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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] She is the first Canadian Paralympian to win a gold medal at the Summer and Winter Paralympic Games.[2]
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| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
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) |
A native of Montreal who was born in Greenfield Park, Quebec with four percent of vision.[3][4]
Forest played on Canada's gold medal-winning goalball teams in Sydney and Athens in 2000 and 2004 respectively.
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.[5]
She won a bronze in the 2010 Winter Paralympics for giant slalom for women's visually impaired.[6][7]
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][6][7]
Her skiing guide is Lindsay Debou.[8] Their personal sponsors are The Weather Network and Fischer.[9]
In 2013, Forest announced her retirement from the Paralympic Sport at the Sport Chek Para-Alpine Canadian Championships in Sun Peaks, British Columbia.[10]
In 2019, she was named to the Canadian Paralympic Hall of Fame at the 2019 Induction.[11]
Beyond the Paralympics, her results include:
2009 World IPC Championships-High 1 Korea
- Gold Medalist- Super-Combined
- Silver Medalist- Downhill
- Silver Medalist- Giant slalom
- Silver Medalist- Slalom
- Silver Medalist- SG
2009 World Cup Finals-Whistler, BC
- Gold Medalist- Giant slalom
- Gold Medalist- Downhill
- Silver Medalist- Super combined
- Silver Medalist- Super G
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