Heather Kuttai

Heather Kuttai (born either 1969 or 1970) is a Canadian SH3-classified Paralympic shooter who competed in the Paralympic Games. She won two silver medals in each of the women's air pistol 2–6 and the mixed air pistol team open competitions at the 1988 Summer Paralympics in Seoul, and a bronze medal in the mixed air pistol SH1–3 event at the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona. Kuttai is a 2009 inductee of the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame.

From 2014 until 2023, Kuttai served as a commissioner with the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission.

Personal background Kuttai was born in either 1969 or 1970, and was raised in North Battleford, Saskatchewan. She is married to Darrell Seib,

Paralympic shooting Her father introduced her to sport, Kuttai won the 1985 Junior Women shooting competition at that year's North Battleford Target Shooting Competition, followed by her coming second at the Provincial Target Shooting Championships in each of 1986 and 1987. She won silver medals in each of the women's air pistol 2–6 and the mixed air pistol team open competitions. Kuttai also competed in each of the women's air rifle kneeling 2–6, the women's air rifle prone 2–6, women's air rifle 3 positions 2–6 and the women's air rifle standing 2–6 tournaments but she failed to win a medal in any of those events.

In July 1990, she participated in the World Championships and Games for the Disabled held in Assen in the Netherlands. Kuttai finished in second position at her event in the championships, and attained the same ranking at the Air Pistol competition. During the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona, Spain, Kuttai won the bronze medal in the mixed air pistol SH1–3 competition, She also took part in each of the mixed air rifle 3 x 40 SH3; mixed Olympic match SH3; mixed free pistol SH1–3 and the mixed air rifle standing SH1–3 events without winning any further medals. After her resignation, interim commissioner Brian Wilcox stated that it took "true strength and determination to take such definitive action", and that Kuttai and her family were "true champions for human rights in Saskatchewan".

Award In 1987, she was named one of six Saskatchewan Junior Citizens of the Year. Kuttai was named the 1988 Sask Sport Athlete of the Year for her role in the Canadian Paralympic squad. Kuttai was named the recipient of the 2001 Excellence in Service to Students with Disabilities by the Canadian Association of Disabilities Providers of Post-Secondary Education and the 2002 U of S President's Service Award by the University of Saskatchewan. She was inducted into the Saskatchewan Hall of Fame in 2009, and was the 2021 winner of the USask Lifetime Achievement Award "for an outstanding lifetime of accomplishments and contributions to the social, cultural and economic well-being of society."