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At this same competition, she was selected as the sole representative to carry the Canadian flag in the closing ceremonies. She has had countless successes in the sport to date and has officially qualified for the Paris Paralympics, alongside her Pairs&#8217; partner, Iulian Ciobanu. She is one of the top boccia competitors in the world right now. She is classed as a BC4 and has also achieved great success within the Boccia Canada organization in other roles and hats she has put on, apart from being a success internationally!<\/p>\n<h3>2014<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>BISFed P\u00f3voa World Open \u2013 Bronze (Pairs)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2015<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Toronto Parapan American Games \u2013 Silver (Pairs)<\/li>\n<li>BISFed Poznan World Open \u2013 Silver (Individual &amp; Pairs)<\/li>\n<li>BISFed Montr\u00e9al Americas Team\/Pairs Championships \u2013 Gold (Pairs)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2016<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Rio Paralympic Games \u2013 5th Place (Individual)<\/li>\n<li>BISFed P\u00f3voa World Open \u2013 Silver (Pairs)<\/li>\n<li>BISFed Montr\u00e9al World Open \u2013 Bronze (Individual) and Silver (Pairs)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2017<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>BISFed Kansas City World Open \u2013 Bronze (Individual &amp; Pairs)<\/li>\n<li>BISFed Colombia Americas Regional Championships \u2013 Bronze (Pairs)<\/li>\n<li>BISFed Montr\u00e9al Regional Open Championships \u2013 Bronze (Individual) and Gold (Pairs)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2018<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>BISFed Montr\u00e9al World Open \u2013 Silver (Individual)<\/li>\n<li>BISFed Liverpool World Championships \u2013 4th Place (Individual)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2019<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>BISFed Montr\u00e9al World Open \u2013 Gold (Individual)<\/li>\n<li>Lima Parapan American Games \u2013 Bronze (Pairs)<\/li>\n<li>BISFed S\u00e3o Paulo America Regional Championships \u2013 Bronze (Individual &amp; Pairs)<\/li>\n<li>BISFed P\u00f3voa World Open \u2013 Gold (Pairs)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2021<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>World Boccia S\u00e3o Paulo Americas Regional Championships \u2013 Gold (Individual &amp; Pairs)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2022<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>World Boccia Rio de Janeiro Americas World Cup \u2013 Silver (Individual)<\/li>\n<li>World Boccia P\u00f3voa European World Cup \u2013 Bronze (Individual &amp; Pairs)<\/li>\n<li>World Boccia Rio de Janeiro World Championships \u2013 Bronze (Pairs)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2023<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>World Boccia Montr\u00e9al Cup \u2013 Bronze (Individual) and Gold (Pairs)<\/li>\n<li>World Boccia Santiago Challenger \u2013 Gold (Individual) and Silver (Pairs)<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">World Boccia Fortaleza Cup \u2013 Gold (Individual)<\/li>\n<li>World Boccia Santiago Parapan Ams \u2013 Gold (Individual &amp; Pairs)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2024<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>World Boccia Montr\u00e9al Cup \u2013 Silver (Pairs)<\/li>\n<li>World Boccia P\u00f3voa Cup \u2013 Bronze (Individual) and Gold (Pairs)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"menu_order":1,"template":"","class_list":["post-5841","training_squad","type-training_squad","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Alison Levine - Boccia Canada<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Alison Levine - Boccia Canada\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Alison Levine is renowned for her powerhouse strength and the speed at which she has developed within the sport. 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