paralympian

Jessica Frotten races to a first place finish in the 1500-meter para wheelchair final at the Canadian Track and Field Championships in Langley, B.C., on June 24. (Darryl Dyck/Canadian Press)

Wheelchair racer from Whitehorse competing in Commonwealth Games this week

Jessica Frotten races the 1,500-metre in Birmingham 2022 on Thursday, Aug. 4

 

Canadian Brian McKeever and guide Graham Nishikawa are seen competing in the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games. Nishikawa will be a guide for McKeever in the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games. (Scott Grant/Canadian Paralympic Committee)

Yukoner to guide most decorated Canadian winter Paralympian in 2022 Paralympics

Graham Nishikawa of Whitehorse will be one of Para nordic skier Brian McKeever’s guides in Beijing.

 

Yukon wheelchair racer Jessica Frotten seen on the track in Tokyo practicing. (Photo submitted by Jessica Frotten).

Yukon wheelchair racer ‘humbled’ to take part in Tokyo Paralympic Games

‘We really became ambassadors for sport and for human resilience in this whole pandemic’

 

Jessica Frotten, seen in 2017. (Yonathan Kellerman/Athletics Canada)

Yukon wheelchair racer Jessica Frotten competes in her last event at the Tokyo Paralympics

Jessica Frotten’s last Paralympic event was the 4x100 universal relay

Jessica Frotten, seen in 2017. (Yonathan Kellerman/Athletics Canada)
Jessica Frotten seen in 2017. (Shelley Lewis/Yukon News)

Yukoner Jessica Frotten places eighth in 2020 Paralympic 400-metre action

Frotten’s 400 metre final time of 1:1.16 placed her in eighth

Jessica Frotten seen in 2017. (Shelley Lewis/Yukon News)

Stephanie Dixon ready to dive into new role as chef de mission for 2019 Parapan American Games and 2020 Paralympic Games

“You do it because you believe in yourself and you have people around you that believe in you”

Stephanie Dixon honoured with appointment to Order of Canada

‘I thought, “Holy moly”’

Jessica Frotten caps season with ‘beautiful’ race at worlds in London

‘I’m so happy with how this season went and I’m so excited for the next one’

Jessica Frotten speeds to two titles at track nationals

Para racer bags two gold, two silver in Ottawa