Team Canada - Profile

Highlights:

@ PYEONGCHANG 2018
Canada competed with a team of 220 athletes (119 men, 101 women), in 14 sports: Alpine skiing, biathlon, bobsleigh, cross-country skiing, curling, figure skating, freestyle skiing, ice hockey, luge, short track speed skating, skeleton, ski jumping, snowboarding, and speed skating.

Canada won 29 medals (11 gold), with 12 medals won by women, 12 by men, and five in mixed/open events. Canada was third on the medal table at PyeongChang, both in terms of medals won and gold medals won, and its men were also third on both lists. Canada led the medal and gold medal counts in both figure skating and freestyle skiing.

Canada won medals in nine of the 15 disciplines on the Olympic Winter programme in PyeongChang, led by figure skaters Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, who took home two gold medals in ice dance and the team event, and short track skater Kim Boutin, who won three medals (one silver, two bronze). Ted-Jan Bloemen won a gold and silver medal in speed skating, winning the 10000m and placing second in the 5000m.

PYEONGCHANG 2018 MEDALS
Bobsleigh: 2 (1-0-1)
Curling: 1 (1-0-0)
Figure Skating: 4 (2-0-2)
Freestyle Skiing: 7 (4-2-1)
Ice Hockey: 2 (0-1-1)
Luge: 2 (0-1-1)
Short Track Speed Skating: 5 (1-1-3)
Snowboarding: 4 (1-2-1)
Speed Skating: 2 (1-1-0)
Total: 29 (11-8-10)

PYEONGCHANG 2018 FLAGBEARERS
Opening Ceremony: Scott Moir (FSK) / Tessa Virtue (FSK)
Closing Ceremony: Kim Boutin (STK)

OLYMPIC GAMES HISTORY
Canada first appeared at the St. Louis 1904 Olympic Games. Since then, Canada has appeared at every Olympic Games other than Moscow 1980.

Canada has appeared at every Olympic Winter Games since its inception in 1924, and its ice hockey team won in Antwerp in 1920. This began a trend that continued until the Soviet Union entered the Olympic ice hockey tournaments, starting in 1956.

Canada has won 523 Olympic medals (143 golds), including 199 medals at the Olympic Winter Games with 73 golds (excluding 1920 ice hockey).

Speed skater Cindy Klassen has won the most medals of any Canadian Winter Olympian with six (2002, 2006). Clara Hughes has also won six Olympic medals, competing at both the Summer and Winter Olympic Games, winning two medals in cycling (1996) and four in speed skating (2002, 2006, 2010). Three female Canadian ice hockey players have won four gold medals (Jayna Hefford, Hayley Wickenheiser, Caroline Ouellette).

Although Canada has been dominant in ice hockey, its best sports at the Olympic Winter Games in terms of medals won have been speed skating with 37 (9-13-15), short track speed skating with 33 (9-12-12), figure skating with 29 (6-11-12), freestyle skiing with 25 (12-9-4), and ice hockey with 22 (13-6-3).

Canada won its most medals at the Olympic Winter Games at PyeongChang 2018 with 29, while winning the most gold medals on home soil at Vancouver 2010 with 14.

It has added another 323 medals at the Olympic Games (with 69 gold). Swimmer Penny Oleksiak has been the top medal winner for Canada, with seven medals (2016, 2020), followed by sprinter Andre de Grasse with six medals (2016, 2020).

OLYMPIC HOSTS
Montreal, QC - 1976 Olympic Games
Calgary, AB - 1988 Olympic Winter Games
Vancouver, BC - 2010 Olympic Winter Games

MILESTONES

First Competitor, Female: Cecil Smith (28 January 1924) - 1924 - Figure Skating (Singles) - 6th
First Competitor, Male: Team (23 April 1920) - 1920 - Ice Hockey - Gold
First Competitor, Male: Charlie Gorman (26 January 1924) - 1924 - Speed Skating (500m) - 7th

Youngest Competitor, Female: Betsy Clifford (14y-118d) - 1968 - Alpine Skiing (Downhill) - 23rd
Youngest Competitor, Male: Donald McPherson (15y-004d) - 1960 - Figure Skating (Singles) - 10th

