16 Times Canadians Owned The Olympics And Paralympics Posted by Ivana Peloza Last Updated: July 25, 2024 Donations Make us online 16 Times Canadians Owned The Olympics And Paralympics The 2024 Paris Olympics are HERE and that means everyone is ready to cheer on their nation’s most talented athletes! And when it comes to Canada, most people just think about us being good at hockey. But we Canadians are talented in multiple seasons and sports. So, in preparation for all the excitement of Paris 2024, I’m recounting all the times Canada STOLE the show at the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 1. Canadian women’s swimming team ends a 20-year Olympic medal drought with a record-breaking six medals in Rio 2016. 2. Chantal Petitclerc wins five gold medals and sets two new world records for wheelchair racing in the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. 3. Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir bring home the Gold and win our hearts (all over again!) with their emotional farewell routine in PyeongChang 2018. 4. Andre De Grasse sneaks up on Usain Bolt in the 200m semifinals and sets the second-fastest time in Rio 2016. 5. Carol Huynh wins Canada’s first-ever women’s wrestling gold medal in Beijing 2008. 6. Rosie MacLennan sets multiple records after defending her trampoline gold medal title in Rio 2016. 7. Team Canada claims Canada’s first-ever gold medal for women’s soccer in Tokyo 2020. 8. Justine and Chloé Dufour-Lapointe share the podium as sisters after winning gold and silver medals for Canadian moguls in Sochi 2014. 9. The Canadian men’s wheelchair basketball national team avenge their loss against the Aussies from four years earlier and bring home the gold in London’s 2012 Paralympic Games. 10. Alex Bilodeau makes history as the first Canadian athlete to win gold on Canadian soil in Vancouver 2010. 11. Daniel Igali becomes Canada’s first-ever Olympic wrestling champion in his Olympic debut in Sydney 2000. 12. Donovan Bailey becomes the world’s fastest man when he sets the 100m track world record in Atlanta 1996. 13. Mark Tewksbury shocks the world as the underdog who claimed gold in Canadian swimming in Barcelona 1992. 14. Joannie Rochette skates in the short program just two days after her mother passed away and ends up winning bronze for Canada in Vancouver 2010. 15. Silken Laumann’s remarkable comeback from injury just ten weeks ahead of the Olympics, only to win bronze for Canadian women’s rowing in Barcelona 1992. 16. And last but not least, Sidney Crosby leads the Canadian hockey team to Olympic gold on Canadian soil in Vancouver 2010. I’m sorry but if that didn’t get you absolutely HYPED to watch the Olympics, I really don’t know what will. Who knows what historic Canadian memories will be made this year!? Let us know which event you’re most looking forward to in the comments below! And be sure to follow BuzzFeed Canada on Instagram and TikTok for more! Source link
The 2024 Paris Olympics are HERE and that means everyone is ready to cheer on their nation’s most talented athletes! And when it comes to Canada, most people just think about us being good at hockey. But we Canadians are talented in multiple seasons and sports. So, in preparation for all the excitement of Paris 2024, I’m recounting all the times Canada STOLE the show at the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 1. Canadian women’s swimming team ends a 20-year Olympic medal drought with a record-breaking six medals in Rio 2016. 2. Chantal Petitclerc wins five gold medals and sets two new world records for wheelchair racing in the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. 3. Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir bring home the Gold and win our hearts (all over again!) with their emotional farewell routine in PyeongChang 2018. 4. Andre De Grasse sneaks up on Usain Bolt in the 200m semifinals and sets the second-fastest time in Rio 2016. 5. Carol Huynh wins Canada’s first-ever women’s wrestling gold medal in Beijing 2008. 6. Rosie MacLennan sets multiple records after defending her trampoline gold medal title in Rio 2016. 7. Team Canada claims Canada’s first-ever gold medal for women’s soccer in Tokyo 2020. 8. Justine and Chloé Dufour-Lapointe share the podium as sisters after winning gold and silver medals for Canadian moguls in Sochi 2014. 9. The Canadian men’s wheelchair basketball national team avenge their loss against the Aussies from four years earlier and bring home the gold in London’s 2012 Paralympic Games. 10. Alex Bilodeau makes history as the first Canadian athlete to win gold on Canadian soil in Vancouver 2010. 11. Daniel Igali becomes Canada’s first-ever Olympic wrestling champion in his Olympic debut in Sydney 2000. 12. Donovan Bailey becomes the world’s fastest man when he sets the 100m track world record in Atlanta 1996. 13. Mark Tewksbury shocks the world as the underdog who claimed gold in Canadian swimming in Barcelona 1992. 14. Joannie Rochette skates in the short program just two days after her mother passed away and ends up winning bronze for Canada in Vancouver 2010. 15. Silken Laumann’s remarkable comeback from injury just ten weeks ahead of the Olympics, only to win bronze for Canadian women’s rowing in Barcelona 1992. 16. And last but not least, Sidney Crosby leads the Canadian hockey team to Olympic gold on Canadian soil in Vancouver 2010. I’m sorry but if that didn’t get you absolutely HYPED to watch the Olympics, I really don’t know what will. Who knows what historic Canadian memories will be made this year!? Let us know which event you’re most looking forward to in the comments below! And be sure to follow BuzzFeed Canada on Instagram and TikTok for more!
