2006 Winter Olympics / Participant (Canada)

CAN

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Canada participated in the 2006 Winter Olympics in the Italian Turin in part and was the Canadian Olympic Committee representative.

The goal was to get into the top three in the medal table, as the 2010 Winter Olympics were taking place in their own country.

Flag bearer

Ice hockey player Danielle Goyette wore the flag of Canada during the opening ceremony, and at the closing ceremony it was carried by speed skater Cindy Klassen .

Participants by sport

biathlon

• Men: Robin Clegg , Jean-Philippe Leguellec , David Leoni
• Women: Martine Albert , Sandra Keith , Zina Kocher , Marie-Pierre Parent

bob

• Men: Morgan Alexander , David Bissett , Lascelles Brown , Nathan Cunningham , Serge Despres , Ken Kotyk , Steve Larsen , Florian Linder , Pierre Lueders
• Women: Jaime Cruickshank , Suzanne Gavine-Hlady , Heather Moyse , Kaillie Simundson (replacement), Helen Upperton

Curling

• Women: Shannon Kleibrink , Amy Nixon , Glenys Bakker , Christine Keshen , Sandra Jenkins (x)
• Men: Brad Gushue , Mark Nichols , Russ Howard , Jamie Korab , Mike Adam (x)

ice Hockey

• Men: Martin Brodeur , Roberto Luongo , Marty Turco , Rob Blake , Adam Foote , Jay Bouwmeester , Chris Pronger , Bryan McCabe , Wade Redden , Robyn Regehr , Joe Sakic , Jarome Iginla , Simon Gagné , Vincent Lecavalier , Brad Richards , Martin St. Louis , Dany Heatley , Joe Thornton , Shane Doan , Todd Bertuzzi , Kris Draper , Rick Nash , Eric Staal (x), Jason Spezza (x), Dan Boyle (x)

• Women: Charline Labonté ( Montreal Axion , NWHL), Kim St. Pierre ( Québec Avalanche , NWHL), Gillian Ferrari ( Brampton Thunder , NWHL), Becky Kellar ( Oakville Ice , NWHL), Carla MacLeod (University of Wisconsin, WCHA), Caroline Ouellette (University of Minnesota Duluth, WCHA), Cheryl Pounder ( Toronto Eros , NWHL), Colleen Sostorics ( Calgary Oval X-Treme , WWHL), Meghan Agosta (Windsor, Ontario Jr.AA), Gillian Apps (Dartmouth College, ECAC ), Jennifer Botterill (Toronto Eros, NWHL), Cassie Campbell (Calgary Oval X-Treme, WWHL), Danielle Goyette (Calgary Oval X-Treme, WWHL), Jayna Hefford (Brampton Thunder, NWHL), Gina Kingsbury (Montréal Axion, NWHL), Cherie Piper (Dartmouth College, ECAC), Vicky Sunohara (Brampton Thunder, NWHL), Sarah Vaillancourt (Harvard University, ECAC), Katie Weatherston (Dartmouth College, ECAC), Hayley Wickenheiser (Calgary Oval X-Treme, WWHL) , Sami Jo Small (x), Delaney Collins (x)

figure skating

Men's

• Jeffrey Buttle - bronze
• Emanuel Sandhu - 13th place
• Shawn Sawyer - 12th place

Ladies

• Mira Leung - 12th place
• Joannie Rochette

5th place - 167.27 pts.

Pair skating

• Jessica Dubé / Bryce Davison

10th place - 159.71 pts.

• Valerie Marcoux / Craig Buntin

11th place - 158.21 pts.

Ice dance

• Marie-France Dubreuil / Patrice Lauzon - withdrawn
• Megan Wing / Aaron Lowe - 11th place

Speed ​​skating

Men's

• Arne Dankers

  5000 m: 5th place - 6: 21.26 min .; +6.58 sec.

• Steven Elm

  5000 m: 22nd place - 6: 41.53 min .; +26.85 sec.

• Mike Ireland
• Vincent Labrie
• Brock Miron
• Denny Morrison
• François-Olivier Roberge
• Justin Warsylewicz

  5000 m: 24th place - 6: 43.74 min .; +29.06 sec.

