Canada at the 2008 Summer Paralympics explained

Npc:	CAN
Npcname:	Canadian Paralympic Committee
Games:	Summer Paralympics
Year:	2008
Flagcaption:	Flag of Canada
Location:	Beijing
Competitors:	143
Sports:	17
Flagbearer:	Donovan Tildesley
Rank:	7
Gold:	19
Silver:	10
Bronze:	21
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1968

Canada sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. 143 Canadian athletes competed in 17 sports.^[1] Canada also sent several officials to the games, including Tara Grieve in boccia and Andrew Smith in rowing.^[2] Canada finished seventh on the medal table at the Beijing games after finishing third on the medal table at the 2004 Summer Paralympics (behind China and Great Britain).^[3] Swimmer Donovan Tildesley, a world record-holder and medalist at the 2000 and 2004 Paralympics, was the country's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.^[4] The delegation is headed by Chef de Mission Debbie Low.^[1]

Chantal Petitclerc ties the 5 gold medal record at a single Games for a Canadian, repeating the feat she performed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics, and tying Stephanie Dixon, who set the record at the 2000 Summer Paralympics.^[5]

Medallists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
			Women's 100 m - T54	7th
			Women's 100 m butterfly - S13	7th
			Women's 400 m freestyle - S13	8th
			Men's 200 m - T52	10th
			Individual freestyle test - Grade II	10th
			Women's 100 m freestyle - S13	10th
			Women's 200 m - T52	11th
			Women's 400 m - T54	12th
			Women's 200 m individual medley - SM13	12th
			Men's 100 m - T52	13th
			1-person keelboat (2.4mR)	13th
			Women's 100 m backstroke - S9	13th
			Men's 100 m - T42	14th
			Women's 200 m - T54	14th
			Women's 800 m - T54	14th
			Women's 50 m freestyle - S10	14th
			Women's 100 m backstroke - S13	14th
			Women's 100 m - T52	15th
			Women's 1500 m - T54	16th
		Swimming	Women's 100 m butterfly - S13	7th
			Individual championship test - Grade II	8th
			Women's 100 m freestyle - S13	10th
			Women's 200 m individual medley - SM9	11th
			Women's 5000 m - T54	12th
			Women's 400 m freestyle - S9	12th
			Women's 200 m individual medley - SM13	12th
			Women's 100 m backstroke - S13	14th
			Women's 50 m freestyle - S13	15th
	Men's Wheelchair Basketball Team		Men's tournament	16th
			Men's individual pursuit - CP 3	7th
			Women's 100 m butterfly - S13	7th
			Women's 100 m freestyle - S9	8th
			Women's 400 m freestyle - S13	8th
			Women's 200 m - T44	9th
			Men's 100 m freestyle - S10	9th
			Men's 200 m individual medley - SM10	11th
			Men's 400 m freestyle - S11	11th
			Men's 400 m - T52	12th
			Men's shot put - F33/34/52	12th
			Women's 100 m - T53	12th
			Women's 400 m - T54	12th
			Women's 200 m individual medley - SM13	12th
			Men's 100 m - T52	13th
			2-person keelboat (SKUD18)	13th
			Women's 800 m - T54	14th
			Women's individual road race B&VI 1-3	14th
			Men's 50 m freestyle - S10	14th
			Men's 1500 m - T11	15th
			Men's 400 m freestyle - S10	15th
	Wheelchair Rugby Team		Mixed - Open	16th

Sports

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Men

|-|align=left|Kevin Evans|align=left|Men's individual compound open|675|9|Bye|
W 110-109|
L 110-111|colspan=3|Did not advance|-|align=left|Norbert Murphy|align=left|Men's individual compound W1|627|5|
W 98-75|
L 97-111|colspan=4|Did not advance|}

Women

|-|align=left|Lyne Tremblay|align=left|Women's individual recurve W1/W2|317|20|
L 49-84|colspan=5|Did not advance|}

