Media Advisory - Team Canada's Rio 2016 Athletes and Coaches in Ottawa and Gatineau for Celebration

OTTAWA, Oct. 28, 2016 /CNW/ - On behalf of 36 million Canadians from coast to coast to coast, the Government of Canada will be hosting more than 250 Canadian athletes and coaches in Ottawa and Gatineau for a one-day celebration, commemorating their success at the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The celebration begins with morning community events with local students and will conclude with an official visit to Parliament Hill.

Media are invited for photo and interview opportunities. The lists of athletes and coaches attending are available below.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT – 2 EVENTS

What:
Team Canada athletes will share their Olympic and Paralympic experience with local students and encourage them to be active through various sport demonstrations.

Ottawa:

Where:
University of Ottawa – Montpetit Hall
75 Laurier Ave. E
Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5

When:
Wednesday, November 2, 2016
9:00 a.m. ET – 9:30 a.m. ET – Opening Ceremony at University Square
9:30 a.m. ET – 11:00 a.m. ET – Sport activations at Montpetit Hall

Gatineau:

Where:
Centre sportif de Gatineau - Gymnasium
850 Boulevard de la Gappe
Gatineau, QC J8T 7T7

When:
Wednesday, November 2, 2016
9:00 a.m. ET – 9:30 a.m. ET – Opening Ceremony
9:30 a.m. ET – 11:00 a.m. ET – Sport activations

Note: Media interested in interviewing French speaking athletes are encouraged to attend the event in Gatineau.

HOUSE OF COMMONS RECOGNITION

What:
Athletes and coaches will be recognized for their accomplishments at the Rio 2016 Games by all Members of Parliament in the House of Commons. A reception to follow in the Reading Room (237-C).

Select athletes and coaches will be available for scrums following the tribute.

When:
Wednesday, November 2, 2016
Approximately 3:00 p.m. ET – 4:30 p.m. ET

Where:
House of Commons
Parliament of Canada
Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6

Note: Journalists who are not members of the National Press Gallery will require accreditation from the gallery in advance. For more information, contact [email protected].

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Rio 2016 Athletes and Coaches in Attendance

