Kimberly Joines

{{Short description|Canadian para-alpine skier (born 1981)}}

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{{MedalSport|Women's Alpine skiing}}

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{{MedalCompetition|Paralympic Games}}

{{MedalBronze|2006 Turin|Women's super-G, sitting}}

{{MedalBronze|2014 Sochi|Women's slalom, sitting}}

{{MedalCompetition|IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships}}

{{MedalBronze|2004 Wildschönau|Downhill, sitting}}

{{MedalGold|2009 Jeongseon|Downhill, sitting}}

{{MedalGold|2009 Jeongseon|Super-G, sitting}}

{{MedalSilver|2009 Jeongseon|Slalom, sitting}}

{{MedalSilver|2013 La Molina|Downhill, sitting}}

{{MedalSilver|2013 La Molina|Super combined, sitting}}

{{MedalBronze|2013 La Molina|Slalom, standing}}

{{MedalBronze|2013 La Molina|Giant slalom, standing}}

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Kimberly Joines (born January 27, 1981, in Edmonton) is a Canadian alpine skier.{{cite web |url=http://ipc.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=564&personid=912839 |title=Joines, Kimberly |publisher=ipc.infostradasports.com |accessdate=December 20, 2015 |archive-date=August 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210801124513/http://ipc.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=564&personid=912839 |url-status=dead }} While snowboarding in the year 2000 Kimberly was involved in a snowboarding accident. The accident resulted in spinal cord injuries at the L1/T12 vertebra and consequently she is paralysed from the waist down.{{cite web|url=http://www.kimberlyjoines.com/my-story.html|title=My story|Kimberly Joines|date=2008|access-date=2017-01-02|archive-date=2019-09-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190909052856/http://www.kimberlyjoines.com/my-story.html|url-status=dead}} She subsequently joined the Canadian para-alpine ski team. She competed in the 2010 Vancouver Paralympics in five events: Downhill (women’s sitting), Super G (Women’s sitting), Super combined (Women’s sitting), giant slalom (Women’s sitting) and Slalom (Women’s sitting).

Joines won a bronze medal at the Torino Paralympic games in 2006. She was suspended in 2007 after being tested positive for marijuana.{{cite web|url=http://kimberlyjoines.com/Site/Newspaper_Articles/Entries/2009/3/12_Entry_1.html |title=Top 5 to Watch at the 2010 Paralympics |author=Gary Kingston |date=2009-03-12 |publisher=Calgary Herald |accessdate=2010-03-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713150818/http://kimberlyjoines.com/Site/Newspaper_Articles/Entries/2009/3/12_Entry_1.html |archivedate=2011-07-13 }} She also competed in wheelchair basketball at the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens.{{cite web |url=http://www.paralympic.ca/en/athletes-detail.html?profileid=39420 |title=Profile: Kimberly Joines |publisher=Canadian Paralympic Association |accessdate=2010-03-04 }}{{Dead link|date=June 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

She won Bronze in the Women's slalom, sitting at the 2014 Winter Paralympics.