Canada at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Canada at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
Canada at the; 2020 Summer Paralympics
	Flag of Canada
IPC code	CAN
NPC	Canadian Paralympic Committee
Website	www.paralympic.ca
in Tokyo, Japan; August 24, 2021 – September 5, 2021
Competitors	128 in 18 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Priscilla Gagné
Flag bearer (closing)	Brent Lakatos
Coaches	113 (coaches and staff)
Medals; Ranked 23rd	Gold 5 Silver 10 Bronze 6 Total 21
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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Canada competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021.^[1]

On August 8, 2021, the Canadian Paralympic Committee announced the final team of 128 athletes (57 men and 71 women) competing in 128 sports.^[2]^[3] A total of 113 coaches and support staff will also accompany the team.^[4]

On August 21, 2021, judoka Priscilla Gagné was announced as Canada's flagbearer during the opening ceremony.^[5]^[6]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Aurélie Rivard	Swimming	Women's 100 m freestyle S10	28 August
Gold	Greg Stewart	Athletics	Men's shot put F46	1 September
Gold	Aurélie Rivard	Swimming	Women's 400 m freestyle S10	1 September
Gold	Danielle Dorris	Swimming	Women's 50 metre butterfly S7	3 September
Gold	Nate Riech	Athletics	Men's 1500 metres T38	4 September
Silver	Tristen Chernove	Cycling	Men's individual pursuit C1	26 August
Silver	Nicolas-Guy Turbide	Swimming	Men's 100 m backstroke S13	26 August
Silver	Kate O'Brien	Cycling	Women's time trial C4–5	27 August
Silver	Priscilla Gagné	Judo	Women's 52 kg	27 August
Silver	Brent Lakatos	Athletics	Men's 5000 m T54	28 August
Silver	Brent Lakatos	Athletics	Men's 400 m T53	29 August
Silver	Danielle Dorris	Swimming	Women's 100 m backstroke S7	30 August
Silver	Brent Lakatos	Athletics	Men's 100 m T53	1 September
Silver	Aurélie Rivard	Swimming	Women's 100 metre backstroke S10	2 September
Silver	Brent Lakatos	Athletics	Men's 800 metres T53	2 September
Bronze	Keely Shaw	Cycling	Women's individual pursuit C4	25 August
Bronze	Aurélie Rivard	Swimming	Women's 50 m freestyle S10	25 August
Bronze	Stefan Daniel	Paratriathlon	Men's PTS5	29 August
Bronze	Morgan Bird Katarina Roxon Sabrina Duchesne Aurélie Rivard	Swimming	Women's 34pts 4x100m relay	29 August
Bronze	Zachary Gingras	Athletics	Men's 400 m T38	31 August
Bronze	Marissa Papaconstantinou	Athletics	Women's 100 metres T64	3 September

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	0	1	1
Athletics (track and field)	9	7	16
Badminton	0	1	1
Boccia	3	1	4
Cycling	5	4	9
Equestrian	0	4	4
Goalball	0	6	6
Judo	0	1	1
Paracanoeing	1	2	3
Paratriathlon	1	3	4
Rowing	3	4	7
Shooting	1	1	2
Sitting volleyball	0	11	11
Swimming	6	13	19
Wheelchair basketball	11	12	23
Wheelchair fencing	3	1	4
Wheelchair rugby	12	0	12
Wheelchair tennis	1	0	1
Total	57	71	128

Archery

Canada qualified one female archer. Karen Van Nest qualified by winning silver at the Pan American Championships in Monterrey, Mexico.^[7] This will make her sixth appearance at the Paralympic Games.^[7]

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Karen Van Nest	Women's individual compound open	678	11	Nagano (JPN) W 138–130	Lin (CHN) L 140–142

Athletics (track and field)

Canada's track and field team of 16 athletes (nine men and seven women) was announced on July 30, 2021.^[8]