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Men's track

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jeff Adams	T54	400m	DNS		Did not advance
		1500m	DSQ		Did not advance
Andre Beaudoin	T52	100m	17.77
		200m	32.07	4
		400m	1:02.66	6 Q	1:05.58	8
		800m	2:08.69	7 q	2:08.54	7
Dean Bergeron	T52	100m	17.47 PR
		200m	30.81 PR
		400m	59.16 PR	1 Q	1:00.43
		800m	1:59.59	5 q	2:02.01	6
Josh Cassidy	T54	800m	1:40.54	18	Did not advance
		1500m	3:09.93	11 Q	3:09.45	14	Did not advance
		5000m	10:15.11	4 q	10:26.15	10
Jean Paul Compaore	T54	400m	49.42	11 q	58.75	16	Did not advance
		800m	1:36.66	3 Q	1:35.43	9	Did not advance
Earle Connor	T42	100m	12.32 PR
Jason Dunkerley	T11	1500m	4:15:65	2 Q	4:12.53
Jon Dunkerley	T11	100m	12.12	19	Did not advance
		200m	DSQ		Did not advance
		400m	54.59	7 q	54.27	7	Did not advance
Michel Filteau	T54	1500m	3:09.50	10 q	3:20.01	26	Did not advance
		5000m	11:01.20	26	Did not advance
		Marathon	1:28:13	16
Eric Gauthier	T53	100m	18.19	13	Did not advance
		200m	28.75	15	Did not advance
		400m	55.94	17	Did not advance
		800m	1:48.11	17	Did not advance
Clayton Gerein	T52	Marathon	2:08:04	6
Brent Lakatos	T53	100m	15.26	3 Q	15.21	6
		200m	27.42	4 q	27.44	5
		400m	52.76	6 Q	50.40	5
Mark Ledo	T54	5000m	11:30.43	27	Did not advance
		Marathon	DNF
Colin Mathieson	T54	100m	15.15	16	Did not advance
		200m	26.37	14	Did not advance
		400m	49.81	15 q	51.69	12	Did not advance
Dustin Walsh	T11	400m	55.48	11	Did not advance

Women's track

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ilana Duff	T53	100m	17.74	5 q	17.69
		200m	32.03	5 Q	31.47	5
		400m	1:00.80	5 Q	58.93	6
Tracey Ferguson	T54	200m	32.70	8 Q	31.66	8
		1500m	3:36.11	11	Did not advance
		5000m	12:31.77	7
Jessica Matassa	T54	200m	30.62	5 q	30.14	5
		400m	55.22	4 Q	57.02	7
		800m	1:58.60	9	Did not advance
Megan Muscat	T37	100m	15.84	16	Did not advance
		200m	33.63	14	Did not advance
Chantal Petitclerc	T54	100m	16.07 PR	1 Q	16.15
		200m	28.25 WR	1 Q	27.52 WR
		400m	52.50	1 Q	52.02
		800m	1:50.51 PR	1 Q	1:45.19 WR
		1500m	3:29.87	1 Q	3:39.88
Stefanie Reid	T44	100m	14.53	9	Did not advance
		200m	28.85
Leah Robinson	T37	100m	15.35	12	Did not advance
		200m	31.85	10	Did not advance
Diane Roy	T54	400m	54.88	3 Q	54.72
		800m	1:57.53	7 Q	1:48.07
		1500m	3:30.07	2 Q	3:43.66	8
		5000m	12:29.08
		Marathon	1:40:37	8
Michelle Stilwell	T52	100m	19.97 WR
		200m	36.18 WR

Women's field

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
			Result	Points	Rank
Stefanie Reid	F44	Long jump	4.61	style="text-align:center;"	-	5
Kris Vriend	F35-36	Discus throw	17.46	811	7
		Shot put	7.05	792	6

