Christine Selinger

Career

At the 2011 International Coach Federation Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged she repeated her 2010 performance with a gold in the V-1 200m LTA and a second-place finish in the K-1 200m TA event. Christine Selinger is also an adventure enthusiast who became the first paraplegic to traverse the Nootka Trail (located on Nootka Island in British Columbia, Canada) in May 2010. The expedition was referred to in the media as "Nootka Number Limits".

Selinger became a paraplegic in late 2006 after a rappelling incident in Savona, British Columbia.

Achievements

• She won her first international medal at the 2009 International Coach Federation Canoe Sprint World Championships, then subsequently won two medals at the 2010 International Coach Federation Canoe Sprint World Championships in Poznań with a gold in the V-1 200 m LTA and a silver in the K-1 200 m TA events.