Men's track

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Zachary Gingras	400m T38	51.81	3 Q	50.85
Austin Ingram	100m T13	11.21	10	did not advance
Brent Lakatos	100m T53	14.49	2 Q	14.55
	400m T53	48.00	2 Q	46.75 AR
	800m T53	1:42.29	6 Q	1:36.32
	1500m T53	3:03.72	15	did not advance
	5000m T54	10:15.15	8 Q	10:30.19
	Marathon T54	—		1:29.18	4
Thomas Normandeau	400m T47	50.33	7 Q	50.02	6
Guillaume Ouellet	5000m T13	—		14:47.47	5
Nathan Riech	1500m T38	—		3:58.92
Austin Smeenk	100m T34	—		15.92	7
Austin Smeenk	800m T34	1:46.99	5 Q	1:47.58	5
Liam Stanley	1500m T37

Men's field

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Greg Stewart	Shot put F46	16.75 PR

Women's track

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jessica Frotten	100m T53
	400m T53
	800m T53	1:56.79	9	did not advance
	1500m T53	3:52.23	13	did not advance
	5000m T53
Marissa Papaconstantinou	100m T64	27.22	5 Q	27.08	5
Marissa Papaconstantinou	200m T64

Women's field

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Charlotte Bolton	Discus throw F41	27.72	6
Charlotte Bolton	Shot put F41	8.73	6
Jennifer Brown	Discus throw F38
Renee Foessel	Discus throw F38
Sarah Mickey	Discus throw F55	22.49	6
Amy Watt	Long jump T47

Badminton

Canada qualified one female badminton athlete. Olivia Meier qualified to compete in the women's singles SL4 event.^[9] The appearance will also mark Canada's debut in the sport at the Paralympics.^[9]

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Olivia Meier	Women's singles SL4	Srinavakul (THA) L 1–2 (20–22, 22–20, 13–21)	Sagøy (NOR) L 0–2 (6–21, 8–21)	Dransfield (AUS) W 1–2 (7–21, 21–13, 23–21)	3	Did not advance

Boccia

Canada qualified in BC4 & Individual BC2 events, they include Danik Allard, Iulian Ciobanu, Marco Dispaltro and Alison Levine.^[10]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Pool matches				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Danik Allard	Mixed individual BC2	Gonçalves (POR) L 4–8	Sugimura (JPN) L 4–6	Tsyplina (RPC) W 12–1	3	did not advance
Iulian Ciobanu	Mixed individual BC4	Oliveira (POR) W 3–3	Lin (CHN) W 6–4	Zheng (CHN) L 2–8	2	did not advance
Alison Levine	Mixed individual BC4	Streharsky (SVK) W 4–3	Lau (HKG) L 2–3	Streharsky (CRO) L 8–2	3	did not advance

Pairs

Athlete	Event	Pool matches					Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
from Iulian Ciobanu Marco Dispaltro Alison Levine	Mixed pair BC4	Portugal (POR)	Brazil (BRA)	Great Britain (GBR)	Slovakia (SVK)

Cycling

Canada qualified a total of nine cyclists (five men and four women). Canada will compete in both disciplines (road and track), with four athletes Tristen Chernove, Ross Wilson, Kate O'Brien and Keely Shaw competing in both. The team was named on July 7, 2021.^[11] On August 30, 2021, Tristen Chernove withdrew from the Games after announcing his immediate retirement.^[12]

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Joey Desjardins	Road race H3	2:48:04	8
Alex Hyndman		3:00:50	11
Charles Moreau		2:59:47	10
Ross Wilson	Road race C1–3
Joey Desjardins	Time trial H3	46:13.88	11
Alex Hyndman		51:35.43	16
Charles Moreau		47:00.95	12
Ross Wilson	Time trial C1	27:57.31	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Keely Shaw	Road race C4–5
Marie-Ève Croteau	Road race T1–2
Shelley Gautier	Road race T1–2
Kate O'Brien	Time trial C4	DNF
Keely Shaw	Time trial C4	42:11.09	4
Marie-Ève Croteau	Time trial T1–2	39:45.55	6
Shelley Gautier	Time trial T1–2	41:07.32	8

Track

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank
Tristen Chernove	Men's individual pursuit C1	3:40.591	2 Q	Astashov (RPC) L Overlapped
Keely Shaw	Women's individual pursuit C4	3:49.032	3 QB	Lemon (AUS) W 3:48.342