Boccia

See main article: Boccia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries			Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opponent	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Hanif Mawji	Mixed individual BC1		L 4-5	4	Did not advance
			L 2-3
			L 1-6
			W 3-2
Brock Richardson			L 2-4	3	Did not advance
			W 7-0
			W 7-4
			L 3-4
Adam Dukovich	Mixed individual BC2		L 4-5	2	Did not advance
			W 4-1
			W 4-2
Tammy McLeod			L 0-9	3	Did not advance
			L 1-5
			W 9-2
Paul Gauthier	Mixed individual BC3		L 3-5	2 Q	L 3-6	Did not advance
			W 5-1
			W 9-1
Alison Kabush			W 5-1	2	Did not advance
			L 3-4
			W 6-1
Monica Martino			L 2-7	3	Did not advance
			L 4-5
			W 3-2
Adam Dukovich Hanif Mawji Tammy McLeod Brock Richardson	Team		L 6-7	3	Did not advance
			L 2-6
Paul Gauthier Alison Kabush Monica Martino	Pairs BC3		L 1-9	3	Did not advance
			L 1-9
			W 8-2

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Men's road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Mark Beggs	Men's road race HC B	1:32:37	11
	Men's road time trial HC B	23:41.60	10
Eric Bourgault	Men's road race LC1/LC2/CP4	DNF
	Men's road time trial LC2	38:58.26	9
Mark Breton	Men's road race LC1/LC2/CP4	DNS
	Men's road time trial LC1	38:15.21	11
Brayden McDougall	Men's road race LC3/LC4/CP3	1:59:13	27
	Men's road time trial CP3	DNF
Rico Morneau	Men's road race HC B	1:32:09	9
	Men's road time trial HC B	23:36.24	9
Jean Quevillon	Men's road race LC3/LC4/CP3	1:54:03	24
	Men's road time trial CP3	41:52.97	5
Daniel Chalifour Alexandre Cloutier (pilot)	Men's road race B&VI1-3	2:18:04	7
	Men's road time trial B&VI1-3	33:41.84	11
Stephane Cote Pierre-Olivier Boily (pilot)	Men's road race B&VI1-3	2:17:53	6
	Men's road time trial B&VI1-3	35:03.26	13
Brian Cowie Devon Smibert	Men's road race B&VI1-3	2:29:27	15
	Men's road time trial B&VI1-3	35:10.72	15

Men's track

Athlete	Event	Qualification		1st round		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Eric Bourgault	Men's 1km time trial LC2	1:14.39	6
	Men's individual pursuit LC2	5:09.49	5	Did not advance
Mark Breton	Men's 1km time trial LC1	1:17.59	14
	Men's individual pursuit LC1	5:12.36	12	Did not advance
Brayden McDougall	Men's 1km time trial CP3	1:22.78	7
Jean Quevillon	Men's 1km time trial CP3	1:21.35	6
	Men's individual pursuit CP3	4:03.730	3 Q	W 4:03.277
Daniel Chalifour Alexandre Cloutier (pilot)	Men's 1km time trial B&VI1-3	1:06.371	7
	Men's individual pursuit B&VI1-3	4:25.554	3 Q	L 4:28.171	4
Stephane Cote Pierre-Olivier Boily (pilot)	Men's 1km time trial B&VI1-3	1:10.292	13
	Men's individual pursuit B&VI1-3	4:41.677	10	Did not advance
Brian Cowie Marina Girona (pilot - time trial) Devon Smibert (pilot - ind. pursuit & sprint)	Men's 1km time trial B&VI1-3	1:07.721	8
	Men's individual pursuit B&VI1-3	4:29.195	5	Did not advance
	Men's sprint	11.373	5	/ L 0-2	5	5-8th place matches / L 0-1	6
Mark Breton Eric Bourgault Jean Quevillon	Men's team sprint	56.183	6	Did not advance

Women's road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Shauna White	Women's road race HC A/B/C	1:17:10	4
	Women's road time trial HC A/HC B/HC C	26:45.20	9
Genevieve Ouellet Mathilde Hupin	Women's road race B&VI1-3	2:01:17
	Women's road time trial B&VI1-3	42:53.16	10

Women's track

Athlete	Event	Qualification		1st round		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Genevieve Ouellet Mathilde Hupin	Women's 1km time trial B&VI1-3	1:15.639	6
	Women's individual pursuit B&VI1-3	3:54.909	7	Did not advance

