Michelle Salt

Michelle Salt
Personal information
Full name	Michelle Sonia Vrolyk - Salt
Citizenship	Canada
Born	March 5, 1985 (age 36); Edmonton, Alberta
Height	165 cm (5 ft 5 in) (2014)
Website	http://www.michellessalt.com
Sport
Sport	Para-snowboarding
Disability	Above knee Leg Amputee
Disability class	LL-1
Club	Canada Snowboard
Team	National Team
Coached by	Mark Fawcett
Achievements and titles
National finals	1st in 2014/2015/2016
Paralympic finals	2014 Winter Paralympics 2018 Winter Paralympics
Highest world ranking	3rd overall in 2015/16/18
Medal record
	2nd IPC Canada World Cup, 2nd IPC Italy SBX and BS World Cup, 2nd IPC France World Cup, 3rd - IPC World Cup in Jan 2015 at Big White, BC
	Updated on 16 March 2014.

Michelle Salt (born March 5, 1985) is a Canadian Paralympic Snowboarder. She was in a life-threatening motorcycle accident June 27, 2011 that left her on life support for seven days, broke numerous bones, having to endure many surgeries and in the end, lost her right leg above the knee.^[2] She is recently retired (2019) National team athlete for the Canada Snowboard para-team with 14 World Cup podiums. She was selected in February 2014 to compete in the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia^[3] In 2018, she competed in the PyeongChang South Korea games finishing fourth and fifth.^[4]^[5] She is currently reigned National Champion in Canada and in January 2015, made her first World Cup Podium on home turf at Big White finishing 3rd. She is now a 14x World Cup Medalist.

Michelle has also been very involved in the Fitness Industry and in November 2014, Michelle returned to the Fitness Stage competing in the NPAA. She is an advocate for Adaptive Wakesurfing.

References[]

^ "Michelle Salt". Snowboard Canada. Retrieved 2014-04-16.
^ "Snowboarder triumphs over adversity". CTV News. 2012-05-02. Retrieved 2014-02-10.
^ "Para-snowboarder Michelle Salt added to Canada's Sochi 2014 team and upon competing, became the first Female Canadian Paralympic Snowboarder". paralympic.org. Retrieved 2019-11-18.
^ "Final Results Women's Para Snowboard Cross". Sochi Paralympic. Retrieved 2014-02-23.
^ "Calgary's Michelle Salt named to Sochi para-snowboard team". CBC News. Retrieved 2014-02-23.

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[SSC-1] "Michelle Salt". Snowboard Canada. Retrieved 2014-04-16.

[2] "Snowboarder triumphs over adversity". CTV News. 2012-05-02. Retrieved 2014-02-10.

[3] "Para-snowboarder Michelle Salt added to Canada's Sochi 2014 team and upon competing, became the first Female Canadian Paralympic Snowboarder". paralympic.org. Retrieved 2019-11-18.

[4] "Final Results Women's Para Snowboard Cross". Sochi Paralympic. Retrieved 2014-02-23.

[5] "Calgary's Michelle Salt named to Sochi para-snowboard team". CBC News. Retrieved 2014-02-23.

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