Diane Roy, a wheelchair racer and admin staffer with Royal LePage Evolution in Sherbrooke, Que., captured a bronze and two silvers at the World Paralympics Championships in Christchurch, New Zealand in late January. 

Diane Roy (Photo: Mark Dadswell/Getty Images)

She was second in the 400 metres, third in the 800 metre race and narrowly missed gold in the 1,500 metres after finishing 55 hundredths of a second short of the winner, American Tatyana McFadden.

“It’s a beautiful silver medal,” Roy told Sportcom following the 1500 m. “The course was very strategic, but I was well positioned throughout the race.” A slight mishap in the 1500 may have cost Roy the top honours in that race. “A belt on the back of my chair came loose. It did not deter me from pushing on, but it caught me off guard. Did I miss out on one good push at that moment? Who knows?” said Roy.