Nationality Canadian Name Robbi Weldon Other interests Hiking, Camping | Weight 65 kg (143 lb) Height 168 cm (5.51 ft) Residence Thunder Bay, Canada | |
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Born 6 September 1975 (age 48) ( 1975-09-06 ) Sport Para-Nordic skiing and Para-Cycling Profiles | ||
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Robbi Weldon (born 6 September 1975) is a Canadian Para-Nordic skiing and Para-cycling athlete who has competed in the 2010 and 2014 Winter Paralympics and the 2012 Summer Paralympics. She has also participated in the 2011 Guadalajara Parapan Ams. She won five medals, all of which are all gold.
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Weldon started skiing at the age of three and in 2010, she started Para-Cycling. Her guide for Para-Cycling is Lyne Bessette and her guide for Para-Skiing is Phil Wood.
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Personal life
Weldon was born on 6 September 1975 in Thunder Bay and still resides there. She started downhill skiing at the age of three. She was diagnosed with Stargardt disease in 1990, affecting her central vision. Weldon took up the sport of Para-Nordic skiing in 2002, and in 2010 she took up the sport of Para-cycling after attending a Western Canada Development Camp.
She is a mother of two children which Weldon took with her when competing in the 2012 London Paralympics. She hopes that the trip would inspire them. "My children have benefited greatly from my lifestyle of physical activity and being healthy... meeting para-athletes that are competing at an elite level and are so inspirational." Weldon said.
Career
Weldon did not win any medals in skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics but was "thrilled" by the experience.
At the 2011 Parapan American Games, Weldon participated in para-cycling and won four gold medals with guide Lyne Bessette. They won gold at the Mixed Time Trial, Women's Road Race, Women's individual track pursuit, and the Women's 1 Kilometre Time. She said that "it's very helpful having Lyne. She is such an experienced cyclist and she has taught me a lot." The pair had also been selected to be the flag bearers at the closing ceremony.
Weldon and guide Bessette won one gold medal in the 2012 London Paralympics, in the Cycling at the 80-kilometre road race. They finished with a time of 2:08:26, 33 seconds ahead of Josefa Guzman Benitez and guide Maria Noriega. After the competition, Weldon said "I am very happy. Lyne and I are thrilled about this golden performance... We had respect for everyone."
Weldon competed at the 2014 Winter Paralympics with Phil Wood as guide. It was the pair's first championship together but they did not win any medals. Wood said that "Skiing as a team when done well can add 10 to 15 per cent improvement in a single performance."