Ina Forrest
{{short description|Canadian wheelchair curler}}
{{Infobox curler
| name = Ina Forrest
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|5|25}}
| birth_place = Canada
| Paralympic appearances = 4 (2010, 2014, 2018, 2022)
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | 20px Wheelchair curling }}
{{MedalCountry | {{CAN}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | Paralympic Games}}
{{MedalGold | 2010 Vancouver | Mixed team }}
{{MedalGold | 2014 Sochi|Mixed team }}
{{MedalBronze | 2018 PyeongChang | Mixed team }}
{{MedalBronze | 2022 Beijing | Mixed team }}
{{MedalCompetition | World Championships}}
{{MedalGold | 2009 Vancouver | Mixed team }}
{{MedalGold | 2011 Prague | Mixed team }}
{{MedalGold | 2013 Sochi | Mixed team }}
{{MedalSilver | 2020 Wetzikon | Mixed team }}
{{MedalSilver | 2023 Richmond | Mixed team }}
{{Medal|Silver| {{WWhCC|2024|2024 Gangneung}} | Mixed Team}}
}}
Ina Forrest (born 25 May 1962) is a wheelchair curler selected to be second for Canada's team at the 2010 and 2014 Winter Paralympics, winning a gold medal on both occasions.[http://www.ctvolympics.ca/paralympics/sports/curling/newsid=17049.html#canadas+paralympic+curling+team+named CTV] She has also won a gold medal 3 times in the World Wheelchair Curling Championships, in 2009, 2011, and 2013.{{cite web |title=Ina Forrest | Canadian Paralympic Committee |url=http://games.paralympic.ca/team-canada/ina-forrest |accessdate=16 March 2018}} She was inducted into the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame in February 2016. She is a member of the Vernon Curling Club in Vernon, British Columbia.[http://www.bclocalnews.com/okanagan_similkameen/vernonmorningstar/news/84272572.html Vernon Morning Star]{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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{{refn|name=WCF-WC-MixedGender-00|group=n|The team is mixed gender, as mandated by the World Curling Federation's rules for wheelchair curling.{{cite web |url=http://www.worldcurling.org/rules-and-regulations |title=Rules and Regulations |publisher=World Curling Federation |access-date=19 March 2018 |quote=R13. WHEELCHAIR CURLING ... (h) For WCF wheelchair competitions, each on-ice team must have four players delivering stones and must be {{sic|comprised |hide=y|of}} both genders at all times during games. A team violating this rule will forfeit the game. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100312230921/http://www.worldcurling.org/rules-and-regulations |archive-date=12 March 2010 |url-status=dead }}(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.)}} for whom she has since competed, {{as of|2018|lc=y}}, in the next 9 World Wheelchair Curling Championships (starting in 2007) and the next 3 Winter Paralympics (starting in 2010).
Results
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
!colspan=4 | Winter Paralympics{{cite web |url=https://www.paralympic.org/static/info/PWG2018/resPWG2018/pdf/PWG2018/CUR/PWG2018_CUR_C76A_CURXTEAM4---00000-----------------.pdf |date=15 March 2018 |access-date=15 March 2018 |title=Wheelchair Curling – Mixed – Competition Summary |publisher=International Paralympic Committee}} |
| bgcolor="gold" align="center"| Gold
|Wheelchair curling |2010 |
| bgcolor="gold" align="center"| Gold
|Wheelchair curling |2014 |
| bgcolor="bronze" align="center"| Bronze
|Wheelchair curling |2018 |{{flagicon|KOR}} Pyeongchang, South Korea |
| bgcolor="bronze" align="center"| Bronze
|Wheelchair curling |2022 |
Family
Footnotes
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References
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External links
- {{World Curling}}
- {{IPC profile}}
- {{CPC profile}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100313063806/http://www.vancouver2010.com/paralympic-games/wheelchair-curling/athletes/ina-forrest_ath3001045NP.html Ina Forrest] at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Paralympics (archived)
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20220312100224/https://results.beijing2022.cn/beijing-2022/paralympic-games/en/results/wheelchair-curling/athlete-profile-n1074457-ina-forrest.htm Ina Forrest] at the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics (archived)
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Category:Canadian women curlers
Category:Canadian wheelchair curlers
Category:Paralympic wheelchair curlers for Canada
Category:Paralympic medalists in wheelchair curling
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Category:Paralympic bronze medalists for Canada
Category:Wheelchair curlers at the 2010 Winter Paralympics
Category:Wheelchair curlers at the 2014 Winter Paralympics
Category:Wheelchair curlers at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
Category:Wheelchair curlers at the 2022 Winter Paralympics
Category:Medalists at the 2010 Winter Paralympics
Category:Medalists at the 2014 Winter Paralympics
Category:Medalists at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
Category:Medalists at the 2022 Winter Paralympics
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