Equestrian

Individual events

Athlete	Horse	Event	Total
			Score	Rank
Lauren Barwick	Maile	Mixed individual championship test grade II	68.454
		Mixed individual freestyle test grade II	72.776
Karen Brain	VDL Odette	Mixed individual championship test grade IV	59.097	12
		Mixed individual freestyle test grade IV	62.136	10
Eleonore Elstone	Lutke	Mixed individual championship test grade IV	59.807	11
		Mixed individual freestyle test grade IV	60.683	12
Ashley Gowanlock	Donnymaskell	Mixed individual championship test grade Ib	63.714	7
		Mixed individual freestyle test grade Ib	64.221	8
Jennifer McKenzie	Valentine II	Mixed individual championship test grade II	56.818	16
		Mixed individual freestyle test grade II	56.389	16

Team

Athlete	Horse	Event	Individual score			Total
					Total	Score	Rank
Lauren Barwick	See above	Team	67.619	68.454	136.073*	385.010	7
Eleonore Elstone			62.357	59.807	122.164*
Ashley Gowanlock			63.059	63.714	126.773*
Jennifer McKenzie			57.047	56.818	113.865

• - denotes score is counted towards the total team's score.

Goalball

See main article: Goalball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics. The men's and women's teams didn't win any medals; the men's team were knocked out by Lithuania in the quarter-finals and the women's team didn't succeed to the semifinals.

Men's tournament

Players

• Mario Caron
• Jeff Christy
• Rob Christy
• Bruno Hache
• Dean Kozak

Group B matches

Quarterfinals

5-8th classification

5/6th classification

Women's tournament

Players

• Amy Alsop
• Amy Kneebone
• Annette Lisabeth
• Nancy Morin
• Shawna Ryan
• Contessa Scott

Preliminary matches

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Men

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Steve Daniel	Men's single sculls	6:11.64	11 R	6:09.37	8 FB	5:56.48	5
Caitlin Renneson Wilfredo More Wilson	Mixed double sculls	4:50.54	11 R	5:12.47	10 FB	4:54.08	5
Laura Comeau Meghan Montgomery Victoria Nolan Scott Rand Anthony Theriault	Mixed coxed four	3:43.72	7 R	3:48.76	3 FA	3:45.66	6

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Athlete	Event	Race											Total points	Net points Total	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Paul Tingley	2.4mR	1	1	5	2	(9)	(9)	2	4	5	1	39	21
John McRoberts Stacie Louttit	Two person keelboat - SKUB 18	3	3	3	3	1	3	2	(8)	(4)	3	Race Cancelled	33	21
Ken Kelly Don Terlson Marc Shaw	Open three-person keelboat - Sonar												114	86	11

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Christos Trifonidis	Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1	599	5 Q	104.8	703.8	4
	Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1	584	15	align=center colspan="3"	Did not advance

Women

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Men

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Joe Barker	SB8	100m breaststroke	1:21.52	9	Did not advance
Drew Christensen	S8	100m backstroke	1:15.78	8 Q	1:15.49	8
		100m butterfly	1:06.98	6 Q	1:07.74	6
		50m freestyle	29.30	12	Did not advance
		100m freestyle	1:06.14	15	Did not advance
		400m freestyle	5:18.13	11	Did not advance
	SM8	200m individual medley	2:37.86	4 Q	2:36.67	5
Devin Gotell	S13	100m backstroke	1:07.46	7 Q	1:08.17	8
		100m butterfly	1:09.37	17	Did not advance
		400m freestyle	4:29.51	4 Q	4:28.73	7
	SM13	200m individual medley	2:31.61	13	Did not advance
Brian Hill	S13	100m backstroke	1:05.65	5 Q	1:05.52	5
		100m butterfly	1:03.25	12	Did not advance
		50m freestyle	26.84	17	Did not advance
		100m freestyle	59.80	17	Did not advance
Benoît Huot	S10	100m backstroke	1:03.85	3 Q	1:03.81	5
		100m butterfly	59.68	2 Q	59.68	4
		50m freestyle	24.84	3 Q	24.65
		100m freestyle	54.45	2 Q	54.26
		400m freestyle	4:25.96	6 Q	4:12.14
	SM10	200m individual medley	2:20.13	4 Q	2:15.22
Donovan Tildesley	S11	100m backstroke	1:12.62	4 Q	1:11.90	5
		100m butterfly	1:11.03	7 Q	1:09.53	7
		50m freestyle	28.13	5 Q	28.08	7
		100m freestyle	1:02.14	4 Q	1:01.92	4
		400m freestyle	4:57.54	4 Q	4:49.45

