2008 Summer Paralympics / Participant (Canada)

CAN

19th	10	21st

Canada took 155 athletes to the 2008 Summer Paralympics in China's Beijing in part.

The flag bearer of one of the biggest teams in the tournament at the opening ceremony was the swimmer Donovan Tildesley .

The most successful participant of the team was the athlete Chantal Petitclerc with five gold medals. With 19 gold medals, Canada ranks 7th in the nations' ranking and 10th with 50 medals won.

Medals

Medal table

Medal table Canada
space	sport				total
1	athletics	10	1	8th	19th
2	swim	7th	7th	9	23
3	horse riding	1	1	-	2
4th	sailing	1	-	1	2
5	Wheelchair basketball	-	1	-	1
6th	Cycling	-	-	2	2
7th	Wheelchair rugby	-	-	1	1
Total		19th	10	21st	50

Participants by sport

Boccia

Women

• Sarah Douglas
• Alison Kabush
• Monica Martino
• Tammy Lee McLeod
• Dalia Mykolaitiene
• Shannon Sydorak

Men

• Adam Dukovich
• Paul Gauthier
• Hanif Mawji
• Hussein Mawji
• Brock Richardson
• Ed Richardson

Archery

Women

• Lyne Tremblay

Men

• Kevin Evans
• Norbert Murphy

Goalball

Women	Men
Amy Alsop Amy Kneebone Annette Lisabeth Nancy Morin Shawna Ryan Contessa Scott	Mario Caron Jeff Christy Rob Christy Brendan Gaulin Bruno Hache Dean Kozak

Judo

Men

• Bill Morgan

athletics

Women

• Ilana Duff , 1x (100 meters, class T53)
• Jessica Matassa
• Megan Muscat
• Chantal Petitclerc , 5x (100 meters, 200 meters, 400 meters, 800 meters, 1500 meters; class T54)
• Stefanie Reid , 1x (200 meters, class T44)
• Leah Robinson
• Diane Roy , 1x (5000 meters, class T54), 2x (400 meters, 800 meters; class T54)
• Michelle Stilwell , 2x (100 meters, 200 meters; Class T52)
• Kris Vriend

Men

• Jeff Adams
• Andre Beaudoin , 1x (100 meters, class T52)
• Dean Bergeron , 2x (100 meters, 200 meters; class T52), 1x (400 meters, class T52)
• Josh Cassidy
• Jean Paul Compaore
• Earle Connor , 1x (100 meters, class T42)
• Jason Dunkerley , 1x (1500 meters, class T11)
• Michel Filteau
• Eric Gauthier
• Clayton Gerein
• Brent Lakatos
• Mark Ledo
• Colin Mathieson
• Kyle Pettey , 1x (shot put, class F33 / 34/52)
• Curtis Thom
• Dustin Walsh
• Steve Walters
• Sean Young

Powerlifting (bench press)

Women

• Sally Thomas

Cycling

Women

• Mathilde Hupin *
• Genevieve Oullet *
• Shauna White

Men

• Mark Beggs
• Pierre-Olivier Boily
• Eric Bourgault
• Mark Breton
• Daniel Chalifour
• Alexandre Cloutier
• Stephane Cote
• Brian Cowe
• Brayden McDougall
• Rico Morneau
• Jean Quevillon , 1x (individual pursuit track, class CP3)
• Devon Smibert

| * Competitions of the blind

Women single road race class B&VI 1-3 (bronze, )
Mathilde Hupin Genevieve Oullet

horse riding

Women

• Lauren Barwick , 1x (Freestyle Individual, Grade II), 1x (Championship Individual, Grade II)
• Karen Brain
• Eleanor Elstone
• Ashley Gowanlock
• Jennifer McKenzie

Wheelchair basketball

Women	Men (silver )
Chantal Benoit Traca Ferguson Tara Feser Lisa Franks Katie Harnock Jennifer Krempien Janet McLachlan Kendra Ohama Cindy Oullet Sabrina Pettinicchi Lori Radke Misty Thomas	Patrick Anderson Jaimie Borisoff Abditatch Dini David Durepos David Eng Robert Hedges Joey Johnson Adam Lancia Ross Norton Richard Peter Yvon Rouillard Chris Stoutenberg

Wheelchair fencing

Men

• Pierre Mainville

Wheelchair rugby

Mixed (bronze )
Ian Chan Jason Crone Jared Funk Garett Hickling Trevor Hirschfield Fabien Lavoie Say Luangkhamdeng Daniel Paradis Erika dirt Patrica Simard Mike Whitehead David Willsie

Wheelchair tennis

Women

• Yuka Chokyu
• Sarah Hunter (athlete)

Men

• Lee Carter
• Yann Mathieu

rowing

Women

• Laura Katherine Comeau
• Meghan Montgomery
• Victoria Nolan
• Caitlin Renneson

Men

• Steve Daniel
• Wilfredo More Wilson
• Scott Rand
• Tony Theriault

shoot

Women

• Karen van Nest

Men

• Christos Trifonidis

swim

Women

• Andrea Cole
• Kirby Cote , 2x (100 meters butterfly, Class S13; 200 meters layers , class SM13)
• Stephanie Dixon , 1x (100 meters back, class S9), 2x (400 meters freestyle, class S9; 200 meters medley, class SM9), 1x (100 meters freestyle, class S9)
• Chelsey Gotell , 2x (100 meters back, class S13; 200 meters medley, class SM13), 1x (100 meters freestyle, class S13), 2x (100 meters butterfly, 400 meters freestyle; class S13)
• Valerie Grand Maison , 3x (100 + 400 meters freestyle, 100 meters butterfly; class S13), 2x (50 meters freestyle, 100 meters backwards ; class S13), 1x (200 meter medley, class SM13)
• Brittany Gray
• Laura Jensen
• Steph McDougall
• Brianna Nelson
• Anne Polinario , 1x (50 meters freestyle, class S10)
• Jacqueline Rennebohm
• Katarina Roxon
• Darda Sales
• Amber Thomas
• Jess Tuomela

Men

• Joe Barker
• Drew Christensen
• Devin Gotell
• Brian Hill
• Benoit Huot , 4x (50 + 100 + 400 meters freestyle, class S10; 200 meters medley, class SM10)
• Donovan Tildesley , 1x (400 meters freestyle, class S11)

sailing

Women

• Stacie Louttit *

Men

• Ken Kelly
• John Scott McRoberts *
• Marc Shaw
• Don Terlson
• Paul Tingley , 1x ( one-man keelboat )

| * Team competitions

Two-man keelboat Skud 18 (bronze )
Stacie Louttit John Scott McRoberts

Table tennis

Men

• Ian Kent

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Summer Paralympic Participant List ( Memento from March 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Query at paralympic.org (as of September 28, 2008)
2. ↑ Paralympic.org, September 28, 2008, list of standard bearers ( memento of March 26, 2009 in the Internet Archive )