Sonja Gaudet has said she is "humbled" to have been inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame ©Getty Images

Wheelchair curler Sonja Gaudet has said she is "humbled" to have been inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame for 2020-2021.

The 53-year-old won three consecutive Paralympic gold medals with Canada at Turin 2006, Vancouver 2010 and Sochi 2014.

In Sochi she was the Canadian flagbearer while she also won World Championship gold on three occasions.

Gaudet, who suffered a spinal cord injury after falling from a horse, announced her retirement from competition in 2016.

"I am incredibly humbled and honoured to be inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame," she said. 

"I am extremely grateful for being on so many teams with amazing people.

"Together we continue to elevate the sport of wheelchair curling and also the Paralympic Movement and the Paralympic Games."

Other athletes to be inducted into the Hall of Fame this year include pentathlete Diane Jones-Konihowski, golfer Lorie Kane, show jumper Eric Lamaze and horse Hickstead, basketball player Steve Nash and powerlifter John Barrett.