{"id":2870,"date":"2019-10-22T22:04:01","date_gmt":"2019-10-22T22:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asrab.ab.ca\/?p=2870"},"modified":"2019-10-22T22:06:39","modified_gmt":"2019-10-22T22:06:39","slug":"viviane-forest-named-to-the-canadian-paralympic-hall-of-fame-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asrab.ab.ca\/?p=2870","title":{"rendered":"Viviane Forest, Named to the Canadian Paralympic Hall of Fame 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2871\" src=\"http:\/\/asrab.ab.ca\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/viviane_forest.jpg\" alt=\"Viviane Forest\" width=\"170\" height=\"113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asrab.ab.ca\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/viviane_forest.jpg 170w, https:\/\/asrab.ab.ca\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/viviane_forest-100x66.jpg 100w, https:\/\/asrab.ab.ca\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/viviane_forest-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 170px) 100vw, 170px\" \/>ASRAB is incredibly proud of Viviane Forest &#8211; for being named to the Canadian Paralympic Hall of Fame &#8211; 2019 Induction.<\/p>\n<p>The honor is highly deserved, as Viviane was the first Canadian to win gold at both a summer and winter Paralympic Games. Her performance on the slopes was a highlight of Vancouver 2010, winning one gold, three silver, and one bronze in the sport of Para alpine skiing.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>These medals were added to the two goalball gold medals she won earlier in 2000 and 2004.<\/p>\n<p>Please see the full story of Viviane&#8217;s Paralympic sporting accomplishments at: <a href=\"https:\/\/paralympic.ca\/viviane-forest\">https:\/\/paralympic.ca\/viviane-forest<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Viviane states: &#8220;I feel honored. I&#8217;m grateful I found blind sport federations to support me during my career. I also feel privileged to be able to give back to blind sport and inspire future generations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Though retired from Paralympic sport, Viviane continues to participate in a wide range of ASRAB sports activities including: SeeHawks Blind Hockey, dragon boat, goalball (coaching) &#8230; and most recently lawn bowls!<\/p>\n<p>We wish Viviane a magical evening at the Hall of Fame Gala, and look forward to seeing her on the field, on the snow, on the ice and coaching.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2875\" src=\"http:\/\/asrab.ab.ca\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/viviane_forest_montage.jpg\" alt=\"Viviane Forest\" width=\"389\" height=\"457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asrab.ab.ca\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/viviane_forest_montage.jpg 389w, https:\/\/asrab.ab.ca\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/viviane_forest_montage-255x300.jpg 255w, https:\/\/asrab.ab.ca\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/viviane_forest_montage-100x117.jpg 100w, https:\/\/asrab.ab.ca\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/viviane_forest_montage-150x176.jpg 150w, https:\/\/asrab.ab.ca\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/viviane_forest_montage-200x235.jpg 200w, https:\/\/asrab.ab.ca\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/viviane_forest_montage-300x352.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 389px) 100vw, 389px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ASRAB is incredibly proud of Viviane Forest &#8211; for being named to the Canadian Paralympic Hall of Fame &#8211; 2019 Induction. The honor is highly deserved, as Viviane was the first Canadian to win gold at both a summer and<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asrab.ab.ca\/?p=2870\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asrab.ab.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2870"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/asrab.ab.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/asrab.ab.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asrab.ab.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asrab.ab.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2870"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/asrab.ab.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2870\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2876,"href":"https:\/\/asrab.ab.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2870\/revisions\/2876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asrab.ab.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asrab.ab.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asrab.ab.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}