Olympians
*denotes Rio 2016 medallist

SPORT	FIRST NAME	LAST NAME
Archery	Crispin	Duenas
Archery	Georcy-Stéphanie	Thiffeault Picard
Athletics	Mathieu	Bilodeau
Athletics	Aaron	*Brown
Athletics	Alicia	Brown
Athletics	Lucas	Bruchet
Athletics	Brittany	Crew
Athletics	Derek	*Drouin
Athletics	Evan	Dunfee
Athletics	Crystal	Emmanuel
Athletics	Liz	Gleadle
Athletics	Inaki	Gomez
Athletics	Nikkita	Holder
Athletics	Farah	Jacques
Athletics	Sekou	Kaba
Athletics	Segun	Makinde
Athletics	Noelle	Montcalm
Athletics	Carline	Muir
Athletics	Tim	Nedow
Athletics	Jessica	O'Connell
Athletics	Charles	Philibert-Thiboutot
Athletics	Anthony	Romaniw
Athletics	Andrea	Seccafien
Athletics	Gabriela	Stafford
Athletics	Taryn	Suttie
Athletics	Damian	*Warner
Athletics	Sage	Watson
Athletics	Chris	Winter
Athletics	Natasha	Wodak
Beach Volleyball	Heather	Bansley
Beach Volleyball	Josh	Binstock
Beach Volleyball	Jamie	Broder
Beach Volleyball	Benjamin	Saxton
Beach Volleyball	Chaim	Schalk
Beach Volleyball	Kristina	Valjas
Boxing	Arthur	Biyarslanov
Boxing	Mandy	Bujold
Boxing	Ariane	Fortin
CanoeKayak Slalom	Cameron	Smedley
CanoeKayak Slalom	Michael	Tayler
CanoeKayak Sprint	Ryan	Cochrane
CanoeKayak Sprint	Mark	de Jonge
CanoeKayak Sprint	Hugues	Fournel
CanoeKayak Sprint	Émilie	Fournel
CanoeKayak Sprint	Kathleen	Fraser
CanoeKayak Sprint	Mark	Oldershaw
CanoeKayak Sprint	Genevieve	Orton
CanoeKayak Sprint	Adam	van Koeverden
Cycling	Hugo	Barrette
Cycling	Allison	*Beveridge
Cycling	Leandre	Bouchard
Cycling	Laura	*Brown
Cycling	Raphaël	Gagné
Cycling	Jasmin	*Glaesser
Cycling	Leah	Kirchmann
Cycling	Kirsti	*Lay
Cycling	Kate	O'Brien
Cycling	Georgia	*Simmerling
Cycling	Michael	Woods
Diving	Jennifer	Abel
Diving	Maxim	Bouchard
Diving	Roseline	*Filion
Diving	Philippe	Gagné
Diving	Pamela	Ware
Fencing	Joseph	Polossifakis
Field Hockey	Brenden	Bissett
Field Hockey	David	Carter
Field Hockey	Taylor	Curran
Field Hockey	Adam	Froese
Field Hockey	Jagdish	Gill
Field Hockey	Gordon	Johnston
Field Hockey	Antoni	Kindler
Field Hockey	Benjamin	Martin
Field Hockey	Sukhi	Panesar
Field Hockey	Mark	Pearson
Field Hockey	Matthew	Sarmento
Field Hockey	Iain	Smythe
Football (Soccer)	Stephanie	*Labbe
Football (Soccer)	Shelina	*Zadorsky
Gymnastics (Artistic)	Ellie	Black
Gymnastics (Trampoline)	Rosie	*MacLennan
Gymnastics (Artistic)	Scott	Morgan
Gymnastics (Artistic)	Shallon	Olsen
Modern Pentathlon	Melanie	McCann
Rowing	Julien	Bahain
Rowing	Will	Crothers
Rowing	Will	Dean
Rowing	Robert	Gibson
Rowing	Susanne	Grainger
Rowing	Brendan	Hodge
Rowing	Lindsay	*Jennerich
Rowing	Maxwell	Lattimer
Rowing	Jennifer	Martins
Rowing	Natalie	Mastracci
Rowing	Conlin	McCabe
Rowing	Cristy	Nurse
Rowing	Patricia	*Obee
Rowing	Nicolas	Pratt
Rowing	Lisa	Roman
Rowing	Christine	Roper
Rowing	Tim	Schrijver
Rowing	Antje	von Seydlitz
Rowing	Lauren	Wilkinson
Rowing	Eric	Woelfl
Rowing	Carling	Zeeman
Rugby Sevens	Ghislaine	*Landry
Rugby Sevens	Karen	*Paquin
Sailing	Jacob	Saunders
Sailing	Graeme	Saunders
Sailing	Nikola	Girke
Sailing	Lee	Parkhill
Sailing	Erin	Rafuse
Sailing	Luke	Ramsay
Sailing	Tom	Ramshaw
Swimming	Ryan	Cochrane
Swimming	Stephanie	Horner
Swimming	Yuri	Kisil
Swimming	Audrey	Lacroix
Swimming	Brittany	*MacLean
Swimming	Sandrine	*Mainville
Swimming	Kylie	*Masse
Swimming	Martha	McCabe
Swimming	Penny	*Oleksiak
Swimming	Erika	Seltenreich-Hodgson
Swimming	Kierra	Smith
Swimming	Markus	Thormeyer
Swimming	Michelle	*Williams
Synchronized Swimming	Jacqueline	Simoneau
Synchronized Swimming	Karine	Thomas
Triathlon	Sarah-Anne	Brault
Triathlon	Amelie	Kretz
Triathlon	Tyler	Mislawchuk
Triathlon	Andrew	Yorke
Weightlifting	Marie-Ève	Beauchemin-Nadeau
Weightlifting	Pascal	Plamondon
Wrestling	Korey	Jarvis
Wrestling	Jasmine	Mian
Wrestling	Erica	*Wiebe
Wrestling	Dorothy	Yeats

Olympic Coaches

SPORT	FIRST NAME	LAST NAME
Archery	Joan	McDonald
Athletics	Charles	Allen
Athletics	Gerald	Dragomir
Athletics	Peter	Eriksson
Athletics	Richard	Parkinson
Badminton	Ram	Nayyar
Beach Volleyball	Steven	Anderson
Beach Volleyball	John	May
Boxing	Danielle	Bouchard
CanoeKayak Slalom	Michal	Staniszewski
CanoeKayak Sprint	Peter	Martinek
Diving	Aaron	Dziver
Diving	Yihua	Li
Diving	Arturo	Miranda
Fencing	Paul	ApSimon
Fencing	David	Howes
Fencing	Henri	Sassine
Modern Pentathlon	John	Hawes
Modern Pentathlon	Richard	Maynard
Rowing	Tom	Morris
Sailing	Kenneth	Dool
Shooting	Florin	Marinache
Swimming	Tom	Johnson
Swimming	Linda	Kiefer
Swimming	Ben	Titley
Synchronized Swimming	Meng	Chen
Synchronized Swimming	Lyne	Piché
Taekwondo	ShinWook	Lim
Volleyball	Vincent	Pichette
Weightlifting	Guy	Marineau
Weightlifting	Gilles	Poirier

