Wheelchair curling is a team sport that is contested at the Winter Paralympic Games.
Wheelchair curling was first included in the official programme of the 2006 Games in Turin, Italy.
In total, 30 athletes have won a medal in curling, and 3 have won two. Sonja Gaudet of Canada (two gold), Jalle Jungnell and Anette Wilhelm of Sweden (two bronze) have won two medals.
Teams from Canada have been successful in the sport, winning the gold medal at each Paralympics. A total of 6 medals (two of each color) have been awarded since 2006 and have been won by teams from four National Paralympic Committees (NPC).
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Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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2006 Turin |
Canada (CAN) Chris Daw Gerry Austgarden Gary Cormack Sonja Gaudet Karen Blachford |
Great Britain (GBR) Frank Duffy Michael McCreadie Tom Killin Angie Malone Ken Dickson |
Sweden (SWE) Jalle Jungnell Glenn Ikonen Rolf Johansson Anette Wilhelm Bernt Sjoeberg |
2010 Vancouver |
Canada (CAN) Jim Armstrong Darryl Neighbour Ina Forrest Sonja Gaudet Bruno Yizek |
South Korea (KOR) Haksung Kim Myungjin Kim Yanghyun Cho Misuk Kang Gilwoo Park |
Sweden (SWE) Jalle Jungnell Glenn Ikonen* Patrik Burman Anette Wilhelm Patrik Kallin |
* suspended
Athlete | Nation | Paralympics | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
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Sonja Gaudet | Canada (CAN) | 2006-2010 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Jalle Jungnell | Sweden (SWE) | 2006–2010 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Anette Wilhelm | Sweden (SWE) | 2006–2010 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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