Time trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Tristen Chernove	Men's time trial C1–3	DNS
Kate O'Brien	Women's time trial C4–5	35.439

Equestrian

Canada qualified a team of four equestrians. The team was officially named on July 20, 2021.^[13]

Individual

Athlete	Horse	Event	Total
Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank
Lauren Barwick	Sandrino	Individual championship test grade III	70.000	9
Lauren Barwick	Sandrino	Individual freestyle test grade III	72.507	6
Winona Hartvikson	Onyx	Individual championship test grade I	69.893	9
Jody Schloss	Lieutenant Lobin	Individual championship test grade I	69.286	11
Roberta Sheffield	Fairuza	Individual championship test grade III	69.765	12

Team

Athlete	Horse	Event	Individual score	Total
Athlete	Horse	Event	TT	Score	Rank
Lauren Barwick	See above	Team	70.235	211.699	10
Winona Hartvikson			69.464
Roberta Sheffield			72.000

Goalball

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage					Quarterfinal	Semifinals	Final
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Canada women's	Women's tournament	RPC L 1–5	Israel W 6–2	Australia L 3–4	China L 2–4	5	did not advance

Women

The women's goalball team qualified by being one of two teams from the 2019 IBSA Goalball Paralympic Ranking Tournament to not have qualified through other tournaments.

Roster

Canada's roster of six athletes was named on June 24, 2021.^[14] The following is the Canada roster in the women's goalball tournament of the 2020 Summer Paralympics.^[15]

No.	Player	Class	Date of birth (age)
1	Maryam Salehizadeh	B2	(1986-09-21)September 21, 1986 (aged 34)
3	Whitney Bogart	B3	(1986-04-21)April 21, 1986 (aged 35)
4	Meghan Mahon	B3	(1996-01-15)January 15, 1996 (aged 25)
5	Emma Reinke	B3	(1998-06-22)June 22, 1998 (aged 23)
6	Brieann Baldock	B3	(1995-12-14)December 14, 1995 (aged 25)
7	Amy Burk	B3	(1990-03-17)March 17, 1990 (aged 31)

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	4	3	1	17	7	+10	9	Quarterfinals
2	Israel	4	2	2	22	14	+8	6
3	RPC	4	2	2	13	16	−3	6
4	Australia	4	2	2	9	21	−12	6
5	Canada	4	1	3	12	15	−3	3

Source: TOCOG
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of wins; 4) goals against; 5) head-to-head goal difference.

25 August 2021

10:30

RPC	5–1	Canada
Gerasimova 1' Arestova 2', 9', 16' Chudina 23'	Report	Reinke 23'

Makuhari Messe, Tokyo

Referee: Vaida Pokvytytė (Lithuania), Yoshinori Nii (Japan)

26 August 2021

20:30

Canada	6–2	Israel
Reinke 9', 13', 14', 16' Salehizadeh 18', 22'	Report	Mizrahi 18' Ben-David 23'

Makuhari Messe, Tokyo

Referee: Bas Spaans (Netherlands), Romualdas Vaitiekus (Lithuania)

28 August 2021

09:00

Canada	3–4	Australia
Salehizadeh 16' Reinke 24', 24'	Report	Horsburgh 12', 18', 19', 23'

Makuhari Messe, Tokyo

Referee: Raili Sipura (Finland), Reza Dehghan (Iran)

30 August 2021

14:45

China	4–2	Canada
Chen Fengqing 2' Zhang Xiling 3', 4', 22'	Report	Reinke 16' Burk 18'

Makuhari Messe, Tokyo

Referee: Vaida Pokvytytė (Lithuania), Raili Sipura (Finland)

Judo

Canada qualified one female judoka. Priscilla Gagné was officially named to the team on July 16, 2021.^[16]

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage First round	Repechage Final	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Priscilla Gagné	Women's -52 kg	Bye	Stepaniuk (RPC) W 01–00	Brussig (GER) W 11–00	—		Abdellaoui (ALG) L 00–10

Paracanoeing

Canada qualified four boats and three athletes (one man and two women). The team was announced on August 6, 2021.^[17] All three canoeists are making their Paralympic debut.^[17]

