Canada_at_the_2008_Summer_Paralympics

Canada at the
2008 Summer Paralympics
Canada at the; 2008 Summer Paralympics
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IPC code	CAN
NPC	Canadian Paralympic Committee
Website	www.paralympic.ca
in Beijing
Competitors	143 in 17 sports
Flag bearer	Donovan Tildesley
Medals; Ranked 7th	Gold 19 Silver 10 Bronze 21 Total 50
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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Canada at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Sporting event delegation

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]

Quick Facts Canada at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, IPC code ...

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]

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Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Chantal Petitclerc	Athletics	Women's 100 m - T54	7th
Gold	Valerie Grand'Maison	Swimming	Women's 100 m butterfly - S13	7th
Gold	Valerie Grand'Maison	Swimming	Women's 400 m freestyle - S13	8th
Gold	Dean Bergeron	Athletics	Men's 200 m - T52	10th
Gold	Lauren Barwick	Equestrian	Individual freestyle test - Grade II	10th
Gold	Valerie Grand'Maison	Swimming	Women's 100 m freestyle - S13	10th
Gold	Michelle Stilwell	Athletics	Women's 200 m - T52	11th
Gold	Chantal Petitclerc	Athletics	Women's 400 m - T54	12th
Gold	Chelsey Gotell	Swimming	Women's 200 m individual medley - SM13	12th
Gold	Dean Bergeron	Athletics	Men's 100 m - T52	13th
Gold	Paul Tingley	Sailing	1-person keelboat (2.4mR)	13th
Gold	Stéphanie Dixon	Swimming	Women's 100 m backstroke - S9	13th
Gold	Earle Connor	Athletics	Men's 100 m - T42	14th
Gold	Chantal Petitclerc	Athletics	Women's 200 m - T54	14th
Gold	Chantal Petitclerc	Athletics	Women's 800 m - T54	14th
Gold	Anne Polinario	Swimming	Women's 50 m freestyle - S10	14th
Gold	Chelsey Gotell	Swimming	Women's 100 m backstroke - S13	14th
Gold	Michelle Stilwell	Athletics	Women's 100 m - T52	15th
Gold	Chantal Petitclerc	Athletics	Women's 1500 m - T54	16th
Silver	Kirby Cote	Swimming	Women's 100 m butterfly - S13	7th
Silver	Lauren Barwick	Equestrian	Individual championship test - Grade II	8th
Silver	Chelsey Gotell	Swimming	Women's 100 m freestyle - S13	10th
Silver	Stéphanie Dixon	Swimming	Women's 200 m individual medley - SM9	11th
Silver	Diane Roy	Athletics	Women's 5000 m - T54	12th
Silver	Stéphanie Dixon	Swimming	Women's 400 m freestyle - S9	12th
Silver	Kirby Cote	Swimming	Women's 200 m individual medley - SM13	12th
Silver	Valerie Grand'Maison	Swimming	Women's 100 m backstroke - S13	14th
Silver	Valerie Grand'Maison	Swimming	Women's 50 m freestyle - S13	15th
Silver	Men's Wheelchair Basketball Team Patrick Anderson Jaimie Borisoff Abditatch Dini David Durepos David Eng Robert Hedges Joey Johnson Adam Lancia Ross Norton Richard Peter Yvon Rouillard Chris Stoutenberg	Basketball	Men's tournament	16th
Bronze	Jean Quevillon	Cycling	Men's individual pursuit - CP 3	7th
Bronze	Chelsey Gotell	Swimming	Women's 100 m butterfly - S13	7th
Bronze	Stéphanie Dixon	Swimming	Women's 100 m freestyle - S9	8th
Bronze	Chelsey Gotell	Swimming	Women's 400 m freestyle - S13	8th
Bronze	Stefanie Reid	Athletics	Women's 200 m - T44	9th
Bronze	Benoit Huot	Swimming	Men's 100 m freestyle - S10	9th
Bronze	Benoit Huot	Swimming	Men's 200 m individual medley - SM10	11th
Bronze	Donovan Tildesley	Swimming	Men's 400 m freestyle - S11	11th
Bronze	Dean Bergeron	Athletics	Men's 400 m - T52	12th
Bronze	Kyle Pettey	Athletics	Men's shot put - F33/34/52	12th
Bronze	Ilana Duff	Athletics	Women's 100 m - T53	12th
Bronze	Diane Roy	Athletics	Women's 400 m - T54	12th
Bronze	Valerie Grand'Maison	Swimming	Women's 200 m individual medley - SM13	12th
Bronze	Andre Beaudoin	Athletics	Men's 100 m - T52	13th
Bronze	John Scott McRoberts Stacie Louttit	Sailing	2-person keelboat (SKUD18)	13th
Bronze	Diane Roy	Athletics	Women's 800 m - T54	14th
Bronze	Genevieve Ouellet Mathilde Hupin	Cycling	Women's individual road race B&VI 1-3	14th
Bronze	Benoit Huot	Swimming	Men's 50 m freestyle - S10	14th
Bronze	Jason Dunkerley	Athletics	Men's 1500 m - T11	15th
Bronze	Benoit Huot	Swimming	Men's 400 m freestyle - S10	15th
Bronze	Wheelchair Rugby Team Ian Chan Jason Crone Jared Funk Garett Hickling Trevor Hirschfield Fabien Lavoie Say Luangkhamdeng Daniel Paradis Erika Schmutz Patrice Simard Mike Whitehead David Willsie	Rugby	Mixed - Open	16th

