Viviane Forest (born 14 May 1979) is a Canadian multi-sport Paralympic medallist. She was born and raised in Quebec, and currently resides in Edmonton, Alberta.[1]
Medal record | ||
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Representing Canada | ||
Goalball | ||
Paralympic Games | ||
2000 Sydney | Women's goalball | |
2004 Athens | Women's goalball | |
Alpine skiing | ||
Paralympic Games | ||
2010 Vancouver | Women's downhill (visually impaired) | |
2010 Vancouver | Women's slalom (visually impaired) | |
2010 Vancouver | Women's Super-G (visually impaired) | |
2010 Vancouver | Women's combined (visually impaired) | |
2010 Vancouver | Women's giant slalom (visually impaired) | |
IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships | ||
2013 La Molina | Giant slalom, (visually impaired) | |
2013 La Molina | Slalom, (visually impaired) |
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]
Beyond the Paralympics, her results include:
2009 World IPC Championships-High 1 Korea
2009 World Cup Finals-Whistler, BC