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Sanford curler chosen to represent Canada at world wheelchair championship

By Mitch Rosset Global News

Posted December 22, 2015 7:33 pm

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Canadian second Ina Forrest shot is watched by lead Sonja Gaudet and third Dennis Thiessen while playing Norway during the World Wheelchair Curling Championships at the Ice Cube Curling Centre in the Olympic Park in Sochi, Russia, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013.Canadian second Ina Forrest shot is watched by lead Sonja Gaudet and third Dennis Thiessen while playing Norway during the World Wheelchair Curling Championships at the Ice Cube Curling Centre in the Olympic Park in Sochi, Russia, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013. — Sanford's Dennis Thiessen (right) watches Canadian third Ina Forrest take a shot at the 2013 World Wheelchair Curling Championships. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, COC - Mike Ridewood

WINNIPEG — The gang’s all back but this time, it’s for the 2016 World Wheelchair Curling Championship.

Sanford’s Dennis Thiessen was named to Team Canada, reuniting him with the four curlers he won gold with at the 2015 Winter Paralympics in Sochi.

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The 54-year-old will throw second at the world championship in Switzerland. The tournament runs from February 21-28, 2016.

Thiessen also won gold at the 2013 World Wheelchair Curling Championship – his first ever bonspiel wearing the maple leaf.

Canada’s wheelchair curling team is currently ranked first despite finishing sixth at the last world championship.

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