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
Flagbearer Open:	Patrick Anderson & Katarina Roxon
Flagbearer Close:	Nicholas Bennett & Brianna Hennessy
Competitors:	125
Sports:	18
Rank:	12
Gold:	10
Silver:	9
Bronze:	10
Appearances:	auto

Canada competed in the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, from August 28 to September 8, 2024.

Medallists

See main article: 2024 Summer Paralympics medal table.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				September 2
				September 3
				September 4
				September 4
				September 5
				September 5
				September 6
				September 6
				September 7
				September 7
				August 31
				August 31
				September 1
				September 1
				September 4
				September 5
				September 6
				September 7
				September 7
				August 29
				August 29
				August 30
				August 30
				September 2
				September 2
				September 3
				September 5
				September 7
				September 7

Competitors

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

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Archery	1	0	1
Athletics	10	10	20
Badminton	0	1	1
Boccia	3	1	4
Cycling	4	3	7
Equestrian	1	2	3
Goalball	0	6	6
Judo	0	1	1
Paracanoeing	1	2	3
Paratriathlon	1	2	3
Rowing	1	0	1
Sitting volleyball	0	12	12
Swimming	7	15	22
Table tennis	1	0	1
Wheelchair basketball	12	12	24
Wheelchair fencing	1	2	3
Wheelchair rugby	12	0	12
Wheelchair tennis	1	0	1
Total	56	69	125

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Archery at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification. Canada entered one male archer 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

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Anthony Bouchard	100 m T52	17.43	2	17.55	4
400 m T52	1:05.98	4 q	1:04.09	6
align=left rowspan=2	Cody Fournie	100 m T51	19.63 ,
200 m T51	37.64 PB
Zach Gingras	400 m T38	50.63 SB	5
align=left rowspan=4	Brent Lakatos	400 m T53	49.04	1 Q	47.24 SB
800 m T53	1:37.32 SB
1500 m T54	2:59.19 SB	8	colspan=2
5000 m T54	10:35.15 SB	2 Q	10:56.73	7
Guillaume Ouellet	5000 m T13	16:07.71	5
Nate Riech	1500 m T38	4:13.12
align=left rowspan=2	Austin Smeenk	100 m T34	15.38	1 Q	15.19
800 m T34	1:44.91	2 Q	1:39.27

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Bianca Borgella	100 m T13	12.15	2 Q	25.11	8
align=left rowspan=2	Keegan Gaunt	400 m T13	1:03.16	6	colspan=2
1500 m T13	4:51.33	9
align=left rowspan=2	Sheriauna Haase	100 m T47	12.47 SB	2 Q	12.53	4
200 m T47	25.87	3 q	25.76	6
align=left rowspan=2	Marissa Papaconstantinou	100 m T64	13.24	5 q	13.25	7
200 m T64	27.47	3 Q	27.30	4
Amanda Rummery	400 m T47	59.24	2 Q	58.02	5

Field events

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Greg Stewart	Shot put F46	16.38 SB
Noah Vucsics	Long jump T20	7.15	5
Jesse Zesseu	Discus throw F37	53.24

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Charlotte Bolton	Discus throw F41	28.53	6
Shot put F41	7.92	10
Renee Foessel	Discus throw F38	34.40	6
align=left rowspan=2	Julia Hanes	Shot put F33	7.15 PB	6
Javelin throw F34	15.34	8
Katie Pegg	Shot put F46	10.72	7
Ashlyn Renneberg	Javelin throw F13	30.93	7

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.

Athlete	Event	Pool matches				Playoffs	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Lance Cryderman	Men's individual BC1	L 0–7	L 1–5		3		12
Danik Allard	Men's individual BC2	L 2–6	L 1–11	L 0–9	4	23
Iulian Ciobanu	Men's individual BC4	L 1–6	W 6–4	W 4–2	3		9
Alison Levine	Women's individual BC4	W 4–3	L 2–3	W 5–3	2 Q		L 2–3	5
Iulian Ciobanu Alison Levine	Mixed pairs BC4	W 8–5	W 6–4		1 Q		W 6–0	L 4–6	L 1–6	4

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.