Paralympians
*denotes Rio 2016 medallist

SPORT	FIRST NAME	LAST NAME
Athletics	Jennifer	Brown
Athletics	Jason	Dunkerley
Athletics	Renee	Foessel
Athletics (guide)	Joshua	Karanja
Athletics	Pamela	LeJean
Athletics	Jean-Philippe	Maranda
Athletics	Alister	*McQueen
Athletics	Ness	Murby
Athletics	Guillaume	Ouellet
Athletics	Marissa	Papaconstantinou
Athletics	Austin	Smeenk
Athletics	Tristan	Smyth
Athletics	Michelle	*Stilwell
Athletics	Kevin	Strybosch
Athletics	Curtis	*Thom
Boccia	Eric	Bussière
Boccia	Marco	Dispaltro
Boccia (competition partner)	Francine	Hébert
Boccia	Alison	Levine
Canoe	Christine	Gauthier
Canoe	Erica	Scarff
Cycling	Tristen	*Chernove
Cycling	Nicole	Clermont
Cycling	Shelley	*Gautier
Cycling (pilot)	Jean-Michel	Lachance
Cycling	Charles	*Moreau
Cycling	Michael	*Sametz
Cycling	Robbi	Weldon
Cycling	Ross	*Wilson
Goalball	Whitney	Bogart
Goalball	Amy	Burk
Goalball	Bruno	Haché
Goalball	Meghan	Mahon
Goalball	Blair	Nesbitt
Goalball	Douglas	Ripley
Goalball	Ahmad	Zeividavi
Judo	Priscilla	Gagné
Judo	Tony	Walby
Rowing	Curtis	*Halladay
Rowing (coxswain)	Kristen	*Kit
Rowing	Meghan	*Montgomery
Rowing	Victoria	*Nolan
Sitting volleyball	Chantal	Beauchesne
Sitting volleyball	Angelena	Dolezar
Sitting volleyball	Leanne	Muldrew
Sitting volleyball	Shacarra	Orr
Sitting volleyball	Tessa	Popoff
Sitting volleyball	Amber	Skyrpan
Sitting volleyball	Jolan	Wong
Sitting volleyball	Katelyn	Wright
Swimming	Camille	Bérubé
Swimming	Morgan	Bird
Swimming	Isaac	Bouckley
Swimming	Tammy	Cunnington
Swimming	Sabrina	Duchesne
Swimming	Alexander	Elliot
Swimming	Devin	Gotell
Swimming	Benoît	*Huot
Swimming	Nydia	Langill
Swimming	Jean-Michel	Lavallière
Swimming	James	Leroux
Swimming	Danial	Murphy
Swimming	Tess	*Routliffe
Swimming	Katarina	*Roxon
Swimming	Samantha	Ryan
Swimming	Abi	Tripp
Swimming	Nicolas-Guy	*Turbide
Triathlon	Stefan	*Daniel
Triathlon	Chantal	Givens
Triathlon	Christine	Robbins
Wheelchair basketball	David	Eng
Wheelchair basketball	Tracey	Ferguson
Wheelchair basketball	Erica	Gavel
Wheelchair basketball	Cindy	Ouellet
Wheelchair basketball	Amanda	Yan
Wheelchair rugby	Cody	Caldwell
Wheelchair rugby	Ian	Chan
Wheelchair rugby	Patrice	Dagenais
Wheelchair rugby	Travis	Murao

Paralympic Coaches

SPORT	FIRST NAME	LAST NAME
Athletics	John	Allan
Athletics	Kim	Cousins
Athletics	Peter	Eriksson
Boccia	Mario	Delisle
Boccia	César	Nicolai
Canoe	Marc	Creamer
Sailing	Ken	Dool
Shooting	Rick	Ward
Sitting volleyball	Nicole	Ban
Sitting volleyball	Christine	Smyth
Swimming	France	Latendresse
Swimming	Craig	McCord

SOURCE Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC)

Government of Canada: Ashley Michnowski, Press Secretary, Office of the Honourable Carla Qualtrough, Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities, Cell: 613-697-8016, Email: [email protected]; Canadian Olympic Committee: Cherry Ye, Program Manager, Media Relations, Tel: [phone] / Cell: 416-427-4341, Email: [email protected], Josh Su, Coordinator, Communications, Tel: [phone] / Cell: 647-464-4060, Email: [email protected]; Canadian Paralympic Committee: Alison Korn, Senior Manager, Communications, Tel: [phone] ext. 243 / Cell: 613-298-4927, Email: [email protected]; Martin Richard, Executive Director, Communications & Marketing, Tel: [phone] ext. 224 / Cell: 613-725-4339, Email: [email protected]