Women

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Andrea Cole	S8	100m backstroke	1:39.26	10	Did not advance
		100m butterfly	1:32.78	12	Did not advance
		50m freestyle	37.41	14	Did not advance
		100m freestyle	1:19.58	13	Did not advance
		400m freestyle	5:35.51	5 Q	5:30.01	6
Kirby Cote	S13	100m butterfly	1:07.21	1 Q	1:06.62
		50m freestyle	28.08	4
		100m freestyle	1:02.53	5 Q	1:00.95	4
	SM13	200m individual medley	2:28.65
Stephanie Dixon	S9	100m backstroke	1:10.85	1 Q	1:09.30 WR
		100m butterfly	1:11.18	3 Q	1:11.04	4
		50m freestyle	30.98	7 Q	30.45	6
		100m freestyle	1:06.03	8 Q	1:03.89
		400m freestyle	4:47.78	3 Q	4:39.73
	SM9	200m individual medley	2:40.01	2 Q	2:37.54
Chelsey Gotell	S13	100m backstroke	1:11.83	1 Q	1:09.09
		100m butterfly	1:07.91	3 Q	1:06.93
		50m freestyle	28.26	6
		100m freestyle	1:01.74	3 Q	1:00.26
		400m freestyle	4:44.05	3 Q	4:37.50
	SM13	200m individual medley	2:28.15 WR
Valerie Grand Maison	S13	100m backstroke	1:13.11	4 Q	1:10.42
		100m butterfly	1:07.63	2 Q	1:06.49
		50m freestyle	27.88
		100m freestyle	1:00.39	2 Q	58.87 WR
		400m freestyle	4:36.16 PR	1 Q	4:28.64 WR
	SM13	200m individual medley	2:29.29
Brittany Gray	S9	100m butterfly	1:15.11	11	Did not advance
		400m freestyle	5:01.29	7 Q	4:58.08	7
	SB8	100m breaststroke	1:32.86	9	Did not advance
	SM9	200m individual medley	2:46.58	8 Q	2:45.49	6
Laura Jensen	S7	100m backstroke	1:34.12	7 Q	1:31.90	7
		50m butterfly	48.07	12	Did not advance
		50m freestyle	36.70	6 Q	36.10	6
		100m freestyle	1:18.65	6
		400m freestyle	6:02.13	9	Did not advance
	SB7	100m breaststroke	1:56.33	8
	SM7	200m individual medley	3:30.98	9	Did not advance
Steph McDougall	SB6	100m breaststroke	1:56.10	8 Q	1:57.78	8
	SM7	200m individual medley	3:46.26	11	Did not advance
Brianna Nelson	S7	100m backstroke	1:29.96	4 Q	1:30.43	6
		50m freestyle	37.76	8 Q	37.96	7
		100m freestyle	1:19.11	7
		400m freestyle	6:01.16	8 Q	6:00.99	8
	SB7	100m breaststroke	1:54.35	7
	SM7	200m individual medley	DSQ		Did not advance
Anne Polinario	S10	100m backstroke	1:18.06	11	Did not advance
		50m freestyle	29.29	2 Q	28.51
		100m freestyle	1:04.00	5 Q	1:04.01	5
Jacqueline Rennebohm	S12	100m butterfly	1:19.58	9	Did not advance
		50m freestyle	31.30	10	Did not advance
		100m freestyle	1:09.64	10	Did not advance
	SB12	100m breaststroke	1:35.68	11	Did not advance
	SM12	200m individual medley	2:59.14	11	Did not advance
Katarina Roxon	S9	100m butterfly	1:22.72	19	Did not advance
		50m freestyle	31.85	14	Did not advance
	SB8	100m breaststroke	1:34.59	12	Did not advance
	SM9	200m individual medley	2:55.75	15	Did not advance
Darda Sales	S9	100m backstroke	1:16.26	8 Q	1:15.91	7
		50m freestyle	31.48	12	Did not advance
		100m freestyle	1:05.66	6 Q	1:05.65	8
		400m freestyle	DSQ		Did not advance
Amber Thomas	S11	50m freestyle	35.13	12	Did not advance
		100m freestyle	1:13.85	6 Q	1:14.39	7
Jessica Tuomela	S11	50m freestyle	34.06	9	Did not advance
		100m freestyle	1:14.89	7 Q	1:14.79	8