Key

Note–Ranks given for are within the athlete's heat only
Qualification Legend: FA =Qualify to final (medal); FB =Qualify to final B (non-medal); SF =Qualify to semifinal

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mathieu St-Pierre	Men's VL2
Brianna Hennessy	Women's KL1
Brianna Hennessy	Women's VL2
Andrea Nelson	Women's KL2

Paratriathlon

Canada qualified four triathletes (one man and three women). The team was officially named on July 12, 2021.^[18]

Athlete	Event	Swim	Trans 1	Bike	Trans 2	Run	Total time	Rank
Stefan Daniel	Men's PTS5	10:31	0:59	30:13	0:49	16:50	59:22
Kamylle Frenette	Women's PTS5	11:54	1:05	34:58	0:46	21:26	1:10:09	4
Jessica Tuomela (Guide - Marianne Hogan)	Women's PTVI	12:35	1:19	32:18	1:10	25:31	1:12:53	5

Rowing

Canada qualified two boats in mixed events for the games. The mixed coxed four crews qualified by winning the gold medal at the 2021 Final Qualification Regatta in Varese, Italy.^[19] While the mixed Double sculls received a bipartite commission invitation allocation.^[20] The team of seven rowers was announced on August 4, 2021.^[21]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jessye Brockway Jeremy Hall	Mixed double sculls	9:43.91	5 R	9:11.14	5 FB	9:53.64	12
Kyle Fredrickson Bayleigh Hooper Victoria Nolan Andrew Todd Laura Court c	Mixed coxed four	7:43.84	4 R	7:15.81	4 FB	7:43.03	8

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage

Shooting

Canada qualified two shooters (one per gender) through bipartie slot allocations. The team was named on August 6, 2021.^[22]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Doug Blessin	R4 – Mixed 10m air rifle standing SH2
Lyne Tremblay	R4 – Mixed 10m air rifle standing SH2
Doug Blessin	R5 – Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH2	627.5	33	did not advance
Lyne Tremblay	R5 – Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH2	609.0	36	did not advance
Doug Blessin	R9 – Mixed 50 metre rifle prone SH2
Lyne Tremblay	R9 – Mixed 50 metre rifle prone SH2

Sitting volleyball

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Semifinal	Final / BM / Cl.
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Canada women's	Women's tournament	Brazil L 2–3	Italy W 3–1	Japan W 3–0	2 Q	China L 0-3	Brazil L 1-3	4

Women's tournament

Canada women's national sitting volleyball team qualified for the 2020 Summer Paralympics after winning the 2020 World ParaVolley Final Paralympic Qualification Event held in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.^[23]

Roster

Canada's 11 member squad was named on July 22, 2021.^[24]

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	3	0	3	9	3	3.000	289	237	1.219	Semifinals
2	Canada	3	2	1	2	8	4	2.000	278	243	1.144	Semifinals
3	Italy	3	1	2	1	5	6	0.833	227	232	0.978	Fifth place match
4	Japan (H)	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	143	225	0.636	Seventh place match

Source: TOCOG
(H) Host

27 August 2021 (2021-08-27) 18:30 v	Brazil	3–2	Canada	Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Krisztina Árpás (HUN), Kim Jong-heun (KOR)
	(21–25, 26–24, 25–20, 27–29, 17–15) Results Statistics

29 August 2021 (2021-08-29) 14:00 v	Italy	1–3	Canada	Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Ute Fischer (GER), Andre Calado (BRA)
	(16–25, 14–25, 25–15, 18–25) Results Statistics

1 September 2021 (2021-09-01) 20:30 v	Canada	3–0	Japan	Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Huang Xiao (CHN), Sari Mannersuo (FIN)
	(25–19, 25–15, 25–20) Results Statistics

Semifinal

3 September 2021 (2021-09-03) 20:30 v	China	3–0	Canada	Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Vanessa Redes (BRA), Ritsuto Yamamichi (JPN)
	(25–18, 25–20, 25–15) Results Statistics

Bronze medal game

4 September 2021 (2021-09-04) 16:30 v	Brazil	3–1	Canada	Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Khalid Shanishah (LBA), Ute Fischer (GER)
	(25–15, 24–26, 26–24, 25–14) Results Statistics

