Ina Forrest

Ina Forrest (born 25 May 1962) is a wheelchair curler selected to be second for Canada's team[n 1] at the 2010 and 2014 Winter Paralympics, winning a gold medal on both occasions.[1] She has also won a gold medal 3 times in the World Wheelchair Curling Championships, in 2009, 2011, and 2013.[2] She was inducted into the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame in February 2016.[2] She is a member of the Vernon Curling Club in Vernon, British Columbia.[3]

Ina Forrest
Personal information
NationalityCanadian
CitizenshipCanada
Born (1962-05-25) May 25, 1962
Medal record
Wheelchair curling
Representing  Canada
Paralympic Games
2010 Vancouver Mixed team
2014 SochiMixed team
2018 PyeongChang Mixed team
World Championships
2009 Vancouver Mixed team
2011 Prague Mixed team
2013 Sochi Mixed team
2020 Wetzikon Mixed team

Early curling career

She started wheelchair curling in 2004, and won silver in both the 2004 and 2005 Canadian National Wheelchair Curling Championships as a member of the British Columbia wheelchair curling team, before being named in 2006 to the Canadian Wheelchair Curling Team[n 1] for whom she has since competed, as of 2018, in the next 9 World Wheelchair Curling Championships (starting in 2007) and the next 3 Winter Paralympics (starting in 2010).[2]

Results
Winter Paralympics[2][5]
FinishEventYearPlace
Gold Wheelchair curling 2010  Canada Vancouver
Gold Wheelchair curling 2014  Russia Sochi
Bronze Wheelchair curling 2018  South Korea Pyeongchang


World Wheelchair Curling Championships[2]
FinishEventYearPlace
4 Wheelchair curling 2007  Sweden Sollefteå
4 Wheelchair curling 2008   Switzerland Sursee
Gold Wheelchair curling 2009  Canada Vancouver
Gold Wheelchair curling 2011  Czech Republic Prague
7[6] Wheelchair curling 2012  South Korea Chuncheon
Gold Wheelchair curling 2013  Russia Sochi
6[7] Wheelchair curling 2015  Finland Lohja
7 Wheelchair curling 2016   Switzerland Lucerne
5 Wheelchair curling 2017  South Korea Pyeongchang
10 Wheelchair curling 2017  Scotland Stirling
Silver Wheelchair curling 2020   Switzerland Wetzikon

Family

She and her husband Curtis are small business owners. They have three children: Evany, Marlon and Connor.[2]

Footnotes
  1. The team is mixed gender, as mandated by the World Curling Federation's rules for wheelchair curling.[4]

References
  1. CTV
  2. "Ina Forrest | Canadian Paralympic Committee". Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  3. Vernon Morning Star
  4. "Rules and Regulations". World Curling Federation. Archived from the original on 12 March 2010. Retrieved 19 March 2018. R13. WHEELCHAIR CURLING ... (h) For WCF wheelchair competitions, each on-ice team must have four players delivering stones and must be comprised of both genders at all times during games. A team violating this rule will forfeit the game.(The quote is from pages 20 and 21 of the pdf file The_Rules_of_Curling_(October_2017).pdf which can be downloaded from the afore-mentioned website.)
  5. "Wheelchair Curling – Mixed – Competition Summary" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 15 March 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  6. "World Wheelchair Curling Championship 2012 Medal Games". World Curling Federation. 25 February 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2018. WWhCC 2012 - Final Standings: ... 7. Canada 3-6* ... * teams are ranked according to their win-loss record against each other at the event.
  7. "World Wheelchair Curling Championship 2015". World Curling Federation. 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2018. Standings ... 6.Canada


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