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World Wheelchair Curling Championships
The World Wheelchair Curling Championship is an annual world championship held to determine the world's best team in wheelchair curling. It is held every non- Paralympic year. Medalists Following is a list of medalists: Wheelchaircurling.com All-time medal table ''As of 2021 World Wheelchair Curling Championship''Performance timeline World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship The World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship is a qualifier event for the World Wheelchair Championship. From 2015 to 2018, the top 2 teams qualify for the World Championship. Starting at the 2018 World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship, the top 3 teams qualify.Medallists Following is a list of medallists for the World Wheelchair-B Championship:References {{Main world ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beijing
} Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 million residents. It has an administrative area of , the third in the country after Guangzhou and Shanghai. It is located in Northern China, and is governed as a municipality under the direct administration of the State Council with 16 urban, suburban, and rural districts.Figures based on 2006 statistics published in 2007 National Statistical Yearbook of China and available online at archive. Retrieved 21 April 2009. Beijing is mostly surrounded by Hebei Province with the exception of neighboring Tianjin to the southeast; together, the three divisions form the Jingjinji megalopolis and the national capital region of China. Beijing is a global city and one of the world's leading centres for culture, diplomacy, politics, finance, busi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Fraser (curler)
Richard Fraser is a Canadian wheelchair curler. Teams References External links * * Living people Canadian male curlers Canadian wheelchair curlers Year of birth missing (living people) {{Canada-curling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosita Jensen
Ingerlise Rosita Jensen (born in Copenhagen) is a Danish wheelchair curler. She participated in the 2006 Winter Paralympics The 2006 Winter Paralympic Games ( it, Giochi paralimpici invernali del 2006), the ninth Paralympic Winter Games, took place in Turin, Italy from 10 to 19 March 2006. These were the first Winter Paralympic Games to be held in Italy. They were ... where Danish team finished on fifth place. Teams References External links * Living people 1951 births Sportspeople from Copenhagen Danish female curlers Danish wheelchair curlers Paralympic wheelchair curlers for Denmark Wheelchair curlers at the 2006 Winter Paralympics {{Denmark-curling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth Ørbæk
Kenneth Ørbæk (born ) is a Danish Danish may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Denmark People * A national or citizen of Denmark, also called a "Dane," see Demographics of Denmark * Culture of Denmark * Danish people or Danes, people with a Danish a ... wheelchair curler. He participated in the 2006 Winter Paralympics where Danish team finished on fifth place. Teams Mixed doubles References External links * Living people 1960 births Danish male curlers Danish wheelchair curlers Paralympic wheelchair curlers for Denmark Wheelchair curlers at the 2006 Winter Paralympics {{Denmark-curling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Killin
Tom Killin (born 30 March 1950) is a British multi-sport Paralympian. Killin was paralysed following a traffic accident at the age of 17. Killin was born in Edinburgh. He won two medals in fencing at the 1970 Commonwealth Games. He also represented Scotland and Britain in disability table tennis and basketball for 12 years, including winning a World Championship silver medal in singles table tennis. Killin made his first Paralympic appearance as a wheelchair fencer at the 1980 Summer Games where he won two silver medals, and also competed in the 1984 Summer Paralympics. He first joined the Braehead Curling Club in 2003. In 2005 he represented Scotland at the World Championships in a team that also contained Frank Duffy, Ken Dickson, Angie Malone and Michael McCreadie. They won the gold medal and all five athletes were selected to compete for Britain in the first Paralympic wheelchair curling event held at the 2006 Winter Paralympics in Turin, Italy. During the Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Braehead
Braehead ( sco, Braeheid, Gaelic: ''Ceann a' Bhruthaich'') is a commercial development located at the former site of Braehead Power Station in Renfrew on the south bank of the River Clyde in Renfrew, Renfrewshire. It is particularly notable for its large shopping centre, arena and leisure facilities. The shopping centre was rebranded as Intu Braehead in 2013 and carried that name until 2020. The rebranding was done as part of a corporate rebranding exercise by Capital Shopping Centres plc, which itself was renamed as Intu Properties PLC. King's Inch Until at least the 18th century, the site was an island in the River Clyde, called King's Inch (a name that is preserved in the name of the road that bisects the site). The original castle at Renfrew was built on King's Inch in the 12th century by Walter Fitz-Alan, High Steward of Scotland. It was abandoned in the 13th century and replaced by a stone castle in what is now the centre of Renfrew. In the latter half of the 15th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scotland
Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, the North Sea to the northeast and east, and the Irish Sea to the south. It also contains more than 790 islands, principally in the archipelagos of the Hebrides and the Northern Isles. Most of the population, including the capital Edinburgh, is concentrated in the Central Belt—the plain between the Scottish Highlands and the Southern Uplands—in the Scottish Lowlands. Scotland is divided into 32 administrative subdivisions or local authorities, known as council areas. Glasgow City is the largest council area in terms of population, with Highland being the largest in terms of area. Limited self-governing power, covering matters such as education, social services and roads and transportation, is devolved from the Scott ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce McAninch
Bruce McAninch (born in Strathroy-Caradoc, Ontario Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central Ca ...) is a Canadian wheelchair curler. Teams References External links * *Bruce McAninch , CurlON Living people 1950 births People from Strathroy-Caradoc Canadian male curlers Canadian wheelchair curlers Canadian wheelchair curling champions Curlers from Ontario {{Canada-curling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angie Malone
Angie Malone (born 27 May 1965, in Glasgow)ParalympicsGB announce team to compete in wheelchair curling at 2010 Paralympic Winter Games Sport Scotland Retrieved 2 October 2012 is a British and World Champion Wheelchair curler. Career In 2005, she represented Scotland at the World Championships on home soil at Braehead. The team successfully defended their title, winning Gold ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Dickson (curler)
Ken Dickson ( – ) was a Scottish and British wheelchair curler. Ken was one of the stalwarts of wheelchair curling in Scotland and also played a pivotal role in the development of the Borders and Kinross Wheelchair Curling Clubs. Ken was a successful international curler representing both Scotland and Great Britain. He was a two time World Champion in 2004 and 2005 and a 2006 Paralympic silver medalist in Torino. During the he played second for team England, finishing in sixth place. Dickson died on 15 February 2013 at the Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy Kirkcaldy ( ; sco, Kirkcaldy; gd, Cair Chaladain) is a town and former royal burgh in Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. It is about north of Edinburgh and south-southwest of Dundee. The town had a recorded population of 49,460 in 2011, .... Teams References External links * 1946 births 2013 deaths People from Stranraer Sportspeople from Dumfries and Galloway Scottish male curlers Scottish wheelc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Sellar (curler)
James "Jim" Sellar (born ) is a Scottish and British wheelchair curler. At the international level he is a curler and two-time bronze medallist (2002, 2007). As a member of Great Britain team he participated in the 2010 Winter Paralympics. At the national level he is a six-time Scottish wheelchair champion curler (2006, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018). He also competes at World level in bowls and coaches in both sports. (web archive) Teams References External links *a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elaine Lister
Elaine Lister is a Scottish wheelchair curler. At the international level she is a . Teams References External links * * Living people Scottish female curlers Scottish wheelchair curlers Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) {{Scotland-curling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
