Tag Archive | "Paralympic Winter Games"

Lauren Woolstencroft

Woolstencroft Becomes First Female to Win Five Gold at a Winter Paralympics

Lauren Woolstencroft

Lauren Woolstencroft (North Vancouver) has become the most decorated female athlete in a single Winter Paralympic Games

By Marie-Helene Cayer : March 20, 2010 (Whistler, BC)  Lauren Woolstencroft (North Vancouver) has become the most decorated female athlete in a single Winter Paralympic Games. She won the super combined by more than 12 seconds on Saturday to close out her para-alpine competition having won every event she raced.

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Olympic and Other African-Canadian Sport Heroes

 Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong, the “Snow Leopard"

Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong, the “Snow Leopard"

By: Helena Kaufman The Afro News Vancouver

Vancouver’s 2010 Winter Olympics to be held February 12 to 28 and the Paralympic Winter Games March 12 -21 welcome 80 nations and 5,500 of their top athletes and officials. Afric athletes are sure to excel in the strength of spirit and skill that will contribute to the setting of standards and creation of stories for the telling.

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