in 2010).[2]
Results
| Winter Paralympics[2][6] | |||
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| Gold | Wheelchair curling | 2010 |  Vancouver, Canada |
| Gold | Wheelchair curling | 2014 |  Sochi, Russia |
| Bronze | Wheelchair curling | 2018 |  Pyeongchang, South Korea |
| Bronze | Wheelchair curling | 2022 |  Beijing, China |
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| Finish | Event | Year | Place |
| 4 | Wheelchair curling | 2007 |  Sollefteå, Sweden |
| 4 | Wheelchair curling | 2008 |  Sursee, Switzerland |
| Gold | Wheelchair curling | 2009 | Vancouver, Canada |
| Gold | Wheelchair curling | 2011 |  Prague, Czech Republic |
| 7[7] | Wheelchair curling | 2012 | Chuncheon, South Korea |
| Gold | Wheelchair curling | 2013 | Sochi, Russia |
| 6[8] | Wheelchair curling | 2015 |  Lohja, Finland |
| 7 | Wheelchair curling | 2016 | Lucerne, Switzerland |
| 5 | Wheelchair curling | 2017 | Pyeongchang, South Korea |
| 10 | Wheelchair curling | 2019 |  Stirling, Scotland |
| Silver | Wheelchair curling | 2020 | Wetzikon, Switzerland |
| 5 | Wheelchair curling | 2021 | Beijing, China |
| Silver | Wheelchair curling | 2023 | Richmond, Canada |
| Silver | Wheelchair curling | 2024 | Gangneung, South Korea |
Family
She and her husband Curtis are small business owners. They have three children: Evany, Marlon and Connor.[2]
Footnotes
- The team is mixed gender, as mandated by the World Curling Federation's rules for wheelchair curling.[5]
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