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Oct 23, 2011 · Canada has hosted two Olympic Winter Games: in Calgary in 1988 and Vancouver in 2010. In total, Canada has won 199 medals at the Olympic Winter Games: 73 gold, 64 silver and 62 bronze medals.
- Chandra Crawford
At the Torino Olympics on 22 Feb 2006 cross-country skier...
- Duff Gibson
Duff Gibson, skeleton racer (b at Vaughan, Ont, 11 Aug...
- Sylvie Daigle
Sylvie Daigle was initially interested in long-track speed...
- Kathy Kreiner
Kathy Kreiner. Kathy Kreiner, alpine skier (b at Timmins,...
- Jasey-Jay Anderson
Jasey-Jay Anderson is one of the premier figures in Canadian...
- Alexandre Bilodeau
Alexandre Bilodeau, freestyle skier (born 8 September 1987...
- Chandra Crawford
- Leading Up to The Games
- Opening Ceremonies
- Snowboarding
- Speed Skating
- Women's Hockey
- Other Medals
This was the first time China hosted the Olympic Winter Games. Beijing became the first city ever to host both the summer and winter games, having previously hosted the 2008 Olympic Summer Games. On 8 December 2021, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a diplomatic boycott of the Games. No government officials from Canada would be attending the ...
For the first time, a male and female athlete from two different sports carried the flag for Canada at the opening ceremonies of an Olympic Winter Games. Hockey player Marie-Philip Poulin and short track speed skater Charles Hamelinreceived the honour.
Team Canada claimed six medals in snowboarding, more than in any other sport at the 2022 Games. On 7 February, Max Parrot of Cowansville, Quebec, won Canada’s first gold medal, in men’s slopestyle snowboarding. Parrot shared the podium with Mark McMorris, who won bronze. Parrot’s gold medal marked a triumphant comeback after he was treated for Hodg...
Team Canada came away with two Olympic gold medals in team speed skating; one in long track and one in short track. In the women’s team pursuit, Canada won the gold medal for the first time despite being gold medal favourites at past Olympic Winter Games. The Canadian team of Isabelle Weidemann, Ivanie Blondin and Valerie Maltais got a lucky break ...
Canada entered the Olympic women’s hockey tournament as the reigning world champions, having won the 2021 IIHF Women’s World Championship in Calgary. At the Beijing Olympics, Team Canada set the record for most goals scored in an Olympic women’s hockey tournament with 57. They went undefeated with a record of 7–0 and beat their archrival, the Unite...
Freestyle skiers Marielle Thompson (women’s ski cross), Cassie Sharpe (women’s halfpipe) and Mikaël Kingsbury(men’s moguls) had each won an Olympic gold medal in the past. This time they all settled for silver. Sharpe shared the podium with Rachael Karker, who won bronze in the women’s halfpipe. Canada also won medals in two more mixed team events ...
Canada (IOC country code CAN) has competed at every Winter Olympic Games, and has won at least one medal each time. By total medals, the country's best performance was in the 2018 Winter Olympic Games where Canadian athletes won 29 medals. Canada set a new record for most gold medals won by a country in a single Winter Olympics with 14 at the ...
May 10, 2018 · The 2018 Olympic Winter Games were held in PyeongChang, South Korea, from 8 to 25 February 2018. Canada sent 225 athletes (122 men and 103 women) and finished third in the overall medal count with 29 medals (11 gold, 8 silver and 10 bronze). It was Canada’s highest medal total at a single Olympic Winter Games.
Mar 2, 2018 · From constructing all venues in accordance with Canada’s green-building standards to embracing an ambitious carbon management and offset programme, the Olympic Winter Games Vancouver 2010 set new standards for sustainability.
Canada has won at least one medal at every Olympics in which it has competed. The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) is the National Olympic Committee for Canada. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Canada would win more gold medals than any other competing nation for the first time.
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The Whistler Olympic Park is the location of the Nordic events facilities for the 2010 Winter Olympics and is located in the Madeley Creek basin in the Callaghan Valley, west of Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. The facility hosted the biathlon, cross-country skiing, Nordic combined, and ski jumping. After the Olympics the park remains a ...
