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  • About the ISRH
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    • Media Analysis
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Paralympians

This is an unofficial list of Indigenous athletes who have competed for Canada at the Paralympic Games. Inclusion criteria: athletes who have been claimed by their community and who have Indigenous lived experience. This list may be woefully incomplete. Please let me know of errors or omissions.

Colette Bourgonje

10 Paralympic Games

Winter

  • 1992 Tignes-Albertville, France
  • 1994 Lillehammer, Norway
  • 1998 Nagano, Japan
  • 2002 Salt Lake City, USA
  • 2006 Turin, Italy
  • 2010 Vancouver, Canada
  • 2014 Sochi, Russia

Summer

  • 1992 Barcelona-Madrid, Spain
  • 1996 Atlanta, USA
  • 2000 Sydney, Australia

Summary Information

  • Métis
  • para-nordic skiing & wheelchair athletics
  • 10 medals: 7 Bronze, 3 Silver 

Richard Peter

5 Paralympic Games

Summer

  • 1996 Atlanta, USA
  • 2000 Sydney, Australia
  • 2004 Athens, Greece 
  • 2008 Beijing, China
  • 2012 London, England

Summary Information

  • Cowichan Tribes, British Columbia
  • wheelchair basketball
  • 2000: Gold medal
  • 2004: Gold medal
  • 2008: Silver medal
  • 2012: Gold medal

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