Caroline Calvé (born 1 October 1978)[1] is a Canadiansnowboarder. As a child, Skiing was the first sport she took interest in, and later on became a coach and certified instructor. At age 21, she made her snowboarding debut, and prepared for the Olympic Games.
She competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver in the women's parallel giant slalom competition. After taking 20th place, her breakthrough began in December 2011 when she received gold in the women's parallel giant slalom in Carezza, Italy. She was represented as the first female Canadian athlete to win and lead a Snowboard Alpine World cup. Calvé then followed this success by winning a silver medal at the 2011 Giant Slalom World cup the next year. Her successful career went on as she placed 4th in the Rogla, Slovenia event on 8 February 2013, finishing 3rd in the standings of the World cup in Parallel slalom before concluding her season.
"In addition to representing Canada, Calvé proudly represents her aboriginal roots. Her paternal great-grandmother is of Algonquin heritage. 'I certainly try to be a role model for aboriginal kids, but also for all little Canadians out there who aspire to great things,' said Calvé. 'With my experience as a person who hasn't been an athlete their whole life, it can be a great model to achieve anything you want in your life.'"[2]
Calvé is very much a part of First Nations Athletic organizations seeking to uphold equality and respect to their aboriginal heritage. She continues to work closely with the First Nationssnowboarding team, promoting values such as honor, commitment and performance, qualities Calvé wishes to uphold throughout her entire career.[citation needed]
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^"Caroline Calvé". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 15 February 2010.
caroline, calvé, born, october, 1978, canadian, snowboarder, child, skiing, first, sport, took, interest, later, became, coach, certified, instructor, made, snowboarding, debut, prepared, olympic, games, calvé, parade, excellence, calgary, 2014personal, inform. Caroline Calve born 1 October 1978 1 is a Canadian snowboarder As a child Skiing was the first sport she took interest in and later on became a coach and certified instructor At age 21 she made her snowboarding debut and prepared for the Olympic Games Caroline CalveCalve in Parade of Excellence Calgary 2014Personal informationNationalityCanadianBorn 1978 10 01 1 October 1978 age 45 Hull Quebec Canada now Gatineau Quebec Height1 77 m 5 ft 10 in Weight74 kg 163 lb SpouseAdam McLeishWebsitecarolinecalve comSportCountry CanadaSportSnowboardingEvent s Parallel slalomParallel giant slalomShe competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver in the women s parallel giant slalom competition After taking 20th place her breakthrough began in December 2011 when she received gold in the women s parallel giant slalom in Carezza Italy She was represented as the first female Canadian athlete to win and lead a Snowboard Alpine World cup Calve then followed this success by winning a silver medal at the 2011 Giant Slalom World cup the next year Her successful career went on as she placed 4th in the Rogla Slovenia event on 8 February 2013 finishing 3rd in the standings of the World cup in Parallel slalom before concluding her season In addition to representing Canada Calve proudly represents her aboriginal roots Her paternal great grandmother is of Algonquin heritage I certainly try to be a role model for aboriginal kids but also for all little Canadians out there who aspire to great things said Calve With my experience as a person who hasn t been an athlete their whole life it can be a great model to achieve anything you want in your life 2 Calve is very much a part of First Nations Athletic organizations seeking to uphold equality and respect to their aboriginal heritage She continues to work closely with the First Nations snowboarding team promoting values such as honor commitment and performance qualities Calve wishes to uphold throughout her entire career citation needed References edit Caroline Calve Canadian Olympic Committee Retrieved 15 February 2010 Snowboarder Calve proud of aboriginal heritageExternal links editOfficial website Caroline Calve at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation nbsp This biographical article related to snowboarding in Canada is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Caroline Calve amp oldid 1185490518, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
