2008 Summer Olympics / Participant (Canada)

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Canada took part in the Summer Olympics forthe 24th timein Beijing in 2008 . The Canadian Olympic Committee (Comité olympique canadien) named 332 athletes. The standard bearer during the opening ceremony was the canoeist Adam van Koeverden .

Participants by sport

badminton

Women:

• Valerie Loker (Mixed)
• Anna Rice (singles)

Men:

• Mike Beres (Mixed)
• Andrew Dabeka (singles)

baseball

James Avery Chris Begg Tim Burton Stubby Clapp Rheal Cormier David Corrente David Davidson Emerson Frostad

Emmanuel Garcia Steve Green Mike Johnson Brett Lawrie Jonathan Lockwood Brooks McNiven Ryan Radmanovich Chris Reitsma

Chris Robinson Matt Rogelstad Mike Saunders Adam Stern Scott Thorman Jimmy VanOstrand Nick Weglarz

Archery

Women:

• Marie-Pier Beaudet (individual)

Men:

• John David Burnes (Individual, Team)
• Crispin Duenas (individual, team)
• Jay Lyon (individual, team)

Boxing

• Adam Trupish (welterweight)

fencing

Women:

• Julie Cloutier (Saber Individual, Saber Team)
• Jujie Luan (Foil Single)
• Olga Ovtchinnikova (Saber Individual, Saber Team)
• Sandra Sassine (Saber Individual, Saber Team)
• Sherraine Schalm (sword single)

Men:

• Philippe Beaudry (saber single)
• Josh McGuire (Foil Singles)
• Igor Tichomirow (sword single)

Soccer

Women:

goal 1 Karina LeBlanc 18 Erin McLeod Defense 3 Emily Zurrer 5 Robyn Gayle 9 Candace Chapman 10 Martina Franko 11 Randee Hermus

midfield 4 Clare Rustad 6 Sophie Schmidt 7 Rhian Wilkinson 8 Diana Matheson 13 Amy Walsh 17 Brittany Timko

Storm 2 Jodi-Ann Robinson 12 Christine Sinclair 14 Melissa Tancredi 15 Kara Lang 16 Jonelle Filigno Trainer Even Pellerud

• Results

Preliminary round

 Argentina : 2-1

 People's Republic of China : 1: 1

 Sweden : 1: 2

Quarter finals

 United States : 1: 2 a.d.

Weightlifting

Women:

• Marilou Dozois-Prevost (up to 48 kg)
• Christine Girard (up to 63 kg)
• Jeane Lassen (up to 75 kg)

Men:

• Francis Luna-Grenier (up to 69 kg)
• Jasvir Singh (up to 62 kg)

hockey

Men's:

David Carter (reserve) Ranjeev Deol Wayne Fernandes Connor Grimes Ravi Kahlon Mike Mahood Mark Pearson Ken Pereira Scott Sandison

Marian Schole Peter Short Rob Short Sukhwinder Singh Bindi Singh Kullar Scott Tupper Paul Wettlaufer Anthony Wright Philip Wright (reserve)

Judo

Women:

• Marylise Levesque (up to 78 kg)

Men:

• Will Frazer (up to 60 kg)
• Sasha Mehmedovic (up to 66 kg)
• Keith Morgan (up to 100 kg)
• Nicholas Tritton (up to 73 kg)

canoe

Women:

• Mylanie Barre (two- person kayak)
• Geneviève Beauchesne-Sevigny (quad kayak)
• Sarah Boudens (single kayak canoe slalom)
• Emilie Fournel (four-person kayak)
• Karen Furneaux (single kayak, quad kayak)
• Kristin Gauthier (two-person kayak, four-person kayak)

Men:

Gabriel Beauchesne-Sevigny (two-man Canadian) James Cartwright (Canadian Canoe Slalom) Ryan Cuthbert (two-person kayak) Richard Dober Jr. (two-person kayak) David Ford (single kayak canoe slalom) Thomas Hall (One Canadian) (Bronze ) Rhys Hill (quad kayak) Steve Jorens (two- person kayak)

Angus Mortimer (quad kayak) Mark Oldershaw (One Canadian) Christopher Pellini (quad kayak) Brady Reardon (foursome kayak) Andrew Russell (two-man Canadian) Adam van Koeverden (single kayak) (silver ) Andrew Willows (two-person kayak)

athletics

Women:

Ruky Abdulai (long jump) Tabia Charles (long jump) Nicole Forrester (high jump) Sultana Frizell (hammer throwing) Kelsie Hendry (pole vault) Priscilla Lopes-Schliep (100 m hurdles - bronze )

Megan Metcalfe (5000 m) Carline Muir (400 m) Adrienne Power (200 m) Angela Whyte (100 m hurdles) Jessica Zelinka (heptathlon)

Men:

