Canada at the 2024 Summer Paralympics explained

Npc:CAN
Country:Canada
Year:2024
Games:Summer Paralympics
Flagcaption:Flag of Canada
Npcname:Canadian Paralympic Committee
Location:Paris, France
Competitors:86
Sports:16
Appearances:auto

Canada is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France from 28 August to 8 September.

Competitors

The following is the list of athletes per sport/discipline.

width=180Sportwidth=55Menwidth=55Womenwidth=55Total
Archery1 0 1
Athletics8 3 11
Boccia1 1 2
Cycling1 1 2
EquestrianTBD TBD 4
Goalball0 6 6
Paracanoeing1 2 3
Paratriathlon1 2 3
Rowing1 0 1
Sitting volleyball0 12 12
Swimming1 4 5
Table tennis1 0 1
Wheelchair basketball12 12 24
Wheelchair rugbyTBD TBD 12
Total 27 43 86

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Archery at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification. Canada entered one male archers into the games by virtue of his result at the 2023 Parapan American Games in Santiago, Chile.

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification. Canadian track and field athletes achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2023 World Championships, 2024 World Championships, or through high performance allocation, as long as they meet the minimum entry standard (MES).

Track & road events
  • Men
  • AthleteEventHeatFinal
    ResultRankResultRank
    Anthony Bouchard100 m T52
    Cody Fournie100 m T51
    Zach Gingras400 m T38
    Guillaume Ouellet1500 m T38
    Nate Riech1500m T38
    Austin Smeenk100 m T34
    Women
    AthleteEventHeatFinal
    ResultRankResultRank
    align=left rowspan=2Bianca Borgella100 m T13
    200 m T13
    Keegan Gaunt1500 m T13
    align=left rowspan=2Sheriauna Haase100 m T47
    200 m T47
    align=left rowspan=2Marissa Papaconstantinou100 m T64
    200 m T64
    Amanda Rummery400 m T47
    Field events
  • Men
  • AthleteEventFinal
    ResultRank
    Greg StewartShot put F46
    Noah VucsicsLong jump T20
    align=left rowspan=2Jesse ZesseuDiscus throw F37
    Women
    AthleteEventFinal
    ResultRank
    Charlotte BoltonDiscus throw F41
    Renee FoesselDiscus throw F38
    Julia HanesShot put F33
    Katie PeggShot put F46
    Ashlyn RenneburgJavelin F13

    Badminton

    See main article: Badminton at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.

    Boccia

    See main article: Boccia at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Canadian athletes secured a quota in BC4 pairs after winning gold at the 2023 Parapan American Games in Santiago, Chile.

    AthleteEventPool matchesQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal /
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    RankOpposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    Rank
    Lance CrydermanMen's individual BC1
    Danik AllardMen's individual BC2
    Iulian CiobanuMen's individual BC4
    Alison LevineWomen's individual BC4
    Iulian Ciobanu
    Alison Levine
    Mixed pairs BC4

    Cycling

    See main article: Cycling at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Nathan Clement, Alexandre Hayward, Charles Moreau, Kate O'Brien, Melissa Pemble, Michael Sametz and Keely Shaw have all qualified to compete.

    Equestrian

    See main article: Equestrian at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Canada entered a full squad of four para-equestrianist into the Paralympic equestrian competition, as the highest Americas team, not yet qualified, through final world para dressage rankings.

    Individual
    AthleteHorseEventTotal
    ScoreRank
    Roberta SheffieldFairuzaIndividual championship test grade II
    Individual freestyle test grade II
    Jody SchlossEl ColoradoIndividual championship test grade I
    Individual freestyle test grade I
    Austen BurnsHappy Feet 3Individual championship test grade I
    Individual freestyle test grade I
    Team
    AthleteHorseEventIndividual scoreTotal
    ScoreRank
    Roberta Sheffieldalign=left rowspan=4See abovealign=left rowspan=4Team
    Jody Schloss
    Austen Burns

    Goalball

    See main article: Goalball at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Canada women's Goalball team qualified for the paralympic games by virtue of the results at the 2023 Parapan American Games in Santiago, Chile.[1]

    Summary

    Paracanoeing

    See main article: Paracanoeing at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Canada earned quota places for the following events through the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg, Germany; and 2024 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged, Hungary.

    AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalFinal
    TimeRankTimeRankTime Rank
    Mathieu St-PierreMen's VL2
    Brianna HennessyWomen's VL2
    Erica ScarffWomen's VL3

    Paratriathlon

    See main article: Paratriathlon at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Canada named three paratriathletes to compete for Canada at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.[2]

    AthleteEventFinal
    ResultRank
    Stefan DanielMen's PTS5
    Kamylle FrenetteWomen's PTS5
    Leanne TaylorWomen's PTWC

    Rowing

    See main article: article and Rowing at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Canada qualified one boats in men's single sculls classes, by virtue of the highest ranked eligible boats, at the 2024 Pan American Continental Qualification Regatta in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

    Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage

    Sitting volleyball

    See main article: Sitting volleyball at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.

    Summary

    Women's tournament

    See main article: Sitting volleyball at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Women's tournament. Canada women's national sitting volleyball team qualified for the 2024 Summer Paralympics after finishing as the top ranked unqualified nation at the 2023 World ParaVolley World Cup held in Cairo, Egypt.[3]

    Team roster

    Swimming

    See main article: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Swimming at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification. Canadian swimmers achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2023 World Para Swimming Championships, and through high-performance allocation, as long as they meet the minimum entry standard (MES). Twenty swimmers have qualified to compete: Nicholas Bennett, Katie Cosgriffe, Danielle Dorris, Sabrina Duchesne, Alec Elliot, Nikita Ens, Arianna Hunsicker, Mary Jibb, Fernando Lu, Sebastian Massabie, Reid Maxwell, Shelby Newkirk, Hannah Ouellette, Clémence Paré, Aurelie Rivard, Tess Routliffe, Katarina Roxon, Abi Tripp, Nicolas-Guy Turbide, Philippe Vachon, Emma Van Dyk and Aly Van Wyck-Smart.[4]

    Men
    Women
    AthleteEventHeatsFinal
    ResultRankResultRank
     50m freestyle S10
    align=left  200m individual medley SM7
     100m backstroke S6
     100m breaststroke SB7

    Wheelchair basketball

    See main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.

    Summary
    TeamEventGroup StageSemifinalFinal /
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    RankOpposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    Rank
    Canada men'sMen's tournament
    Canada women'sWomen's tournament

    Men's tournament

    See main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Men's tournament. Canada men's team qualified to compete by virtue of their top four results at the 2024 IWBF Men's Repechage in Antibes, France.

    Team roster

    Women's tournament

    See main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Women's tournament. Canada women's team qualified to compete by virtue of their top four results at the 2024 IWBF Women's Repechage in Osaka, Japan.

    Team roster

    Table tennis

    See main article: Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification. For the first time in Paralympics Games. Peter Isherwood has qualified to compete.

    Wheelchair rugby

    See main article: Wheelchair rugby at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Canada team has qualified to compete at the Paralympic games, by virtue of their top three highest ranked team results, at the 2024 Paralympic Qualification Tournament in Wellington, New Zealand.

    Summary
    Team roster

    Wheelchair tennis

    See main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Robert Shaw has qualified to compete.

    See also

    Notes and References

    1. News: Goalball: The Canada women’s team gets a ticket to Paris 2024 with the American title. 24 November 2023. International Blind Sports Federation. 3 December 2023.
    2. Web site: Dornan . Chris . 2024-07-10 . Para triathlon team nominated for Paris 2024 Paralympic Games . 2024-08-04 . Triathlon Canada . en-US.
    3. News: 2023 WPV Sitting Volleyball World Cup Day 8: Iran and China earn top podium finishes in Cairo. 18 November 2023. World ParaVolley. 2 December 2023.
    4. Web site: 19 May 2024. Team of 20 para swimmers nominated to Paris 2024 Canadian Paralympic Team. Canadian Paralympic Committee.