Gilbert
Dash

Gilbert Dash is a familiar face in Canadian wheelchair curling circles both as a player and builder.

Now he’s carving his reputation at the international level as a member of Canada’s national team.  Dash made his worlds debut in 2023 and helped Canada to a silver medal.  He returned for the next two worlds and the Canadians were on the podium again with bronze in 2024 and silver in 2025. 

Dash played second at his first two worlds then was skip for 2025. Mark Ideson, Canada’s skip since 2016 was competing in the mixed team worlds event that year.

The next step for Dash is to be in Canada’s starting line-up for the 2026 Paralympic Winter Games in Milano Cortina.

Dash is a lifelong curler both before and after his accident. In 2006, he was diagnosed with a broken back and spinal cord damage after he crashed while ski jumping in Kimberley, B.C. (a sport he had attempted a few times before). He had been involved in curling growing up in his hometown of Kipling, Sask.

As a youngster he was a self-admitted rink rat alternating between curling and hockey. His brother reached the junior nationals in curling and his parents were also avid practitioners of the sport.

One of his doctors in rehabilitation, Dr. Robert Capp of the Wascana Rehabilitation Centre, was also an avid curler and together they started to gather a wheelchair curling community after Dash’s injury. A physiotherapist and nationally ranked player in Moose Jaw, Lorraine Arguin got wind of the developments and soon wheelchair curling was growing with people with a disability.

Dash hit the ice as a wheelchair curler in 2008 and by 2012 he was a provincial champion for the first of many times. His teammates included Paralympian Marie Wright. In 2016, Dash was promoted to Curling Canada’s NextGen wheelchair program as a top prospect for international play.

Notable international results

2025 World Championships – 2^nd

2024 World Championships – 3^rd

2023 World Championships – 2^nd