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Kevin Evans	Men's individual compound open	675	9	Bye	Nazar (UKR) W 110-109	Stubbs (GBR) L 110-111	Did not advance
Norbert Murphy	Men's individual compound W1	627	5	Lear (USA) W 98-75	Kinnunen (FIN) L 97-111	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Lyne Tremblay	Women's individual recurve W1/W2	317	20	Kuncova (CZE) L 49-84	Did not advance

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jeff Adams	T54	400m	DNS		Did not advance
Jeff Adams	T54	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
Jean Paul Compaore	T54	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
Mark Ledo	T54	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

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Result	Points	Rank
Kyle Pettey	F33-34/52	Shot put	11.04	1023

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries			Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opponent	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Hanif Mawji	Mixed individual BC1	Beltran (ESP)	L 4-5	4	Did not advance
		Wang Y (CHN)	L 2-3
		Villano (ARG)	L 1-6
		Hawker (USA)	W 3-2
Brock Richardson		Shelly (IRL)	L 2-4	3	Did not advance
		Park J S (KOR)	W 7-0
		Ibarbure (ARG)	W 7-4
		Kitani (JPN)	L 3-4
Adam Dukovich	Mixed individual BC2	Uchida (JPN)	L 4-5	2	Did not advance
		Ollikka (FIN)	W 4-1
		Z Robinson (GBR)	W 4-2
Tammy McLeod		Cordero (ESP)	L 0-9	3	Did not advance
		Yan Z (CHN)	L 1-5
		Koivuniemi (FIN)	W 9-2
Paul Gauthier	Mixed individual BC3	A Costa (POR)	L 3-5	2 Q	Polychronidis (GRE) L 3-6	Did not advance
		Y Martin (ESP)	W 5-1
		Stavropoulou (GRE)	W 9-1
Alison Kabush		Pesquera (ESP)	W 5-1	2	Did not advance
		Raimundo (POR)	L 3-4
		Michos (GRE)	W 6-1
Monica Martino		Park K W (KOR)	L 2-7	3	Did not advance
		Shen (CHN)	L 4-5
		Punsnit (THA)	W 3-2
Adam Dukovich Hanif Mawji Tammy McLeod Brock Richardson	Team	Great Britain (GBR)	L 6-7	3	Did not advance
Adam Dukovich Hanif Mawji Tammy McLeod Brock Richardson	Team	Argentina (ARG)	L 2-6	3	Did not advance
Paul Gauthier Alison Kabush Monica Martino	Pairs BC3	South Korea (KOR)	L 1-9	3	Did not advance
		Spain (ESP)	L 1-9
		China (CHN)	W 8-2