Canada qualified a total of seven cyclists (four men and three women). The team was officially announced on July 29, 2024.^[1] On September 1, 2024, Michael Sametz withdrew from the Games due to injury.^[2]

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Nathan Clement	Men's road race T1-2	1:31:20	9
Men's time trial T1-2	22:53.36
align=left rowspan=2	Alexander Hayward	Men's road race C1-3	1:45:09	4
Men's time trial C3	39:30.48	5
align=left rowspan=2	Charles Moreau	Men's road race H3
Men's time trial H3	47:15.72	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Kate O'Brien	Women's time trial C4
Mel Pemble	Women's time trial C1-3	26:05.83	14
align=left rowspan=2	Keely Shaw	Women's road race C4-5	2:09:28	15
Women's time trial C4	22:09.19	5

Track

Men

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Kate O'Brien	Women's time trial C4–5	36.994	4 Q	36.873
Mel Pemble	Women's time trial C1–3	38.512	4 Q	38.610	4
align=left rowspan=2	Keely Shaw	Women's pursuit C4	3:44.012	3 Q	3:36.942
Women's time trial C4–5	39.893	10

Equestrian

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

Individual

Athlete	Horse	Event	Total
			Score	Rank
Roberta Sheffield	Fairuza	Individual championship test grade II	70.345 Q	6
		Individual freestyle test grade II	73.187	6
Jody Schloss	El Colorado	Individual championship test grade I	66.375	17
Austen Burns	Happy Feet 3	Individual championship test grade I	68.667	12

Team

Athlete	Horse	Event	Individual score	Total
				Score	Rank
Roberta Sheffield	align=left rowspan=3	See above	align=left rowspan=3	Team	70.967	208.509	11
Jody Schloss	69.375
Austen Burns	68.167

Source:^[3]

Goalball

See main article: Goalball at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.

Summary

Women's tournament

See main article: Goalball at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Women's tournament. The Canadian women's goalball team qualified for the xparalympic games by virtue of the results at the 2023 Parapan American Games in Santiago, Chile.^[4]

Team roster

Group stage--------

Quarter-finals

Fifth place match

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.

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.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mathieu St-Pierre	Men's VL2	58.46	4 SF	55.74	2 FA	54.37	6
align=left rowspan=2	Brianna Hennessy	Women's VL2	1:02.64	1 FA	1:00.12
Women's KL1	59.02	4 SF	57.00	1 FA	54.47	4
Erica Scarff	Women's VL3	1:01.16	3 SF	59.97	2 FA	59.48	5

Qualification Legend: F=Direct qualification to final; SF=Semi-final; FA=Final A; FB=Final B (non-medal)

Paratriathlon

See main article: Paratriathlon at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Canada named three paratriathletes to compete for Canada at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.^[5]

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Stefan Daniel	Men's PTS5	1:03:58	10
Kamylle Frenette	Women's PTS5	1:09:50	4
Leanne Taylor	Women's PTWC	1:12:11

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Canada qualified one boat 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.^[6]

Team roster

• Angelena Dolezar
• Danielle Ellis
• Anne Fergusson
• Julie Kozun
• Allison Lang
• Jennifer McCreesh
• Sarah Melenka
• Jennifer Gerilyn Oakes
• Heidi Peters
• Felicia Voss-Shafiq
• Jolan Wong
• Katelyn Wright