Richard Adu-Bobie (4 × 100 m) Dylan Armstrong (shot put) Brian Barnett (200 m, 4 × 100 m) Tim Berrett (50 km walking) Massimo Bertocchi (decathlon) Nathan Brannen (1500 m) Pierre Browne (4 × 100 m) Anson Henry (100 m, 4 × 100 m) Tyler Christopher (400 m) Jared Connaughton (200 m, 4 × 100 m)

Michael Mason (high jump) Taylor Milne (1500 m) Hank Palmer (4 × 100 m) Emanuel Parris (4 × 100 m) Gary Reed (800 m) Scott Russell (javelin throwing) James Steacy (hammer throwing) Kevin Sullivan (1500 m) Achraf Tadili (800 m)

Modern pentathlon

Women:

• Kara Grant
• Monica Pinette

Men:

• Josh Riker-Fox

Cycling

Women:

• Samantha Cools (BMX)
• Gina Grain (points race)
• Leigh Hobson (road racing)
• Catharine Pendrel (mountain bike)
• Marie-Hélène Prémont (mountain bike)
• Erinne Willock (street race)
• Alex Wrubleski (road race)

Men:

• Michael Barry (road racing)
• Zach Bell (Madison, points race)
• Scott Erwood (BMX)
• Martin Gilbert (points race)
• Ryder Hesjedal (road racing, time trial)
• Geoff Kabush (mountain bike)
• Seamus McGrath (mountain bike)
• Svein Tuft (road race, time trial)

horse riding

Dressage:

• Jacqueline Brooks
• Ashley Holzer
• Leslie Reid

Show jumping:

• Mac Cone (Team - Silver )
• Jill Henselwood (Team - Silver )
• Eric Lamaze (Team - Silver ) (Individual - Gold )
• Ian Millar (Team - Silver )

Versatility:

• Kyle Carter
• Sandra Donnelly
• Selena O'Hanlon
• Samantha Taylor
• Michael Winter

Rhythmic sports gymnastics

• Alexandra Orlando

Wrestling

Women:

• Ohenewa Akuffo (freestyle, up to 72 kg)
• Martine Dugrenier (freestyle, up to 63 kg)
• Carol Huynh (freestyle, up to 48 kg - gold )
• Tonya Verbeek (freestyle, up to 55 kg)

Men:

• Saeed Azerbayjani (freestyle, up to 60 kg)
• Travis Cross (freestyle, up to 84 kg)
• Haislan Garcia (freestyle, up to 66 kg)
• Matt Gentry (freestyle, up to 74 kg)
• Ari Taub (Greco, up to 120 kg)
• David Zilberman (freestyle, up to 96 kg)

rowing

Women:

Ashley Bonikowsky (eighth) Sarah Bonikowsky (eighth) Ashley Brzozowicz (eighth) Tracy Cameron (L. Double Scull - Bronze ) Krista Guloien (double quad) Janine Hanson (double scull) Zoe Hoskins (no two) Rachelle de Jong (double foursome) Melanie Kok (L. double scull - bronze )

Sabrina Kolker (two without) Heather Mandoli (eighth) Darcy Marquardt (eighth) Andréanne Morin (eighth) Jane Rumball (eighth) Lesley Thompson-Willie (eighth) Buffy-Lynne Williams (eighth) Anna-Marie de Zwager (double foursome )

Men:

Jon Beare (Easy Foursome - Bronze ) Iain Brambell (Easy Foursome - Bronze ) Andrew Byrnes (eighth - gold ) David Calder (no two) Scott Frandsen (no two) Kyle Hamilton (eighth - gold ) Malcolm Howard (eighth - gold ) Adam Kreek (eighth - gold ) Mike Lewis (Easy Foursome - Bronze )

Kevin Light (Eighth - Gold ) Liam Parsons (Easy Foursome - Bronze ) Brian Price (eighth - gold ) Ben Rutledge (eighth - gold ) Dominic Seiterle (eighth - gold ) Cameron Sylvester (L. double scull) Douglas Vandor (L. double scull) Jake Wetzel (eighth - gold )

shoot

Women:

• Avianna Chao
• Susan Nattrass

Men:

• Johannes Sauer
• Giuseppe Di Salvatore

swim

Women:

• Jennifer Beckberger (replacement 4 × 100 m freestyle)
• Stephanie Horner (400 m freestyle, 4 × 200 m freestyle)
• Tanya Hunks (800 m freestyle, 400 m medley)
• Savannah King (400 m freestyle)
• Alexa Komarnycky (400 m layers)
• Audrey Lacroix (100 and 200 m butterfly, 4 × 100 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m medley)
• Erica Morningstar (100 m freestyle, 200 m medley, 4 × 100 and 4 × 200 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m medley)
• Kevyn Peterson (replacement 4 × 200 m freestyle)
• Annamay Pierse (100 and 200 m chest, 4 × 100 m medley)
• Victoria Poon (50 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m freestyle)
• Geneviève Saumur (200 m freestyle, 4 × 200 m freestyle)
• Lindsay Seeman (200 m back)
• Jillian Tyler (100 m chest)
• Julia Wilkinson (200 m freestyle, 100 m back, 200 m medley, 4 × 100 and 4 × 200 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m medley)