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

Athlete	Event	Qualification		1st round		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Eric Bourgault	Men's 1km time trial LC2	—				1:14.39	6
Eric Bourgault	Men's individual pursuit LC2	5:09.49	5	Did not advance
Mark Breton	Men's 1km time trial LC1	—				1:17.59	14
Mark Breton	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
Jean Quevillon	Men's individual pursuit CP3	4:03.730	3 Q	—		Eckhard (FRA) W 4:03.277
Daniel Chalifour Alexandre Cloutier (pilot)	Men's 1km time trial B&VI1-3	—				1:06.371	7
Daniel Chalifour Alexandre Cloutier (pilot)	Men's individual pursuit B&VI1-3	4:25.554	3 Q	—		Lindores (AUS) George (AUS) L 4:28.171	4
Stephane Cote Pierre-Olivier Boily (pilot)	Men's 1km time trial B&VI1-3	—				1:10.292	13
Stephane Cote Pierre-Olivier Boily (pilot)	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	Oshiro (JPN) / Takahashi (JPN) L 0-2	5	5-8th place matches Delaney (IRL) / Peelo (IRL) L 0-1	6
Mark Breton Eric Bourgault Jean Quevillon	Men's team sprint	56.183	6	Did not advance

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

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

Athlete	Event	First round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage round 1	Repechage round 2	Final/ Bronze medal contest
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Bill Morgan	Men's 100kg	Lyivytskyi (UKR) L 0000–0200	—		Bye	Porter (USA) L 0000-0200	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Race											Total points	Net points Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total points	Net points Total	Rank
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

Canada (CAN)	62–59	Germany (GER)
Scoring by quarter: 17 - 13, 6 - 13, 19 - 17, 20 - 16

South Africa (RSA)	55–80	Canada (CAN)
Scoring by quarter: 12 - 25, 12 - 21, 24 - 16, 7 - 18

Canada (CAN)	62–52	Sweden (SWE)
Scoring by quarter: 25 - 14, 19 - 11, 14 - 12, 4 - 15

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Result	Points	Rank
Stefanie Reid	F44	Long jump	4.61	-	5
Kris Vriend	F35-36	Discus throw	17.46	811	7
Kris Vriend	F35-36	Shot put	7.05	792	6

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
Athlete	Event	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

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

Japan (JPN)	48–75	Canada (CAN)
Scoring by quarter: 7 - 18, 18 - 19, 5 - 21, 18 - 17

Canada (CAN)	93–62	Iran (IRI)
Scoring by quarter: 30 - 16, 22 - 19, 21 - 20, 20 - 7

Israel (ISR)	47–55	Canada (CAN)
Scoring by quarter: 4 - 20, 7 - 10, 13 - 14, 14 - 20

Canada (CAN)	69 (OT)–62 (OT)	United States (USA)
Scoring by quarter: 25 - 15, 10 - 8, 10 - 14, 4 - 12, Overtime: 20 - 13

Canada (CAN)	60–72	Australia (AUS)
Scoring by quarter: 17 - 16, 15 - 12, 15 - 26, 13 - 18

Canada (CAN)	49–53	Australia (AUS)
Scoring by quarter: 10 - 14, 17 - 14, 10 - 12, 12 - 13

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition	Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Pierre Mainville	Men's épée B	Cratere (FRA)	L 1–5	3 Q	Hu D (CHN) L 8-15	Did not advance
		Rodgers (USA)	W 5-2
		Hu D (CHN)	W 5-4
		Soler (ESP)	W 5-2
		Hisakawa (JPN)	W 5-3
	Men's sabre B	Francois (FRA)	L 1-5	6	Did not advance
		Shenkevych (UKR)	L 2-5
		Szekeres (HUN)	L 1-5
		Fawcett (GBR)	L 3-5
		Arnau (ESP)	L 3-5

Squad list	Group stage				Knockout stage
Squad list	Pool Match 1 Opposition Result	Pool Match 2 Opposition Result	Pool Match 3 Opposition Result	Rank	Semifinal Opposition Result	Final Opposition Result	Rank
Ian Chan Jason Crone Jared Funk Garett Hickling Trevor Hirschfield Fabien Lavoie Say Luangkhamdeng Daniel Paradis Erika Schmutz Patrice Simard Mike Whitehead David Willsie	United States L 32-37	Japan W 48-40	China W 57-25	2 Q	Australia L 40-41	Great Britain W 47-41

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