Viviane Forest is a Canadian sport hero who has never let the toughness of the journey hold her back, she makes no excuses.
Viviane Forest is one of Canada’s celebrated Paralympic athletes, inducted into the Canadian Paralympic Committee Hall of fame in 2019, and the Alberta Sports hall of Fame in 2025. After a career as a national Goalball player, she transitioned to compete for Canada in alpine ski racing.
At the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games Viviane won 25% of Canada’s medals, she podiumed in each of her races: Bronze in Giant Slalom, Silver in Super-G, Slalom and Super Combined and Gold in the fastest race of all, the Downhill.
Combined with her two Paralympic gold medals in Goalball from the Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004 Summer Paralympic Games, Viviane is the first Canadian female to win Gold at both Summer and Winter Games (Paralympic or Olympic). She has 7 Paralympic podium medals in addition to multiple World Cup, Chrystal Globe, and World Championship Titles from 2009-2013.
Viviane has 4% vision. Lead by a sighted guide, they raced down snow packed mountain slopes of the world at easily over 100 km/hour. Viviane is an energetic and engaging role model. She has a humorous yet important message as she shares her story at events in schools, fundraisers, and corporate events.
She does not stop there! Since retirement from competitive sport in 2013 Viviane is an entrepreneur as a Registered Massage Therapist and an artist painting stunning acrylic paintings of places from around the world. Being a natural athlete is just part of what drives this legally blind super-charger in sport and life.
