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Paralympic Games. 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."
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in the mixed air pistol SH1–3 competition, with a points score of 94.1. 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. Kuttai won the air rifle category at
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of students under the age of 16; Kurrai described the bill as "an attack on the rights of trans, nonbinary, and gender diverse children." After her resignation, interim commissioner Brian Wilcox stated that it took "true strength and determination to take such definitive action", and that Kuttai and
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when she was aged 15. Kuttai won the 1985 Junior Women shooting competition at that year's North
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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
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and air rifle as the sole wheelchair-using coach. Kuttai was employed by the
University of Saskatchewan to lead the formation of its Disability Service for Students unit and Student Central services advocating disabled students during their studies at the university. She published the book
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Netherlands. Kuttai finished in second position at her event in the championships, and attained the same ranking at the Air Pistol competition. The following year, she was one of six athletes from Saskatchewan to partake in the 1991 World Stoke Mandeville Wheelchair Games in
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Shooting Championships. She also partook in each of the 2001 European Target Shooting Championships, the 2002 World Target Shooting Championships, the 2003 International Maple Leaf, and the 2003 International Air Gun Grand Prix.
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