Viviane Forest

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Viviane Forest
Medal record
Representing  Canada
Goalball
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney Women's goalball
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens Women's goalball
Alpine skiing
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Vancouver Women's downhill (visually impaired)
Silver medal – second place 2010 Vancouver Women's slalom (visually impaired)
Silver medal – second place 2010 Vancouver Women's Super-G (visually impaired)
Silver medal – second place 2010 Vancouver Women's combined (visually impaired)
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Vancouver Women's giant slalom (visually impaired)
IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2013 La Molina Giant slalom, (visually impaired)
Bronze medal – third place 2013 La Molina Slalom, (visually impaired)

Viviane Forest (born 14 May 1979) is a multi-sport Paralympic medallist. She was born and raised in Quebec, and currently resides in Edmonton.[1]

Sporting career

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

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.[2]

She won a bronze in the 2010 Winter Paralympics for giant slalom for women's visually impaired.[3][4]

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][3][4]

Her skiing guide is Lindsay Debou. Their personal sponsors are The Weather Network and Fischer.[5]

Results

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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

  • Gold Medalist- Super-Combined
  • Silver Medalist- Downhill
  • Silver Medalist- Giant Slalom
  • Silver Medalist- Slalom
  • Silver Medalist- SG

2009 World Cup Finals-Whistler, BC

  • Gold Medalist- Giant Slalom
  • Gold Medalist- Downhill
  • Silver Medalist- Super combined
  • Silver Medalist- Super G

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Vancouver Sun, "Para-alpine star Viviane Forest has potential for huge Games medal haul", John Korobanik, 11 March 2010 (accessed 19 March 2010)
  2. Telegraph-Journal, "Games: Canucks remain undefeated in sledge hockey, curling", Canadian Press, 15 March 2010 (accessed 19 March 2010)
  3. 3.0 3.1 The Gazette (Montreal), "‘Tough cookie’ Forest wins second Paralympic medal", Mike Beamish, 16 March 2010 (accessed 19 March 2010)
  4. 4.0 4.1 Vancouver Sun, "Paralympic para-alpine skiing: Canada’s Viviane Forest does the trifecta, wins visually impaired downhill gold", Mike Beamish, 18 March 2010 (accessed 19 March 2010)
  5. The Weather Network (Canada), "Weather News: The Weather Network is proud to sponsor Canadian Para-Alpine athlete Viviane Forest." (accessed 15 March 2010)

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