Ina Forrest

Ina Forrest
Personal information
Nationality	Canadian
Citizenship	Canada
Born	May 25, 1962 (age 59)
Medal record
Wheelchair curling
Representing Canada
Paralympic Games
World Championships

Ina Forrest (born 25 May 1962) is a wheelchair curler 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]

Early curling career[]

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, 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]^[5]
Finish	Event	Year	Place
Gold	Wheelchair curling	2010	Canada Vancouver
Gold	Wheelchair curling	2014	Russia Sochi
Bronze	Wheelchair curling	2018	South Korea Pyeongchang

World Wheelchair Curling Championships^[2]
Finish	Event	Year	Place
4	Wheelchair curling	2007	Sweden Sollefteå
4	Wheelchair curling	2008	Switzerland Sursee
Gold	Wheelchair curling	2009	Canada Vancouver
Gold	Wheelchair curling	2011	Czech Republic Prague
7^[6]	Wheelchair curling	2012	South Korea Chuncheon
Gold	Wheelchair curling	2013	Russia Sochi
6^[7]	Wheelchair curling	2015	Finland Lohja
7	Wheelchair curling	2016	Switzerland Lucerne
5	Wheelchair curling	2017	South Korea Pyeongchang
10	Wheelchair curling	2017	Scotland Stirling
Silver	Wheelchair curling	2020	Switzerland Wetzikon

Family[]

She and her husband Curtis are small business owners. They have three children: Evany, Marlon and Connor.^[2]

Footnotes[]

^ ^a ^b The team is mixed gender, as mandated by the World Curling Federation's rules for wheelchair curling.^[4]

References[]

^ CTV
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Ina Forrest | Canadian Paralympic Committee". Retrieved 16 March 2018.
^ Vernon Morning Star^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "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. 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. Retrieved 16 March 2018. Standings ... 6.Canada