Men:

• Joe Bartoch (100 m butterfly, 4 × 100 m medley )
• Keith Beavers (200 m back, 400 m medley)
• Mathieu Bois (100 m chest, 200 m chest, 4 × 100 m medley)
• Michael Brown (100 and 200 m chest)
• Ryan Cochrane (400m Freestyle, 1500m Freestyle - Bronze )
• Joel Greenshields (100m freestyle, 4 × 100m freestyle)
• Brent Hayden (100 and 200 m freestyle, 4 × 100 and 4 × 200 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m medley)
• Richard Hortness (50 m freestyle, replacement 4 × 100 m freestyle)
• Andrew Hurd (4 × 200 m freestyle)
• Brian Johns (200 and 400 m medley, substitute 4 × 200 m freestyle)
• Tobias Oriwol (200 m back)
• Colin Russell (200 m freestyle, 4 × 100 and 4 × 200 m freestyle)
• Rick Say (4 × 100 m freestyle)
• Adam Sioui (100 and 200 m butterfly, 4 × 200 m freestyle)
• Jake Tapp (100 m back, 4 × 100 m layers)

sailing

Women:

• Katie Abbott (Yngling)
• Nikola Girke (windsurfing)
• Martha Henderson (Yngling)
• Jennifer Provan (Yngling)
• Lisa Ross (Laser Radial)

Men:

• Oliver Bone (470s)
• Chris Cook (Finn Dinghy)
• Gordon Cook (49er)
• Oskar Johansson (Tornado)
• Mike Leigh (laser)
• Stèphane Locas (470s)
• Zac Plavsic (windsurfing)
• Ben Remocker (49er)
• Kevin Stittle (Tornado)

Softball

Alison Bradley Erin Cumpstone Danielle Lawrie Sheena Lawrick Caitlin Lever Robin Mackin Noémie Marin Melanie Matthews

Erin McLean Dione Meier Kaleigh Rafter Lauren Regula Jennifer Salling Megan Timpf Jennifer Yee

Synchronized swimming

• Marie-Pierre Boudreau-Gagnon (duet, team)
• Jessika Dubuc (team)
• Marie-Pierre Gagne (team)
• Dominika Kopcik (Team)
• Ève Lamoureux (team)
• Tracy Little (team)
• Elise Marcotte (Team)
• Isabelle Rampling (duet, team)

Jennifer Song (Team)

Taekwondo

Women:

• Ivett Gonda (up to 49 kg)
• Karine Sergerie (up to 67 kg) (silver )

Men:

• Sébastien Michaud (up to 80 kg)

tennis

Men:

• Frank Dancevic (single, double)
• Frédéric Niemeyer (singles, doubles)

Table tennis

Women:

• Judy Long (singles)
• Mo Zhang (single)

Men:

• Peter-Paul Pradeeban (individual)
• Wilson Zhang (singles)

Trampoline exercise

Women:

• Karen Cockburn (silver )
• Rosannagh MacLennan

Men:

• Jason Burnett (Silver )

Triathlon

Women:

• Lauren Groves
• Carolyn Murray
• Kathy Tremblay

Men:

• Colin Jenkins
• Paul Tichelaar
• Simon Whitfield (silver )

do gymnastics

Women:

• Nansy Damianova
• Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs

Men:

• Nathan Gafuik
• Grant Golding
• David Kikuchi
• Brandon O'Neill
• Kyle Shewfelt
• Adam Wong

Water polo

Men:

Justin Boyd Devon Diggle Aaron Feltham Kevin Graham Brandon Young Constantine Kudaba Thomas Marks

Nathaniel Miller Kevin Mitchell Sasa Palamarevic Robin Randall Jonathan Ruse (replacement) Jean Sayegh Nic Youngblud

Diving

Women:

• Jennifer Abel (3-meter jumping)
• Meaghan Benfeito (10 meter synchronized jumping)
• Roseline Filion (10-meter synchronized jumping)
• Blythe Hartley (3-meter jumping)
• Émilie Heymans (10 meter high diving) (Silver )
• Marie-Ève ​​Marleau (10-meter diving platform)

Men:

• Alexandre Despatie (3-meter jumping - silver , 3-meter synchronized jumping )
• Riley McCormick (10 meter high diving)
• Arturo Miranda (3-meter synchronized jumping)
• Reuben Ross (3-meter jumping, 10-meter diving)

Web links

• List of Canadian athletes