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Collinda Joseph

Collinda Joseph
Curler
Born
Collinda Patricia Joseph

(1965-05-15) May 15, 1965 (age 59)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Team
Curling clubRA Curling Club, Ottawa, ON
Curling career
Member Association Canada
World Wheelchair Championship
appearances		2 (2019, 2020)
Paralympic
appearances		1 (2022)
Medal record
Wheelchair curling
Representing  Canada
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Beijing Mixed team
World Wheelchair Championship
Silver medal – second place 2020 Wetzikon Mixed team
World Wheelchair Mixed Doubles Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Richmond

Collinda Patricia Joseph (born May 15, 1965) is a Canadian wheelchair curler.[1] She was part of Canada's bronze medal mixed team at the 2022 Winter Paralympics.

Early life and education

Joseph was born and raised in Ottawa. In 1983 at age 18, she was in a train accident in France which caused a spinal cord injury. Prior to her injury, she was a competitive diver.[2] After her injury, Joseph explored adaptive sports such as wheelchair tennis, skiing, track and field, and, finally, wheelchair basketball.[3]

She attended Carleton University and then Algonquin College.[3][2]

Career

Joseph played wheelchair basketball for 15 years.[2] She has been involved in wheelchair curling since 2006.[4] She first tried wheelchair curling at a RBC-sponsored “Give It A Go” event organized by her rehab clinic.[5] She began being invited to national team training camps in 2012.[6]

Joseph competed for Canada in the 2019, 2020, 2021 World Wheelchair Curling Championships.[2] She won a silver medal in the mixed team competition at the 2020 World Wheelchair Curling Championship. She made her Paralympic debut in 2022 on a team with Dennis Thiessen, Ina Forrest, Jon Thurston and Mark Ideson. They won bronze in mixed team wheelchair curling.[7]

Joseph competed in the World Mixed Doubles Wheelchair Curling Championships with Dennis Thiessen in 2023, only the second year the event was held.[8] They lost their semi-final to the United States, but defeated China in the bronze medal match for a third-place finish.[9] She will represent Canada at the 2025 World Wheelchair Curling Championship.[10]

Outside of her curling career, Joseph has worked for Accessibility Standards Canada and the National Research Council of Canada.[11][5]

Teams

Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Events
2012–13 Ken Gregory Collinda Joseph Jon Thurston Chrissy Molnar Carl Rennick CWhCC 2013 (7th)[12]
2015–16 Collinda Joseph Doug Morris Jon Thurston Ross Nicholson CWhCC 2016 (8th)[13]
2018–19 Jim Armstrong Collinda Joseph Jonathon Thurston Reid Mulligan Bruce Gorsline CWhCC 2019 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)[14]
Mark Ideson Collinda Joseph Jon Thurston Marie Wright Ina Forrest Wayne Kiel WWhCC 2019 (10th)
2019–20 Jon Thurston (fourth) Ina Forrest Dennis Thiessen Mark Ideson (skip) Collinda Joseph Wayne Kiel,
Michael Lizmore		 WWhCC 2020 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Personal life

Joseph resides in Stittsville, Ottawa.[15] She and her husband, Euan MacKellar,[9] have two children.[citation needed]

Awards and recognition

In 2022, Joseph was given “Changing Lives” award, as part of Algonquin College’s Alumni of Distinction Awards.[3] In 2023, she was inducted into the Governor General’s Curling Club, Canada's equivalent of a national hall of fame for curling.[4] She has also been recognized with the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, the Celebration of People’s Community Leader Award, the Commonwealth Youth Secretariat’s Youth Service Award, Algonquin College’s Community Leader Award in memory of Cathy Kerr, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada Deputy Minister’s Award for outstanding achievement for excellence in service to Canadians, and Carleton University’s Honour Award for Service.[4][2]

References

  1. ^ "Collinda Joseph". results.worldcurling.org. World Curling.
  2. ^ a b c d e Devaux, Kolbe (2023-01-17). "Collinda Joseph rocks - a Paralympian with no bounds". Glue Magazine. Retrieved 2025-01-22.
  3. ^ a b c "Collinda Joseph, Changing Lives Award". Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology. Retrieved 2025-01-22.
  4. ^ a b c Cleary, Martin (2023-09-28). "HIGH ACHIEVERS: Wheelchair curler Collinda Joseph inducted into Governor-General's Curling Club". Ottawa Sports Pages. Retrieved 2025-01-22.
  5. ^ a b Diamandas, Ethan (2022-03-03). "Wheelchair curling veteran Collinda Joseph finally gets a crack at Paralympics". Ottawa Sports Pages. Retrieved 2025-01-22.
  6. ^ "Collinda Joseph". Canadian Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2025-01-22.
  7. ^ "Wheelchair curler returns from Beijing Paralympics with bronze medal". CBC. 2022-03-25. Retrieved 2025-01-21.
  8. ^ "Mixed doubles a new challenge for veteran Canadian wheelchair curlers". Canadian Paralympic Committee. 2023-03-05. Retrieved 2025-01-22.
  9. ^ a b "Curling : Collinda Joseph, de Stittsville, remporte le bronze avec le Canada". CBC Radio Canada (in French). 2023-03-13. Retrieved 2025-01-21.
  10. ^ Thompson, Ren (2024-12-17). "Canadian teams unveiled for 2025 World Wheelchair Curling Championships". Canadian Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2025-01-22.
  11. ^ "Innovation for inclusivity: Collinda Joseph dedicates life to accessibility solutions". Canadian Paralympic Committee. 2022-12-02. Retrieved 2025-01-22.
  12. ^ "Teams - 2013 Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championship". Curling Canada. Archived from the original on April 12, 2013.
  13. ^ 2016 Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championship
  14. ^ "Teams - 2019 Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championship". Curling Canada. Archived from the original on April 28, 2019.
  15. ^ McKay, Lesley (2022-03-27). "Stittsville's Collinda Joseph is back home with her Paralympic bronze medal". Stittsville Central - Local News, Events and Business. Retrieved 2025-01-22.
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