Marie Wright (born May 9, 1960) is a Canadian

wheelchair curler Wheelchair curling is an adaptation of curling for athletes with a disability affecting their lower limbs or gait. Wheelchair curling is governed by the World Curling Federation, and is one of the sports in the Paralympic Games, Winter Paralympic ...

. Wright helped Canada win a bronze medal at the

2018 Winter Paralympics ) , nations = 49 , athletes = 569 , events = 80 in 6 sports , opening = 9 March , closing = 18 March , opened_by = President Moon Jae-in , cauldron = Kim Eun-jung Seo Soon-seok , stadium = Pyeongchang Olympic ...

in South Korea in 2018.

Early life

Wright was born on May 9, 1960, in

Moose Jaw Moose Jaw is the fourth largest city in Saskatchewan, Canada. Lying on the Moose Jaw River in the south-central part of the province, it is situated on the Trans-Canada Highway, west of Regina. Residents of Moose Jaw are known as Moose Javians ...

, Saskatchewan. On August 20, 1988, Wright, two of her daughters, and her niece and nephew were in a car accident. She was left paraplegic and one of her daughters with a serious head injury. Her husband left her two years later and she raised her four daughters on her own.

Career

Wright began para-curling in 2008 and played for Team Saskatchewan at their first Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championship. Within two years, she achieved her Level 1 Officiation certification and volunteered at the 2010 Saskatchewan Winter Games curling competition as a timer. During the 2012 Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championship, Wright helped Team Saskatchewan win their first national wheelchair title. Wright competed with Team Saskatchewan at the 2016 Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championship and

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. On December 8, 2017, Wright was named to Team Canada's roster for the

. She helped Canada take home a bronze medal in a win over South Korea on March 17, 2018. Later that year, Wright became the first female skip to win a national wheelchair title as Team Saskatchewan went 11–0 to win the 2018 Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championship. During the summer, Wright coached an all-girls softball team within the Moose Jaw Minor Girls Fastball League. On January 16, 2019, Wright was again named to Team Saskatchewan's roster for the 2019 Wheelchair Curling World Championships, where the team finished fifth.

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