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).^[7]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
align=left rowspan=4	Nicholas Bennett	200 m freestyle S14	1:54.72	1 Q	1:53.61
100 m backstroke S14	1:04.12	6	colspan="2"
100 m breaststroke SB14	1:05.33	2 Q	1:03.98
200 m individual medley SM14	2:09.93	1 Q	2:06.05
align=left rowspan=4	Alec Elliot	100 m freestyle S10	55.81	5	colspan="2"
100 m backstroke S10	1:04.41	5 Q	1:04.85	7
100 m butterfly S10	59.81	3 Q	1:00.75	8
200m individual medley SM10	2:20.90	6	colspan="2"
align=left rowspan=5	Fernando Lu	50 m freestyle S10	25.02	8 Q	24.84	7
100 m freestyle S10	56.07	6	colspan="2"
100 m butterfly S10	1:01.05	5	colspan="2"
100 m breaststroke SB9			colspan="2"
200 m individual medley SM10	2:22.45	6	colspan="2"
align=left rowspan=3	Sebastian Massabie	50 m freestyle S4	36.95	1 Q	35.61
100 m freestyle S4	1:23.80	2 Q	1:22.53	5
200 m freestyle S4	3:02.28	3 Q	2:59.15	6
align=left rowspan=5	Reid Maxwell	100 m freestyle S8	1:00.68	6	colspan="2"
400 m freestyle S8	4:25.95	1 Q	4:23.90
100 m butterfly S8	1:08.37	5	colspan="2"
100 m backstroke S8	1:10.37	5	colspan="2"
200 m individual medley SM8	2:31.54	5	colspan="2"
Nicolas Guy Turbide	50 m freestyle S13	24.33	3 Q	24.40	7
Philippe Vachon	400 m freestyle S8	4:39.79	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Katie Cosgriffe	50 m freestyle S10	29.14	13	colspan="2"
100 m backstroke S10	1:10.24	1 Q	1:09.56	5
100 m butterfly S10	1:07.29	1 Q	1:07.22
200 m individual medley SM10	2:39.48	5	colspan="2"
align=left rowspan=2	Danielle Dorris	50 m buttefly S7	33.70	1 Q	33.62
200 m individual medley SM7	3:02.55	2 Q	3:04.51	6
align=left rowspan=2	Sabrina Duchesne	100 m freestyle S7	1:15.45	7	colspan="2"
400 m freestyle S7	5:24.08	2 Q	5:24.08	6
align=left rowspan=2	Nikita Ens	100 m freestyle S3	2:34.14	8	colspan="2"
50 m backstroke S3	1:13.44	5	colspan="2"
align=left rowspan=3	Arianna Hunsicker	50 m freestyle S10	28.98	12	colspan="2"
100 m freestyle S10	1:03.81	7	colspan="2"
100 m backstroke S10	1:15.41	5	colspan="2"
align=left rowspan=4	Mary Jibb	100 m freestyle S9	1:06.01	5	colspan="2"
100 m backstroke S9	1:12.92	3 Q	1:12.33	5
100 m butterfly S9	1:12.95	4 Q	1:13.60	8
200 m individual medley SM9	2:41.99	5 Q	2:41.70	7
align=left rowspan=3	Shelby Newkirk	50 m freestyle S6	34.15	4 Q	34.08	4
100 m freestyle S7	1:15.38	6	colspan="2"
100 m backstroke S6	1:24.72	2	1:22.24
align=left rowspan=3	Hannah Ouellette	200 m freestyle S5	4:03.57	19	colspan="2"
50 m butterfly S5	56.87	6	colspan="2"
200 m individual medley SM5	4:29.42	5	colspan="2"
align=left rowspan=2	Clemence Pare	200 m freestyle S5	3:57.42	18	colspan="2"
200 m individual medley SM5	4:28.43	6	colspan="2"
align=left rowspan=4	Aurelie Rivard	100 m backstroke S10	1:11.54	4 Q	1:11.05	8
50 m freestyle S10	27.38	2 Q	27.62
100 m freestyle S10	1:00.41	1 Q	1:00.82
400 m freestyle S10	4:37.03	2 Q	4:29.20
align=left rowspan=4	Tess Routliffe	100 m freestyle S7	1:13.92	4 Q	1:13:90	8
100 m breaststroke SB7	1:33:18	2 Q	1:31:58
50 m butterfly S7	36.60	1 Q	36.38	4
200 m individual medley SM7	2:59:06	1 Q	2:57:17
align=left rowspan=2	Katarina Roxon	100 m breaststroke SB8	1:26.70	3 Q	1:27.39	8
200 m individual medley SM9	2:48.61	7	colspan="2"
align=left rowspan=2	Abi Tripp	400 m freestyle S8	5:24.26	5	colspan="2"
100 m breaststroke SB7	1:46.57	5	colspan="2"
Emma Van Dyk	100 m backstroke S14	1:12.19	5	colspan="2"
align=left rowspan=2	Aly Van Wyck-Smart	100 m freestyle S3	2:32.41	7	colspan="2"
50 m freestyle S3	1:15.85	6

