Dennis Thiessen

Dennis Thiessen
Personal information
NationalityCanadian
CitizenshipCanada
Born (1961-04-20) April 20, 1961 (age 63)
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb)
Medal record
Wheelchair curling
Representing  Canada
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Sochi Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 PyeongChang Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Beijing Mixed team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Sochi Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2020 Wetzikon Mixed team
World Mixed Doubles Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Richmond
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Dennis Thiessen (born April 20, 1961, in Crystal City, Manitoba) is a Canadian wheelchair curler who was part of the winning team in wheelchair curling for Canada at the 2014 Winter Paralympics. He played on the winning Canadian team at the 2013 World Wheelchair Curling Championship. His disability is that at seventeen he lost his leg.[1] He is the only Manitoban on the team and lives in Sanford, Manitoba.[2]

He was inducted into the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame in 2019.[3]

  1. ^ "Sochi 2014 Canadian Paralympic team Profile" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-21. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  2. ^ Geary, Andrea (2013-12-19). "Winnipeg Free Press". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  3. ^ "Curling Canada honours 2019 Hall of Fame inductees, annual award-winners". Curling Canada. 2019-03-05.