Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics
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Canada has sent 196 athletes and 220 support staff to the 2006 Winter Olympics. Template:TapeDelaySpoiler
Medals
Medal count:
| File:Olympic-rings.png | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:FlagIOC-2006 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Gold medal
- Jennifer Heil, Women's Moguls, freestyle skiing
Silver medal
- Beckie Scott and Sara Renner, Women's Team Sprint, cross country skiing
Bronze medal
- Cindy Klassen, Women's 3,000 m, speed skating
Top-10 finishes
4th place
- Charles Hamelin, Men's 1,500 m, short track speed skating
- Marc-Andre Moreau, Men's Moguls, Freestyle Skiing
5th place
- Arne Dankers, Men's 5,000 m, speed skating
6th place
- Beckie Scott, Women's 15 Km Pursuit (7.5+7.5), Cross Country Skiing
- Mathieu Turcotte, Men's 1,500 m, short track speed skating
7th place
- Kristi Richards, Women's Moguls, freestyle skiing
- Mike Ireland, Men's 500 m, speed skating
8th place
- Audrey Robichaud, Women's Moguls, freestyle skiing
- Kristina Groves, Women's 3,000 m, speed skating
9th place
- Clara Hughes, Women's 3,000 m, speed skating
- Jeremy Wotherspoon, Men's 500 m, speed skating
10th place
- Bryce Davison and Jessica Dube, Pairs, figure skating
- Regan Lausher, Women's Singles, Luge
Goal
As host of the upcoming 2010 Winter Olympics, Canada is pressured to do well at the 2006 Torino games. The Canadian Olympic Committee's goal for 2006 is to have a top three finish in the medal count[1], as a stepping stone to reach their goal of having the highest medal count at the 2010 games in Vancouver. World Cup results from the 2005-06 season indicated Canada could have a good performance in Turin[2].
Flag Bearer
Women's Ice Hockey player Danielle Goyette carried the flag for Canada in the opening cermony. Cross-country skier Beckie Scott, bobsledder Pierre Lueders, long-track speedskaters Cindy Klassen and Clara Hughes all said that they would not submit their names to carry the flag.
Scott, Klassen and Hughes all had events within two days of the opening ceremonies and believed that sitting out the opening ceremonies would give them a better chance at a podium finish. Leuders turned it down because at the time it appeared that his bobsleigh partner, Lascelles Brown, would not be granted Canadian citizenship. Afterwards, Leuders said he would carry the flag but said that Brown would be a much better choice.
Some chose to criticize their decision, such as outspoken hockey analyst Don Cherry. He called them unpatriotic and said that there were some athletes who would love to do it. Others, such as past flag bearer Catriona LeMay Doan spoke in favour of their decisions, saying that the opening ceremonies were a long process and took a lot of energy. She went on to criticize Don Cherry, saying that those athletes turned it down so they could perform better and she also pointed out the fact that Cherry had never represented Canada in any form.
Athletes by sport
Men's downhill
- Manuel Osborne-Paradis
- Final - 1:50.45 (13th place)
- Francois Bouroue
- Final - 1:50.70 (16th place)
- John Kucera
- Final - 1:51.55 (27th place)
Men's team: Patrick Biggs, François Bourque, Thomas Grandi, Erik Guay1, Michael Janyk, John Kucera, Manuel Osborne-Paradis, Jean-Philippe Roy, Ryan Semple
Women's team: Brigitte Acton, Emily Brydon,Allison Forsyth2, Sherry Lawrence, Shona Rubens, Geneviève Simard, Kelly VanderBeek, Christina Lustenberger
- 1 Erik Guay will miss the Olympic downhill because of a leg injury, but may still race Super-G later in the week.
- 2 Allison Forsyth will not race women's downhill due to a torn knee ligament during a crash while training on Monday.