Swimming

Canada qualified nineteen swimmers: six male swimmers including Nicolas-Guy Turbide who won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics and thirteen female swimmers including Aurelie Rivard and Katarina Roxon who both won medals at the last Paralympic Games. Tess Routliffe was scheduled to compete but withdrew from the swimming team following an injury that occurred at the World Para Swimming World Series finale in Berlin, Routliffe's teammate Danielle Kisser replaced her.^[25]^[26]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Nicholas Bennett	200m freestyle S14	1:58.49	8 Q	1:56.52	6
	100m backstroke S14
	100m breaststroke S14	1:06.73	4 Q	1:06.94	5
	100m butterfly S14	58.38	9	did not advance
	200m individual medley SM14	2:13.94	4 Q	2:13.21	7
Matthew Cabraja	50m freestyle S11	28.13	9	did not advance
	400m freestyle S11	4:56.42	6 Q	4:57.63	7
	100m backstroke S11	1:13.98	9	did not advance
	100m butterfly S11
Alec Elliot	50m freestyle S10	25.22	9	did not advance
	400m freestyle S10	4:14.65	2 Q	4:10.29	5
	100m butterfly S10	58.59	5 Q	58.44	5
	200m individual medley SM10
James Leroux	100m breaststroke SB9	—		1:11.49	6
Nicolas-Guy Turbide	50m freestyle S13	24.54	8 Q	24.59	8
Nicolas-Guy Turbide	100m backstroke S13	1:01.08	3 Q	59.70
Zach Zona	400m freestyle S8	4:49.09	9	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Camille Bérubé	100m freestyle S7	1:19.64	12	did not advance
	100m backstroke S7	—		1:25.04	5
	100m breaststroke SB6	1:42.80	8 Q	1:44.07	8
	50m butterfly S7
	200m individual medley SM7	3:06.64	3 Q	3:03.91	5
Morgan Bird	50m freestyle S8	33.20	8 Q	32.16	6
Morgan Bird	100m butterfly S8
Tammy Cunnington	50m backstroke S4
	50m breaststroke SB3	1:17.94	13	did not advance
	150m individual medley SM4	3:41.06	13	did not advance
Danielle Dorris	100m backstroke S7	—		1:21.91
	50m butterfly S7
	200m individual medley SM7	3:07.53	4 Q	3:03.16	4
Sabrina Duchesne	100m freestyle S7	1:14.95	8 Q	1:14.55	6
Sabrina Duchesne	400m freestyle S7	—		5:20.59	5
Nikita Ens	100m freestyle S3	2:32.26	9	did not advance
	50m backstroke S3	1:10.82	9	did not advance
	150m individual medley SM4	4:34.01	17	did not advance
Danielle Kisser	100m breaststroke SB6	1:49.04	10	did not advance
Angela Marina	200m freestyle S14	2:16.19	6 Q	2:15.43	6
	100m backstroke S14
	100m breaststroke SB14	1:27.61	13	did not advance
	100m butterfly S14	1:12.00	11	did not advance
	200m individual medley SM14	2:38.97	12	did not advance
Shelby Newkirk	50m freestyle S6	35.50	9	did not advance
	100m freestyle S7	1:19.06	11	did not advance
	100m backstroke S6
Aurélie Rivard	50m freestyle S10	27.74	2 Q	28.11
	100m freestyle S10	58.60	1 Q	58.14 WR
	400m freestyle S10	—		4:24.08 WR
	100m backstroke S10
	200m individual medley SM10
Katarina Roxon	100m freestyle S9	1:08.24	17	did not advance
	100m breaststroke SB8	1:26.62	5 Q	1:25.73	4
	200m individual medley SM9	2:47.09	10	did not advance
Abi Tripp	100m breaststroke SB7	DSQ		did not advance
Aly Van Wyck-Smart	100m freestyle S3	2:49.59	14	did not advance
Aly Van Wyck-Smart	50m backstroke S3	1:23.30	12	did not advance
Morgan Bird Katarina Roxon Sabrina Duchesne Aurélie Rivard	34pts 4x100m relay	—		4:30.40

