Canada's Paralympians are right here: 128 athletes named to Canadian roster for Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games

– 55 athletes put to compose Paralympic debut; team comprises 26 Paralympic medallists

– Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games takes device August 24 to September 5, 2021

OTTAWA, ON, Aug. 8, 2021 /CNW/ – Canada’s Paralympians are ready for their moment in the spotlight. A total of 128 athletes, at the side of guides, had been officially named to the Tokyo 2020 Canadian Paralympic Team, the Canadian Paralympic Committee confirmed this day. The Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games kick off in precisely over two weeks on August 24 and slither via September 5.

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Canada will be competing in 18 sports in Tokyo: wheelchair basketball (23 athletes), Para swimming (19), Para athletics (16), wheelchair rugby (12), sitting volleyball (11), Para biking (9), Para rowing (7), goalball (6), boccia (4), Para equestrian (4), Para triathlon (4), wheelchair fencing (4), Para canoe (3), Taking pictures Para sport (2), Para archery (1), Para badminton (1), Para judo (1), and wheelchair tennis (1).

The team will be supported in Tokyo by 113 coaches and increase workers.

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CLICK HERE to in finding entry to bios of every athlete named to the Canadian Paralympic Team.

“Congratulations to every and each athlete selected to indicate Canada in Tokyo,” talked about Stephanie Dixon, chef de mission, Tokyo 2020 Canadian Paralympic Team. “Canada’s Paralympians are absolute stars – they are among the many most effective athletes in the enviornment, and I will be succesful to’t wait for their worthy laborious work, talent, dedication, and perseverance to be effectively-known all the strategy in which via Canada.

“It has been a piquant 18 months getting ready for these Games. For some athletes, this may perchance well be their first world competition in nearly two years. It’s an broad accomplishment to compete at these Paralympic Games, and all people has been working so laborious for this different. I do know we will have the potential to see some excellent performances in Tokyo and hear about some equally excellent studies. I will be succesful to’t wait to cheer on all 128 Canadian athletes on the Games shiny that millions of Canadians will be cheering for them aid at home!”

About the Tokyo 2020 Canadian Paralympic Team:

Canada has qualified five teams (girls’s goalball, girls’s sitting volleyball, wheelchair rugby, girls’s wheelchair basketball, men’s wheelchair basketball)
55.5 per cent of the team is comprised of female athletes (71 female, 57 male)
Para badminton is making its Paralympic Games debut in Tokyo, with Olivia Meier put to change into the first Canadian Paralympian in the game
Two Paralympians are making their Games debuts in original sports: Jessica Tuomela (Para triathlon, previously Para swimming) and Lyne Tremblay (Taking pictures Para sport, previously Para archery)
The oldest member of the team is Ruth Sylvie Morel at age 64 (wheelchair fencing) while the youngest is Nicholas Bennett at 17 (Para swimming)
55 athletes will be making their Paralympic debuts, with the youngest being 17-365 days-old Nicholas Bennett (Para swimming) and the oldest being Winona Hartvikson (Para equestrian) at age 62
73 athletes have Paralympic expertise, at the side of 68 athletes who’re returning from the Rio 2016 team
Two athletes are put to compose their sixth Paralympic Games appearances: Karen Van Nest (Para archery; she additionally competed in three Games in Taking pictures Para sport) and Patrice Simard (wheelchair rugby). A further six athletes will be competing at their fifth Paralympic Games: Brent Lakatos (Para athletics), Lauren Barwick (Para equestrian), Cindy Ouellet (wheelchair basketball; additionally competed in 2018 in Para nordic snowboarding), Patrick Anderson (wheelchair basketball), Fabien Lavoie (wheelchair rugby), and Mike Whitehead (wheelchair rugby)
A total of 26 athletes are Paralympic medallists. Brent Lakatos (Para athletics) leads the capacity with seven medals while Aurelie Rivard (Para swimming) has five Paralympic medals
11 provinces and territories are represented by the Canadian team: Ontario (42 athletes), Quebec (28), British Columbia (21), Alberta (20), Saskatchewan (7), New Brunswick (4), PEI (1), Yukon (1), Nova Scotia (1), Newfoundland & Labrador (1), and Manitoba (1), with an additional in but one more nation athlete
Two athletes have participated in Paralympian Search, an event held to introduce Paralympic sport to more of us and spot athletes with high performance doable. Charlotte Bolton (Para athletics) and Andrea Nelson (Para canoe) every attended the 2017 Toronto model and can also peaceable change into the first two athletes from a Paralympian Search event to compete at a Paralympic Games

Audiences all the strategy in which via the nation will be in a put to glance their current athletes compete and spot their original Paralympic heroes with comprehensive coverage. Paralympic.ca may perchance be the hub of all issues Canadian Paralympic Team, while live coverage will be readily accessible from the Canadian Paralympic Media Consortium, at the side of broadcast partners CBC/Radio-Canada, AMI, and Sportsnet, and digital partners Twitter, Fb, and MXZN. Your total broadcast schedule, which would perchance consist of primetime coverage for the first time, and particulars on easy methods to glance will be announced closer to the inaugurate of the Games.

Existing for Media: Sources to quilt the Tokyo 2020 Canadian Paralympic Team will be readily accessible at Paralympic.ca/tokyo-2020-media.

About the Canadian Paralympic Committee: Paralympic.ca