• Jeremy Wotherspoon

Ladies

• Kristina Groves , Clara Hughes , Cindy Klassen , Krisy Myers , Christine Nesbitt , Shannon Rempel , Kerry Simpson , Kim Weger

Freestyle skiing

Men's

• Jeff Bean
• Alexandre Bilodeau
• Marc-Andre Moreau
• Kyle Nissen
• Steve Omischl
• Warren Shouldice

Ladies

• Veronika Bauer
• Deidra Dionne
• Jennifer Heil

  Moguls: gold medal; 26.50 points in the final

• Kristi Richards

  Mogul slope: 7th place; 23.30 points in the final

• Audrey Robichaud

  Mogul slope: 8th place; 23.10 points in the final

• Stephanie St. Pierre

  Mogul slope: 12th place; 22.52 points in the final

Luge

• Men: Grant Albrecht , Jeffrey Christie , Ian Cockerline , Samuel Edney , Chris Moffat , Mike Moffat , Eric Pothier
• Women: Alex Gough , Regan Lauscher , Meaghan Simister

Short track

Men's

• Éric Bédard

  1000 m: disqualified in the semifinals

  5000 m relay: silver medal

• Jonathan Guilmette

  5000 m relay: silver medal

• Charles Hamelin

  1500 m: 4th place

  5000 m relay: silver medal

• François-Louis Tremblay

  1000 m: disqualified in the quarterfinals

  5000 m relay: silver medal

• Mathieu Turcotte

  1500 m: B final and a total of 6th place

  5000 m relay: silver medal

Ladies

• Alanna Kraus , Anouk Leblanc-Boucher , Amanda Overland , Kalyna Roberge , Tania Vicent

skeleton

Men's

• Paul Boehm

  4th Place; 1: 57.06 min; +1.18 sec

• Duff Gibson

  Gold medal; 1: 55.88 min

• Jeff Pain

  Silver medal; 1: 56.14 min; +0.26 sec

Ladies

• Lindsay Alcock

  10th place; 2: 02.85 min; +3.02 sec

• Mellisa Hollingsworth-Richards

  Bronze medal; 2: 01.41 min; +1.58 sec

Alpine skiing

• Brigitte Acton
• Patrick Biggs
• François Bourque

  Downhill, men: 16th place - 1: 50.70 min.

  Alpine Combination, men: 21st place - 3: 14.25 min.

• Emily Brydon

  Downhill, women: 20th place - 1: 58.97 min.

• Allison Forsyth
• Thomas Grandi
• Erik Guay
• Michael Janyk
• John Kucera

  Downhill, men: 27th place - 1: 51.55 min.

  Alpine Combination, men: 17th place - 3: 13.26 min.

• Sherry Lawrence

  Downhill, women: 27th place - 2: 00.47 min.

• Manuel Osborne-Paradis

  Downhill, men: 13th place - 1: 50.45 min.

  Alpine combined, men: not started for slalom (2nd run)

• Jean-Philippe Roy
• Shona Rubens

  Downhill, women: 26th place - 2: 00.30 min.

• Ryan Semple

  Alpine combined, men: eliminated in slalom (1st run)

• Geneviève Simard
• Kelly VanderBeek

  Downhill, women: 24th place - 1: 59.63 min.

Nordic skiing

Cross-country skiing

• Men: Sean Crooks , Drew Goldsack , George Gray , Chris Jeffries , Devon Kershaw , Dan Roycroft , Phil Widmer
• Women: Amanda Ammar , Chandra Crawford , Sara Renner , Beckie Scott , Milaine Thériault

Ski jumping

• Gregory Baxter , Graeme Gorham , Jason Myslicki , Michael Nell , Stefan Read

Nordic combination

• Jason Myslicki

  Individual (normal hill K106 / 15 km): 41st place, +6: 36.4 min.

• Max Thompson

  Individual (normal hill K106 / 15 km): 44th place, +8: 13.2 min.

Snowboard

• Men: Crispin Lipscomb , Justin Lamoureux , Drew Neilson , Tom Velisek , Jasey-Jay Anderson , Francois Boivin , Philippe Berube , Hugo Lemay , Brad Martin
• Women: Maëlle Ricker , Mercedes Nicoll , Alexa Loo , Erin Simmons , Dominique Maltais , Sarah Conrad , Dominique Vallee

x - replacement