Wheelchair basketball

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinals	Final / BM / Cl.
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Canada men's	Men's tournament	Spain L 41–48	Turkey L 73–77	Japan L 56–62	South Korea W 74–64	Colombia W 63–52	4 Q	Great Britain L 52–66	Did not advance	Germany L 56–68	8
Canada women's	Women's tournament	Great Britain W 73–54	Japan W 61–35	Germany L 57–59	Australia W 76–37	—	2 Q	United States L 48–63	Did not advance	Japan W 68–49	5

Men's tournament

The men's team qualified by winning the silver medal at the 2019 Parapan American Games in Lima, Peru.^[27]

Roster

Canada's 12 team member squad was announced on July 19, 2021.^[28] The following is the Canada roster in the men's wheelchair basketball tournament of the 2020 Summer Paralympics. ^[29]

Canada men's national wheelchair basketball team - 2020 Summer Paralympics roster

Players

Coaches

No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Pts.
4	Nikola Goncin	29 – (1991-12-19)19 December 1991	4.5
5	Deion Green	31 – (1990-04-28)28 April 1990	3.5
6	Robert Hedges	41 – (1980-01-05)5 January 1980	2.5
7	Vincent Dallaire	26 – (1995-03-07)7 March 1995	1.5
8	Blaise Mutware	27 – (1994-05-14)14 May 1994	3.5
9	Colin Higgins	30 – (1991-05-23)23 May 1991	4.5
10	Lee Melymick	26 – (1995-01-09)9 January 1995	1.0
11	Chad Jassman	37 – (1983-09-16)16 September 1983	1.5
12	Patrick Anderson	42 – (1979-08-22)22 August 1979	4.5
13	Jonathan Vermette	30 – (1991-03-04)4 March 1991	1.0
14	Tyler Miller	37 – (1984-06-24)24 June 1984	1.5
15	Garrett Ostepchuk	21 – (2000-03-12)12 March 2000	2.0

Head coach

Matteo Feriani

Assistant coach(es)

Joey Johnson, Nicolas Palmer

Legend

Age - describes age on 24 August 2021

Women's tournament

The women's team qualified by winning the gold medal at the 2019 Parapan American Games in Lima, Peru.^[30]

Roster

Canada's 11 team member squad was announced on July 19, 2021.^[28] The following is the Canada roster in the women's wheelchair basketball tournament of the 2020 Summer Paralympics. ^[31]

Canada women's national wheelchair basketball team - 2020 Summer Paralympics roster

Players

Coaches

No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Pts.
4	Rosalie Lalonde	24 – (1997-03-27)27 March 1997	3.0
5	Elodie Tessier	25 – (1996-03-14)14 March 1996	2.5
6	Arinn Young	25 – (1996-07-10)10 July 1996	4.5
7	Cindy Ouellet	32 – (1988-12-08)8 December 1988	3.5
8	Tamara Steeves	31 – (1989-09-23)23 September 1989	1.5
9	Danielle Duplessis	24 – (1997-07-17)17 July 1997	4.5
10	Puisand Lai	21 – (2000-07-29)29 July 2000	1.0
11	Tara Llanes	44 – (1976-11-28)28 November 1976	1.5
12	Sandrine Berube	22 – (1999-02-05)5 February 1999	4.5
13	Kady Dandeneau	31 – (1990-01-25)25 January 1990	4.5
15	Melanie Hawtin	33 – (1988-07-20)20 July 1988	1.0

Head coach

Marc Ducharme

Assistant coach(es)

Simon Cass, Darrell Nordell

Legend

Age - describes age on 24 August 2021

Wheelchair fencing

Canada qualified four athletes (three men and one women). The team was officially named on July 9, 2021.^[32]