- Men:
- Robin Clegg
- 20 km Individual 36th
- Jean-Philippe LeGuellec
- 20 km Individual 48th
- David Leoni
- 20 km Individual 65th
- Robin Clegg
- Women
- Martine Albert
- 7.5 km Sprint
- 15 km Individual
- 4x6 km Relay
- Sandra Keith
- 7.5 km Sprint
- 15 km Individual
- 4x6 km Relay
- Zina Kocher
- 7.5 km Sprint
- 15 km Individual
- 4x6 km Relay
- Marie-Pierre Parent
- 7.5 km Sprint
- 15 km Individual
- 4x6 km Relay
- Martine Albert
- Men
- Morgan Alexander
- Four Man
- David Bissett
- Two Man
- Four Man
- Lascelles Brown
- Two Man
- Four Man
- Nathan Cunningham
- Four Man
- Serge Despres
- Two Man
- Four Man
- Ken Kotyk
- Four Man
- Steve Larsen
- Four Man
- Florian Linder
- Four Man
- Pierre Lueders
- Two Man
- Four Man
- Morgan Alexander
Men's 30km Pursuit (15+15)
- George Grey
- Final - 1:19:08.9 (26th place)
- Dan Roycroft
- Final - 1:20:53.3 (39th place)
- Drew Goldsack
- Final - 1:24:14.3 (57th place)
- Chris Jeffries
- Final - 1:26:17.0 (62nd place)
Women's 15km Pursuit (7.5+7.5)
- Beckie Scott
- Final - 43:20.6 (6th place)
- Sara Renner
- Final - 44:30.9 (16th place)
- Milaine Theriault
- Final - 48:38.9 (54th place)
- Chandra Crawford
- Final - 50:35.4 (60th place)
Men's Team
- Sean Crooks1
- 15 km Classical
- 4x10 km Relay
- Team Sprint
- Sprint
- Drew Goldsack
- 15 km Classical
- 4x10 km Relay
- Team Sprint
- 30 km Pursuit (15+15) 57th
- Sprint
- George Grey
- 15 km Classical
- 4x10 km Relay
- Team Sprint
- 30 km Pursuit (15+15) 26th
- Sprint
- 50 km Free, Mass start
- Chris Jeffries
- 15 km Classical
- 4x10 km Relay
- Team Sprint
- 30 km Pursuit (15+15) 62nd
- Sprint
- 50 km Free, Mass start
- Devon Kershaw
- km Classical
- 4x10 km Relay
- Team Sprint
- Sprint
- 50 km Free, Mass start
- Dan Roycroft
- 15 km Classical
- 4x10 km Relay
- Team Sprint
- 30 km Pursuit (15+15) 39th
- 50 km Free, Mass start
- Phil Widmer
- 15 km Classical
- 4x10 km Relay
- Team Sprint
- Sprint
Women's Team
- Amanda Ammar
- 10 km Classical
- 4x5 km Relay
- Team Sprint
- Sprint
- 30 km Free, Mass start
- Chandra Crawford
- 10 km Classical
- 4x5 km Relay
- Team Sprint
- 15 km Pursuit (7.5+7.5) 60th
- Sprint
- 30 km Free, Mass start
- Sara Renner
- 10 km Classical
- 4x5 km Relay
- Team Sprint 2nd (Silver)
- 15 km Pursuit (7.5+7.5) 16th
- Sprint
- 30 km Free, Mass start
- Beckie Scott
- 10 km Classical
- 4x5 km Relay
- Team Sprint 2nd (Silver)
- 15 km Pursuit (7.5+7.5) 6th
- Sprint
- 30 km Free, Mass start
- Milaine Thériault
- 10 km Classical
- 4x5 km Relay
- Team Sprint
- 15 km Pursuit (7.5+7.5) 54th
- Sprint
- 30 km Free, Mass start
- 1Sean Crooks has been suspended for 5 days by the International Ski Federation for having excessive hemoglobin levels. He is expected to compete since his first event isn't until February 22nd.