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Men

Wheelchair basketball

See main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics. The Canadian men's team won a silver medal after being defeated by Australia in the silver medal match while the women's team finished in fifth place overall.

Men's tournament

Players

• Patrick Anderson
• Jaimie Borisoff
• Abditatch Dini
• David Durepos
• David Eng
• Robert Hedges
• Joey Johnson
• Adam Lancia
• Ross Norton
• Richard Peter
• Yvon Rouillard
• Chris Stoutenberg

Group A Results-------- -------- -------- -------- ----

Quarterfinals----

Semifinals ----

Gold medal game----

Women's tournament

Players

• Chantal Benoit
• Tracey Ferguson
• Tara Feser
• Lisa Franks
• Katie Harnock
• Jennifer Krempien
• Janet McLachlan
• Kendra Ohama
• Cindy Ouellet
• Sabrina Pettinicchi
• Lori Radke
• Misty Thomas

Group B Results-------- --------------------

Quarterfinals ----

Classification 5-8----

Fifth place----

Wheelchair fencing

See main article: Wheelchair fencing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition	Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Pierre Mainville	Men's épée B		L 1–5	3 Q	L 8-15	Did not advance
			W 5-2
			W 5-4
			W 5-2
			W 5-3
	Men's sabre B		L 1-5	6	Did not advance
			L 2-5
			L 1-5
			L 3-5
			L 3-5

Wheelchair rugby

See main article: Wheelchair rugby at the 2008 Summer Paralympics. The Canadian rugby team won the bronze medal after narrowly defeating Great Britain in the bronze medal match.

Wheelchair tennis

See main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Men

Athlete	Class	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
			Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Lee Carter	Open	Singles	L 4-6, 3-6	Did not advance
Yann Mathieu			L 3-6, 1-6	Did not advance
Lee Carter Yann Mathieu		Doubles	L 6-7, 6-3, 4-6	Did not advance

Quads

See also

• 2008 Summer Paralympics
• Canada at the 2008 Summer Olympics

External links

• Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games Official Site
• International Paralympic Committee
• Full list of Canadian athletes at the Beijing Paralympics (Canadian Paralympic Committee website)

Notes and References

1. News: Paralympians up next in Beijing . . 2008-09-04 . 2008-09-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121105013724/http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/sports/story.html?id=c6c97c16-e98e-4fdc-b841-8f2ef638c654 . 2012-11-05 . dead .
2. Web site: Vandermoer . Jamie . Our best head to the Paralympics in Beijing . The Londoner . 2008-08-27 . https://archive.today/20130115145051/http://www.thelondoner.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1172847 . dead . 2013-01-15 . 2008-08-27 .
3. http://www.paralympic.ca/page?a=2113&lang=en-CA "CPC announces Canadian team for the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games in China"
4. News: Tildesley named Canada flag-bearer at Paralympics . . 2008-09-04 . 2008-09-04.
5. Vancouver Sun, "Woolstencroft wins fifth gold medal", 'CanWest News Service', 21 March 2010 (accessed 21 March 2010)