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition	Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Matthieu Hebert	Men's individual foil A	Kano (JPN)	L 3-5	15	did not advance
		Nalewajek (POL)	L 0-5
		Demchuk (UKR)	L 1-5
		Sun (CHN)	L 0-5
	Men's individual sabre A	Kano (JPN)	L 1-5	15	did not advance
		Osváth (HUN)	L 0-5
		Ntounis (GRE)	L 0-5
		Shaburov (RPC)	L 1-5
Pierre Mainville	Men's individual épée B	Peter (FRA)	W 5-4	13	did not advance
		Ali (IRQ)	L 2-5
		Kuzyukov (RPC)	L 1-5
		Fujita (JPN)	L 2-5
		Datsko (UKR)	L 1-5
		Coutya (GBR)	L 1-5
	Men's individual sabre B	Valet (FRA)	L 2-5	9 Q	Valet (FRA) L 9–15	did not advance
		Pluta (POL)	L 0-5
		Chaves (BRA)	W 5-0
		Tarjányi (HUN)	L 4-5
		Kurzin (RPC)	L 2-5
Ryan Rousell	Men's individual épée A	Lambertini (ITA)	L 1-5	14	did not advance
		Schmidt (GER)	L 2-5
		Shaburov (RPC)	L 4-5
		Akkaya (TUR)	L 0-5
		Al-Madhkhoori (IRQ)	L 0-5
	Men's individual sabre A	Demchuk (UKR)	L 4-5	13	did not advance
		Giordan (ITA)	L 0-5
		Li (CHN)	L 3-5
		Schmidt (GER)	L 3-5
Sylvie Morel	Women's individual foil A	Oliveira (BRA)	W 5-3	15	did not advance
		Morkvych (UKR)	L 1-5
		Trigilia (ITA)	L 2-5
		Rong (CHN)	L 1-5
		Sycheva (RPC)	L 2-5
	Women's individual sabre A	Tibilashvili (GEO)	L 2-5	14	did not advance
		Dróżdż (POL)	L 0-5
		Gu (CHN)	L 1-5
		Sycheva (RPC)	L 3-5

Wheelchair rugby

The Canadian team qualified for the games by winning the Final Qualification Tournament held in Richmond, British Columbia in March 2020.^[33]

Summary

Squad	Group stage				Semifinal	5th vs 6th	Rank
Squad	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Canada national team	Great Britain L 47–50	United States L 54–58	New Zealand W 51–36	3	Did not advance	France W 57–49	5

Team roster

Canada's 12 team roster was announced on July 28, 2021.^[34]

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	171	137	+34	6	Semi-finals
2	Great Britain	3	2	1	158	134	+24	4	Semi-finals
3	Canada	3	1	2	152	144	+8	2	Fifth place Match
4	New Zealand	3	0	3	108	174	−66	0	Seventh place Match

Source: Tokyo2020

25 August 2021

12:45

Canada	47–50	Great Britain

Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo

26 August 2021

12:45

United States	58–54	Canada

Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo

27 August 2021

12:45

New Zealand	36-51	Canada

Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo

Classification 5th/6th

28 August 2021

20:00

France	49–57	Canada

Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo

Wheelchair tennis

Canada qualified one wheelchair tennis athlete. Robert Shaw qualified by being ranked 9th in the world.^[35]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Robert Shaw	Quad singles	Lapthorne (GBR) L 3–6, 3-6	did not advance

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v t e National Paralympic Committees at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan
Africa	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo Egypt Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
Americas	Argentina Aruba Barbados Bermuda Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Puerto Rico Saint Vincent and the Grenadines United States Uruguay Venezuela Virgin Islands
Asia	Afghanistan Bahrain Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Iraq Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Nepal Oman Pakistan Palestine Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore South Korea Sri Lanka Syria Chinese Taipei Tajikistan Thailand United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen
Europe	Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France Georgia Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Norway Poland Portugal Romania Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine
Oceania	Australia Fiji New Zealand Papua New Guinea
Other	Refugee Paralympic Team RPC athletes
Withdrawn	Myanmar Turkmenistan East Timor Brunei Trinidad and Tobago Macau Suriname Antigua and Barbuda Liechtenstein San Marino Andorra Kiribati North Korea Samoa Tonga Vanuatu
Suspended	Comoros Djibouti Seychelles Sudan

Medalists

Competitors

Archery

Athletics (track and field)

Badminton

Boccia

Cycling

Road

Track

Equestrian

Goalball

Women

Judo

Paracanoeing

Paratriathlon

Rowing

Shooting

Sitting volleyball

Women's tournament

Swimming

Wheelchair basketball

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

Wheelchair fencing

Wheelchair rugby

Wheelchair tennis

See also

References