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<\/a>The seven snowboarders have been selected to create the\u00a0Canadian Paralympic Team headed to the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games. 27-year-old Colton Liddle (Wawa) joins Michelle Salt (Calgary), Sandrine Hamel (Saint-Sauveur), Alex Massie (Barrie), Andrew Genge (Oshawa), Curt Minard (Vernon) and John Leslie (Arnprior). John Leslie and Michelle Salt were on the inaugural team in 2014. This is Canada\u2019s largest Para snowboard contingent in history!<\/p>\nThe team is coming off one of the most successful World Cup seasons in its history, which saw Curt Minard (Vernon, BC) take second in the Overall Para Snowboard-Cross Crystal Globe rankings and Salt take third in the Overall Banked Slalom Crystal Globe rankings. The team also capped off the World Cup finals in style, grabbing third in the overall Nations Cup standings, representing the first time Canada has reached the podium in the Cup.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m incredibly honoured to have witnessed the Canadian team\u2019s progression in Para snowboarding since its Paralympic debut at Sochi 2014,\u201d said Patrick Jarvis, Executive Director of Canada Snowboard. \u201cCanada Snowboard athletes, coaches, and support staff have been working diligently to prepare for the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Paralympic Games, and I hope that all Canadians will join me in celebrating this sport, this team, and especially these riders and their incredible achievements on the world stage.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cA big congratulations to all of the Para snowboarders named to the Canadian Paralympic Team today,\u201d said Todd Nicholson, Chef de Mission for the Canadian Paralympic Team in PyeongChang 2018. \u201cSnowboarding is such an exciting sport that is continuing to grow at the Paralympic Games and it is fantastic to see Canada sending a full team of talented athletes we will be proud to watch compete. Best of luck to all of our snowboarders at the Games, and we\u2019ll be there supporting them the whole way.\u201d<\/p>\n
Competition dates for Para Snowboard-Cross and Banked Slalom are March 12 and 16, respectively. Broadcast dates and times will follow shortly.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhenever I watch them race, I am amazed by the talent of our Para snowboard athletes,\u201d said The Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science and Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities. \u201cI can\u2019t wait to watch them compete in PyeongChang as they inspire Canada\u2019s next generation of athletes in this growing Paralympic sport. Congratulations to all of the Para snowboarders named to Team Canada today.\u201d<\/p>\n
Colton is not new to competition\u00a0and adventure, in 2008 his team ‘Off in the Woods Simard’s Foot Soldiers’ (Colton, Zach Mathison and Marcus Reid) beat out 58 teams in a 25km race of canoeing, mountain bike and orienteering in the annual\u00a0High School Adventure Challenge.\u00a0After graduating from Trent University, he began work at the Ministry of Natural Resources as an initial attack forest firefighter. In his fourth year, Colton was seriously injured in a workplace incident, resulting in his lower right leg being amputated. His family and friends rallied around him giving his support, and then the entire town followed with a huge fundraiser to help him financially.\u00a0Colton made the decision to move to Squamish, BC full time to pursue his Paralympic dream as well as his hobbies of hiking, biking, and climbing; and now has become a member of the Canadian Paralympic Team.<\/p>\n
Good Luck!<\/p>\n
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