Kimberly Joines
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Born | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | 27 January 1981||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Event | Alpine skiing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Jean-Sebastien Labrie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kimberly Joines (born January 27, 1981, in Edmonton) is a Canadian alpine skier.[1] While snowboarding in the year 2000 Kimberly was involved in a snowboarding accident. The accident resulted in spinal cord injuries at the L1/T12 vertebra and consequently she is paralysed from the waist down.[2] She subsequently joined the Canadian para-alpine ski team. She competed in the 2010 Vancouver Paralympics in five events: Downhill (women’s sitting), Super G (Women’s sitting), Super combined (Women’s sitting), giant slalom (Women’s sitting) and Slalom (Women’s sitting).
Joines won a bronze medal at the Torino Paralympic games in 2006. She was suspended in 2007 after being tested positive for marijuana.[3] She also competed in wheelchair basketball at the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens.[4]
She won Bronze in the Women's slalom, sitting at the 2014 Winter Paralympics.
References
[edit]- ^ "Joines, Kimberly". ipc.infostradasports.com. Archived from the original on August 1, 2021. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
- ^ "My story|Kimberly Joines". 2008.
- ^ Gary Kingston (2009-03-12). "Top 5 to Watch at the 2010 Paralympics". Calgary Herald. Archived from the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2010-03-04.
- ^ "Profile: Kimberly Joines". Canadian Paralympic Association. Retrieved 2010-03-04.
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