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Canada has participated eleven times in the Summer Paralympic Games and in all Winter Paralympic Games. They first competed at the Summer Games in 1968 and the Winter Games in 1976. ==Milestones== At the 2000 Summer Paralympics, Stephanie Dixon sets the Canadian record for most gold medals at a single Paralympics, Winter or Summer, with 5.〔 At the 2002 Winter Paralympics, Canada set a new total Canadian gold medal record haul at a Winter Paralympics, with 6.〔 At the 2004 Summer Paralympics, Chantal Petitclerc ties the 5 gold medal record at a single Games.〔 She also won the demonstration sport of Wheelchair Racing in the 2004 Summer Olympics. At the 2008 Summer Paralympics, Chantal Petitclerc again ties the 5 gold medal record at a single Games.〔 In 2010, Brian McKeever of Canada became the first athlete in the world to named to the Winter Paralympics and Winter Olympics teams in the same year. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, he was scheduled to compete in the men's 50 km cross-country race.〔Vancouver Sun, ("Legally blind skier embodies the Olympic ideal" ), Miro Cernetig, ''17 February 2010'' (accessed 21 February 2010)〕〔Associated Press, ("Canada's McKeever to ski at Olympics, Paralympics" ), Rachel Cohen, ''17 February 2010'' (accessed 21 February 2010)〕〔Boston Herald, ("Blind Olympian doesn’t believe in limits" ), Steve Kelley, ''20 February 2010'' (accessed 21 February 2010)〕 At the 2010 Winter Paralympics, Viviane Forest became the first para-athlete to win a gold in both the Winter and Summer Games, by winning the Women's Downhill for Visually Impaired. She had previously won gold in the 2000 and 2004 Summer Paralympics for women's goalball.〔Vancouver Sun, ("Paralympic para-alpine skiing: Canada’s Viviane Forest does the trifecta, wins visually impaired downhill gold" ), Mike Beamish, ''18 March 2010'' (accessed 19 March 2010)〕〔Vancouver Sun, ("Para-alpine star Viviane Forest has potential for huge Games medal haul" ), John Korobanik, ''11 March 2010'' (accessed 19 March 2010)〕 Lauren Woolstencroft became the first Canadian to win 3 golds at the same Winter Paralympics, at the 2010 edition,〔The Province, ("Nation thrills at triple gold win" ), Ian Austin, ''19 March 2010'' (accessed 19 March 2010)〕 this was eventually upped to 5 golds. With her 4th gold medal, she helped Canada set a record for most gold medals at any Winter Paralympic Games by winning the 7th medal. The previous mark was six, set at the 2002 Salt Lake City Paralympics.〔Canadian Paralympic Committee, ("Woolstencroft lifts Canada to record winter paralympic performance" ), CPC, ''19 March 2010'' (accessed 19 March 2010)〕 With her 5th gold medal, she set the record for most gold medals won by any Winter Paralympian at a single Games, and she tied the record for gold medal haul of any Canadian Paralympian at a single Games, tying Chantal Petitclerc (who did the feat twice) and Stephanie Dixon, both Summer Paralympians.〔Vancouver Sun, ("Woolstencroft wins fifth gold medal" ), CanWest News Service, ''21 March 2010'' (accessed 21 March 2010)〕 Her five gold are also the record for any Canadian Winter Paralympian or Olympian.〔CTV News Channel, "News Weekend", 10:15am broadcast, airdate 21 March 2010〕 At the 2010 Games, Canada collected the most total medals and the most gold medals of any Winter Paralympics, up through 2010 for Canada, with 19 total medals, and 10 golds.〔Canada News Wire, ("Canada concludes most successful Paralympic Winter Games" ), CNW Telbec, ''22 March 2010'' (accessed 24 March 2010)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Canada at the Paralympics」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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