Wheelchair curling at the 2014 Winter Paralympics
| Wheelchair curling at the XI Paralympic Winter Games |
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| Venue | Ice Cube Curling Center | |||||||||
| Dates | 8–15 March 2014 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 50 from 10 nations | |||||||||
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 Canada
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 Russia
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 Great Britain
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The wheelchair curling competition of the 2014 Winter Paralympics was held from 8 to 15 March 2014 at the Ice Cube Curling Center in Sochi, Russia. Ten mixed teams competed.
Qualification for the 2014 Paralympics was based on rankings in the 2011, 2012, and 2013 World Wheelchair Curling Championships. The qualification points are allotted based on the nations' final rankings at the World Championships. The points are distributed as shown in the table below. The nine countries with the most points were to qualify for the Sochi Games, while the tenth slot was reserved for the host country, Russia. Because the Russian team placed within the top nine point-scorers, the tenth slot was given to the tenth-ranked team, Finland.
The teams are listed as follows:
Skip: Jim Armstrong
Third: Dennis Thiessen
Second: Ina Forrest
Lead: Sonja Gaudet
Alternate: Mark Ideson
Skip: Wang Haitao
Third: Zhang Qiang
Second: Liu Wei
Lead: Xu Gunagqin
Alternate: He Jun
Skip: Markku Karjalainen
Third: Sari Karjalainen
Second: Vesa Hellman
Lead: Tuomo Aarnikka
Alternate: Mina Mojtahedi
Skip: Aileen Neilson
Third: Gregor Ewan
Second: Bob McPherson
Lead: Jim Gault
Alternate: Angie Malone
Skip: Rune Lorentsen
Third: Jostein Stordahl
Second: Anne Mette Samdal
Lead: Terje Rafdal
Alternate: Sissel Løchen
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