- Women's team: Shannon Kleibrink, Amy Nixon, Glenys Bakker, Christine Keshen, Sandra Jenkins (x)
- Men's team: Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Russ Howard, Jamie Korab, Mark Adam (x)
Aerials
Men's Team
Women's Team
Moguls
Men's Team
Women's Team
- Jennifer Heil
- Qualification Run - 26.67 points
- Final - 26.50 points (Gold medal)
- Kristi Richards
- Qualification Run - 23.76 points
- Final - 23.30 points (7th place)
- Audrey Robichaud
- Qualification Run - 22.72 points
- Final - 23.10 points (8th place)
- Stephanie St. Pierre
- Qualification Run - 22.15 points
- Final - 22.52 (12th place)
Men's individual
Women's individual
Pairs
- Valerie Marcoux and Craig Buntin
- Short program - 55.62
- Jessica Dube and Bryce Davison
- Short program - 55.48
Ice dancing
Men's Team:
- Performance
| Game | Opponent | Score | W/L |
| 1 | Italy | 7-2 | W |
- Roster
| Athlete | Pos. | G | A | P |
| Pat Quinn | Coach | |||
| Martin Brodeur | G | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roberto Luongo | G | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marty Turco | G | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rob Blake | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Foote | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jay Bouwmeester2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Pronger | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan McCabe1 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wade Redden | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robyn Regehr | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Sakic | F | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jarome Iginla | F | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Simon Gagne | F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vincent Lecavalier | F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Richards | F | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Martin St. Louis | F | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Dany Heatley | F | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Joe Thornton | F | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Shane Doan | F | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Todd Bertuzzi | F | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kris Draper | F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Nash | F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 7 | 2 | 9 | |
- Reserves
- Injured
- 1 Bryan McCabe, originally an alternate, replaces Ed Jovanovski due to injury.
- 2 Jay Bouwmeester replaces Scott Niedermayer due to injury.
- 3 Dan Boyle replaces Bryan McCabe as an alternate.
Women's team
- Charline Labonté, Kim St-Pierre, Gillian Ferrari, Becky Kellar, Carla MacLeod, Caroline Ouellette, Cheryl Pounder, Colleen Sostorics, Meghan Agosta, Gillian Apps, Jennifer Botterill, Cassie Campbell, Danielle Goyette, Jayna Hefford, Gina Kingsbury, Cherie Piper, Vicky Sunohara, Sarah Vaillancourt, Katie Weatherston, Hayley Wickenheiser, Sami Jo Small (x), Delaney Collins (x)
- Men
- Grant Albrecht
- Singles
- Jeffrey Christie
- Doubles
- Ian Cockerline
- Doubles
- Samuel Edney
- Singles
- Chris Moffat
- Doubles
- Mike Moffat
- Doubles
- Eric Pothier
- Doubles
- Grant Albrecht
- Women
- Alex Gough
- Doubles
- Regan Lauscher
- Singles
- Meaghan Simister
- Singles
- Alex Gough
- Jason Myslicki
- Individual Gundersen 41st
- Sprint
- Max Thompson
- Individual Gundersen 44th
- Sprint
- Men
- Éric Bédard
- 500 m
- 1000 m
- 5000 m Relay
- Jonathan Guilmette