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Sebastian Massabie Hannah Ouellette Philippe Vachon Aly Van Wyck-Smart	4x50 m freestyle relay 20pts	3:14.93	5	colspan="2"
Katie Cosgriffe Fernando Lu Reid Maxwell Shelby Newkirk	4 x 100 m medley 34pts	4:46.82	5 Q	4:50.00	8

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 basketball

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

Summary

Team	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Canada men's	Men's tournament	W 83–68	L 58–88	W 68–52	2 Q	W 79–67	L 43–80	L 62–75	4
Canada women's	Women's tournament	L 65–70	W 63–54	W 81–49	2 Q	W 71–53	L 61–72	L 43–65	4

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 result at the 2024 IWBF Men's Repechage in Antibes, France.

Team roster

Preliminary round

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Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Bronze medal game

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 result at the 2024 IWBF Women's Repechage in Osaka, Japan.

Team roster

Preliminary round

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Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Bronze medal game

Wheelchair fencing

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

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Repechage 4	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Ryan Rousell	Men's épée A	L 6–15	18
Men's sabre A		L 7–15	W 15–4	L 5–15	11

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Repechage 4	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ruth Sylvie Morel	Women's sabre A	L 1–15	21
align=left rowspan=2	Trinity Lowthian	Women's épée B		L 9–15		W 15–7	W 15–13	L 14–15	5
Women's sabre B		L 8–15	L 14–15	13

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 result at the 2024 Paralympic Qualification Tournament in Wellington, New Zealand.

Summary

Team roster

• Cody Caldwell
• Patrice Dagenais
• Matthew Anthony Debly
• Joel Ewert
• Eric Furtado Rodrigues
• Byron Green
• Trevor Hirschfield
• Rio Kanda Kovac
• Anthony Letourneau
• Zachary Madell
• Travis Murao
• Mike Whitehead

Group stage--------

5th to 8th Semifinals

Fifth place final

Wheelchair tennis

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

Quad

See also

• Canada at the 2023 Parapan American Games
• Canada at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Notes and References

1. Seven Para cyclists nominated to compete for Canada at Paris 2024 Paralympic Games . July 29, 2024 . Ottawa . Canadian Paralympic Committee . Paralympic.ca . September 8, 2024 . July 30, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240730203755/https://paralympic.ca/news/seven-para-cyclists-nominated-to-compete-for-canada-at-paris-2024-paralympic-games/ . live.
2. News: Calgary cyclist Mike Sametz withdraws from Paralympic road races with injury . September 1, 2024 . CTV News Calgary . September 8, 2024 . September 1, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240901161924/https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/calgary-cyclist-mike-sametz-withdraws-from-paralympic-road-races-with-injury-1.7022004 . live.
3. Web site: Maat . Sarah . 2024-09-06 . Canada Finishes 11th in Para equestrian Team Event . 2024-09-06 . Canadian Paralympic Committee . en-US.
4. 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.
5. Web site: Dornan . Chris . 2024-07-10 . Para triathlon team nominated for Paris 2024 Paralympic Games . 2024-08-04 . Triathlon Canada . en-US.
6. 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.
7. Web site: 19 May 2024. Team of 20 para swimmers nominated to Paris 2024 Canadian Paralympic Team. Canadian Paralympic Committee.