Christine Selinger

Medal record
Women's paracanoe
World Championships
Bronze 2009 Dartmouth K-2 200 m, mixed, TA, A
Gold 2010 Poznań V-1 200 m LTA, TA, A
Silver 2010 Poznań K-1 200 m TA
Gold 2011 Szeged V-1 200m LTA
Silver 2011 Szeged K-1 200m TA

Christine Selinger is a Canadian paracanoer who has competed since the late 2000s. She won her first international medal at the 2009 ICF Sprint World Championships, then subsequently won two medals at the 2010 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Poznań with a gold in the V-1 200 m LTA and a silver in the K-1 200 m TA events. At the 2011 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged she repeated her 2010 performance with a gold in the V-1 200m LTA and a second place finish in the K-1 200m TA event.

Christine Selinger is also an adventure enthusiast who became the first paraplegic to traverse the Nootka Trail (located on Nootka Island in British Columbia, Canada) in May 2010. The expedition was referred to in the media as "Nootka No Limits".

Selinger became a paraplegic in late 2006 after a rappelling incident in Savona, BC.

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