Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...
competed at the
2012 Summer Paralympics
The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the 14th Summer Paralympic Gam ...
in London, United Kingdom, from 29 August to 9 September 2012. A total of 145 athletes were sent by the
Canadian Paralympic Committee
The Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC; French: ''Comité paralympique canadien'') is the private, non-profit organization representing Canadian Paralympic athletes in the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and the Parapan American Games. ...
to compete in 15 sports.
The country won 31 medals in total and finished twentieth in the medals table, below the CPC's goal on a top eight finish in total gold medals. The total medals and total golds are the lowest totals for Canada since the 1972 Games.
Medalists
Archery
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Norbert Murphy
Norbert Murphy (born 29 January 1956 in Vaudreuil-Dorion, Quebec) is a Canadians, Canadian Archery, archer. He won a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in the Men's individual compound W1. He is currently 3rd in the world in the Men's Com ...
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Individual compound W1
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Kevin Evans
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Individual compound open
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Bob Hudson
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Karen van Nest
Karen Van Nest (born September 29, 1962) is a Canadian Paralympic archer and Parapan American Games medalist.
She has competed at the Summer Paralympics in archery since 2012, having previously competed in shooting. She switched from shootin ...
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Individual compound open
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Lyne Tremblay
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Individual recurve W1/W2
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Athletics
Men's track
Men's field
Women's track
Boccia
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Cycling
Road
Track
Goalball
Men's tournament
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Women's tournament
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Judo
Rowing
Qualification legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage
Sailing
Shooting
Swimming
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Wheelchair basketball
Canada have qualified one men's team and one women's team in
wheelchair basketball
Wheelchair basketball is basketball played by people with varying physical disabilities that disqualify them from playing a non-disabled sport. These include spina bifida, birth defects, cerebral palsy, paralysis due to accident, amputations (of ...
through their results at the
2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship
The 2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship was held in Birmingham, Great Britain from 7 to 17 July 2010. Both the men's and women's tournaments were held. The Championships was a qualifying event for the London 2012 Paralympic Games.
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Competing athletes are given an eight-level-score specific to wheelchair basketball, ranging from 0.5 to 4.5 with lower scores representing a higher degree of disability. The sum score of all players on the court cannot exceed 14.
Men's tournament
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;Gold medal match
Women's tournament
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;Quarter-final
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;5th/6th place match
Wheelchair fencing
Wheelchair rugby
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;Semi-finals
;Gold medal match
Wheelchair tennis
See also
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2012 Summer Paralympics
The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the 14th Summer Paralympic Gam ...
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Canada at the Paralympics
Canada has participated eleven times in the Summer Paralympic Games and in all Winter Paralympic Games. They first competed at the Summer Games in 1968 and the Winter Games in 1976.
Milestones
At the 2000 Summer Paralympics, Stephanie Dixon ...
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Canada at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Notes
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Nations at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
2012
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