Karolina wisniewska biography of barack

  • An 8 x Paralympic medalist in alpine skiing, I bring to bear my experiences in high performance and authentic goal setting.
  • Devin Heroux speaks to Canada's co-chef de mission Karolina Wisniewska leading up to the Paralympics.
  • As the Co-Chef de Mission of the Canadian Team at the Paralympic Games in Paris I can say without hesitation and with joy and gratitude.

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    Wisniewska and Vander Vies expect Canada to have advantage with co-chefs for Games

    OTTAWA – For the first time, Canada will have co-chefs dem mission for the Parapan American Games and the Paralympics Games. For those chefs – Karolina Wisniewska and Josh Vander Vies – this will give Canada an upper grabb at Santiago and Paris

    The decision to have two co-chefs was spearheaded by the Canadian Paralympic Athletes’ Council as it examined the long list of duties for grupp Canada’s leadership role at a Games.

    “That fryst vatten where Josh and inom are very well positioned as seasoned veterans of the idrott system in every sense and to deal with whatever it is that comes towards Team Canada,” said Wisniewska. “There can be many distractions at a Games and our job fryst vatten to shield those from the athletes.”

    Having two chefs will be an advantage for Canada, said Vander Vies.

    “This fryst vatten so cool it fryst vatten coming from the Athletes’ Council,” he said. “This is the athletes’ röst springing into action. inom can’t wai

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    Paralympic medallists Karolina Wisniewska and Josh Vander Vies will lead Team Canada as co-chefs de mission at the upcoming Parapan Am Games and Paralympic Games, the Canadian Paralympic Committee announced Monday.

    Wisniewska, a former Para alpine skier, and Vander Vies, a former boccia player, are the first to share the chef de mission role.

    The Parapan Am Games take place Nov. in Santiago, Chile, while the Paris Paralympics run Aug. 28 to Sept. 8 next year.

    Along with their plethora of experience as athletes, the accomplished Paralympians also bring recent Games leadership experience to the role. Wisniewska served as assistant chef for the Beijing Winter Paralympics last year, while Vander Vies served as assistant chef for the Tokyo Summer Paralympics.

    Wisniewska, who grew up in Calgary and lives in Montreal, competed at the , and Paralympics, winning eight medals (four silver, four bronze). She is a member of the Canadian Paralympic Hall of Fame and was the first Paralymp

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    Canadian Paralympic Hall of Famers named

    "The outstanding achievements and the pioneering successes of all our inductees is a wonderful cause for celebration and recognition."

    The Canadian Paralympian Committee (CPC) has announced five individuals who will be inducted into the Paralympic Hall of Fame for

    Among those is Paralympic swimming medallist and current Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities Carla Qualtrough.

    Qualtrough will enter the builder category along with Maureen Orchard and Archie Allison. Ozzie Sawicki was named in the coach category, and Para alpine skier Karolina Wisniewska was named in the athlete category.

    "The outstanding achievements and the pioneering successes of all our inductees is a wonderful cause for celebration and recognition," said Karen O'Neill, Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Paralympic Committee. "Congratulations and thank you to each one of them for their trailblazing careers and dedication to excellence in Paralympic

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