- 5000 m Relay
- Charles Hamelin
- 1500 m
- 5000 m Relay
- François-Louis Tremblay
- 500 m
- 1000 m
- 5000 m Relay
- Mathieu Turcotte
- 1500 m
- 5000 m Relay
- Éric Bédard
- Women
- Alanna Kraus
- 500 m
- 3000 m Relay
- Anouk Leblanc-Boucher
- 500 m
- 1500 m
- 3000 m Relay
- Amanda Overland
- 1000 m
- 1500 m
- 3000 m Relay
- Kalyna Roberge
- 500 m
- 3000 m Rela
- Tania Vicent
- 1000 m
- 3000 m Relay
- Alanna Kraus
- Men: Paul Boehm, Duff Gibson, Jeff Pain
- Women: Lindsay Alcock, Mellisa Hollingsworth-Richards
- Gregory Baxter
- NH Individual Competition 41st, Did not qualify for finals
- LH Individual Competition
- LH Team Competition
- Graeme Gorham
- NH Individual Competition 42nd, Did not qualify for finals
- LH Individual Competition
- LH Team Competition
- Jason Myslicki
- LH Individual Competition
- LH Team Competition
- Michael Nell
- NH Individual Competition 50th, Did not qualify for finals
- LH Individual Competition
- LH Team Competition
- Stefan Read
- NH Individual Competition 21st after qualifying
- LH Individual Competition
- LH Team Competition
- Men's Team: Crispin Lipscomb, Justin Lamoureux, Drew Neilson, Tom Velisek, Jasey-Jay Anderson, Francois Boivin, Philippe Berube, Hugo Lemay, Brad Martin- 15th
- Women's Team: Maelle Ricker, Mercedes Nicoll, Alexa Loo, Erin Simmons, Dominique Maltais, Sarah Conrad, Dominique Vallee
Halfpipe
Men's Halfpipe
- Crispin Lipscomb
- Qualification Run 1 - 19.6 points
- Qualification Run 2 - 37.9 points
- Final Run 1 - 23.4 points
- Final Run 2 - 33.5 points (11th place)
- Brad Martin
- Qualification Run 1 - 27.2 points
- Qualification Run 2 - 34.7 points (did not advance)
- Hugo Lemay
- Qualification Run 1 - 26.0 points
- Qualification Run 2 - 34.1 points (did not advacne)
- Justin Lamoureux
- Qualification Run 1 - 10.1 points
- Qualification Run 2 - 31.5 points (did not advance)
Women's Halfpipe
- Sarah Conrad
- Qualification Run 1 - 19.4
- Qualification Run 2 - 33.5 (did not advance)
- Mercedes Nicoll
- Qualification Run 1 - 33.00
- Qualification Run 2 - 17.5 (did not advance)
- Maelle Ricker
- Qualification Run 1 - 25.9
- Qualification Run 2 - 23.2 (did not advance)
- Dominique Vallee
- Qualification Run 1 - 31.5
- Qualification Run 2 - 24.5 (did not advance)
- Men: Arne Dankers (5th - 5,000m), Steven Elm, Mike Ireland, Vincent Labrie, Brock Miron, Denny Morrison, Francois-Olivier Roberge, Justin Warsylewicz, Jeremy Wotherspoon
- Women: Kristina Groves, Clara Hughes, Cindy Klassen, Krisy Myers, Christine Nesbitt, Shannon Rempel, Kerry Simpson, Kim Weger
Men's 500m
- Michael Ireland
- Race 1 - 35.59
- Race 2 - 35.29
- Total - 70.88 (7th place)
- Jeremy Wotherspoon
- Race 1 - 35.37
- Race 2 - 35.68
- Total - 71.05 (9th place)
- Vincent Labrie
- Race 1 - 36.31
- Race 2 - 36.12
- Total - 72.43 (29th place)
- Brock Miron
- Race 1 - 36.42
- Race 2 - 36.12
- Total - 72.54 (30th place)
Men's 5,000m
- Arne Dankers
- Final - 6:21.26 (5th place)
- Steven Elm
- Final - 6:41.53 (22nd place)
- Justin Warsylewicz
- Final - 6:43.74 (24th place)
Women's 3,000m
- Cindy Klassen
- Final - 4:04.37 (Bronze medal)
- Kristina Groves
- Final - 4:09.03 (8th place)
- Clara Hughes
- Final - 4:09.17 (9th place)
x - Alternates
Notes
- Martin Brodeur, ice hockey goalie, is the son of Denis Brodeur, who was the ice hockey goalie for the 1956 Canadian Olympic team the last time the Winter Games were held in Italy.
- 2006 is the first year since 1988 that Canada will have athletes competing in Nordic Combined. Jason Myslicki competes in both Nordic Combined and Ski Jumping.