Oldest Competitor, Female: Carolyn Darbyshire-McRory (46y-072d) - 2010 - Curling - Silver
Oldest Competitor, Male: Paul Savage (50y-230d) - 1998 - Curling - Silver

First Medallist, Female: Barbara Ann Scott (6 February 1948) - 1948 - Figure Skating (Singles) - Gold
First Medallist, Male: Team (29 April 1920) - 1920 - Ice Hockey - Gold
First Medallist, Male: Team (3 February 1924) - 1924 - Ice Hockey - Gold

First Gold Medallist, Female: Barbara Ann Scott (6 February 1948) - 1948 - Figure Skating (Singles) - Gold
First Gold Medallist, Male: Team (29 April 1920) - 1920 - Ice Hockey - Gold
First Gold Medallist, Male: Team (3 February 1924) - 1924 - Ice Hockey - Gold

Youngest Medallist, Female: Debbi Wilkes (17y-044d) - 1964 - Figure Skating (Pairs) - Silver
Youngest Medallist, Male: Marc Gagnon (18y-275d) - 1994 - Short Track Speed Skating (1000m) - Bronze

Youngest Gold Medallist, Female: Kathy Kreiner (18y-285d) - 1976 - Alpine Skiing (Giant Slalom) - Gold
Youngest Gold Medallist, Male: Hooley Smith (19y-026d) - 1924 - Ice Hockey - Gold

Oldest Medallist, Female: Carolyn Darbyshire-McRory (46y-082d) - 2010 - Curling - Silver
Oldest Medallist, Male: Paul Savage (50y-236d) - 1998 - Curling - Silver

Oldest Gold Medallist, Female: Danielle Goyette (40y-020d) - 2006 - Ice Hockey - Gold
Oldest Gold Medallist, Male: Russ Howard (50y-005d) - 2006 - Curling - Gold

Most Medals, Female: Cindy Klassen (6 | 1-2-3) - Speed Skating
Most Medals, Male: Scott Moir (5 | 3-2-0) - Figure Skating
Most Medals, Male: Charles Hamelin (5 | 3-1-1) - ShortTrack Speed Skating
Most Medals, Male: Marc Gagnon (5 | 3-0-2) - Short Track Speed Skating
Most Medals, Male: Francois-Louis Tremblay (5 | 2-2-1) - Short Track Speed Skating

Most Gold Medals, Female: Jayna Hefford (4) - Ice Hockey
Most Gold Medals, Female: Hayley Wickenheiser (4) - Ice Hockey
Most Gold Medals, Female: Caroline Ouellette (4) - Ice Hockey
Most Gold Medals, Male: Scott Moir (3) - Figure Skating
Most Gold Medals, Male: Charles Hamelin (3) - Short Track Speed Skating
Most Gold Medals, Male: Marc Gagnon (3) - Short Track Speed Skating

Additional Information:

http://olympic.ca/

Anthem Title: O Canada

Anthem Composer: Music: Calixa Lavallee, Lyrics: Adolphe-Basile Routhier (French), Robert Stanley Weir (English)

Anthem Inducted: 1980

Founding Date: 1903

IOC Recognition Date: 1906

Delegation President: Tricia Smith

Delegation Secretary General: David Shoemaker

IOC Members: Current:
Richard W. Pound, Q.C., Ad. E. (entry into IOC: 1978)
Hayley Wickenheiser (entry into IOC: 2014)
Tricia Smith (entry into IOC: 2016)

Former:
John Hanbury-Williams (1911-1921)
Jim Merrick (1921-1946)
Sir George Brown (1928-1939)
John Patteson (1946-1954)
Sidney Dawes (1947-1967)
Jim Worrall (1967-1989)
Carol Anne Letheren (1990-2001)
Charmaine Crooks (1999-2004)
Bob Steadward (2000-2003)
Paul Henderson (2000-2004)
Beckie Scott (2006-2014)

First OG/PG Appearance: 1924

Number OG/PG Appearances: 23

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