Viviane Forest (born 14 May 1979) is a

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multi-sport

Paralympic The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaire ...

medallist. She was born and raised in

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, and currently resides in Edmonton, Alberta.

Sporting career

Forest played on Canada's gold medal-winning goalball teams in

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and

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. She won a silver at the

2010 Winter Paralympics ) , nations = 44 , athletes = 506 , events = 64 in 5 sports , opening = 12 March , closing = 21 March , opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean , cauldron = Zach Beaumont , stadium = BC Place , winter_pr ...

in Vancouver for slalom (Visually Impaired), with a time of 2:01.45, 0.89 seconds behind the winner,

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of Austria. She won a bronze in the 2010 Winter Paralympics for

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for women's visually impaired.The Gazette (Montreal)
"‘Tough cookie’ Forest wins second Paralympic medal"
Mike Beamish, 16 March 2010 (accessed 19 March 2010) She won gold at the 2010 Winter Paralympics in

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for Women's Visually Impaired Downhill. This made her the first para-athlete to win a gold in both the Winter and Summer Games.Vancouver Sun
"Para-alpine star Viviane Forest has potential for huge Games medal haul"
, John Korobanik, 11 March 2010 (accessed 19 March 2010)Vancouver Sun

, Mike Beamish, 18 March 2010 (accessed 19 March 2010) Her skiing guide is

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. Their personal sponsors are The Weather Network and Fischer.The Weather Network (Canada)
"Weather News: The Weather Network is proud to sponsor Canadian Para-Alpine athlete Viviane Forest."
(accessed 15 March 2010)

Results

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

External links

Viviane Forest: Going for Gold
official website

partially archived official site
Canadian Paralympic Committee profile
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