Here is your Team Canada for the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games
57 athletes will represent Canada in track and field and the marathon at this year's Summer Games
Photo by: Maxine GravinaAthletics Canada announced the final team selections for the Tokyo Olympics today. In addition to the 10 athletes already named in the marathon and distance events (Trevor Hofbauer, Ben Preisner and Cam Levins in the men’s marathon, Dayna Pidhoresky, Malindi Elmore and Natasha Wodak in the women’s marathon, Evan Dunfee and Mathieu Bilodeau in the men’s 50K race walk and Moh Ahmed and Andrea Seccafien in the men’s and women’s 10,000m, 47 additional athletes were named. In alphabetical order, here is the complete list, including field events.
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- Mohammed Ahmed (St. Catharines, Ont.) – Men’s 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres (previously nominated in the 10,000 metres)
- Bolade Ajomale (Richmond Hill, Ont.) – Men’s 4×100-metre relay
- Marco Arop (Edmonton, Alta.) – Men’s 800 metres
- Mathieu Bilodeau (Quebec City, Que.) – Men’s 50-kilometre race walk (previously nominated)
- Khamica Bingham (Brampton, Ont.) – Women’s 100 metres
- Melissa Bishop-Nriagu (Eganville, Ont.) – Women’s 800 metres
- Jerome Blake (Kelowna, B.C.) – Men’s 4×100-metre relay
- Bismark Boateng (Brampton, Ont.) – Men’s 100 metres and 4×100-metre relay
- Aaron Brown (Toronto, Ont.) – Men’s 200 metres and 4×100-metre relay
- Alicia Brown (Ottawa, Ont.) – Women’s 4×400-metre relay
- Lucas Bruchet (Vancouver, B.C.) – Men’s 5,000 metres
- Alycia Butterworth (Parksville, B.C.) – Women’s 3,000-metre steeplechase
- Lindsey Butterworth (North Vancouver, B.C.) – Women’s 800 metres
- Kyra Constantine (Brampton, Ont.) – Women’s 400 metres and 4×400-metre relay
- Brittany Crew (Toronto, Ont.) – Women’s shot put
- Gabriela DeBues-Stafford (Toronto, Ont.) – Women’s 1500 metres
- Andre De Grasse (Markham, Ont.) – Men’s 100 metres, 200 metres and 4×100-metre relay
- Evan Dunfee (Richmond, B.C.) – Men’s 50-kilometre race walk (previously nominated)
- Georgia Ellenwood (Langley, B.C.) – Women’s heptathlon
- Malindi Elmore (Kelowna, B.C.) – Women’s marathon (previously nominated)
- Crystal Emmanuel (Toronto, Ont.) – Women’s 100 metres and 200 metres
- Lauren Gale (Ottawa, Ont.) – Women’s 4×400-metre relay
- John Gay (Vancouver, B.C.) – Men’s 3,000-metre steeplechase
- Elizabeth Gleadle (Vancouver, B.C.) – Women’s javelin throw
- Natalia Hawthorn (North Vancouver, B.C.) – Women’s 1500 metres
- Trevor Hofbauer (Burnaby, B.C.) – Men’s marathon (previously nominated)
- Matthew Hughes (Toronto, Ont.) – Men’s 3,000-metre steeplechase
- Madeleine Kelly (Pembroke, Ont.) – Women’s 800 metres
- Justyn Knight (Toronto, Ont.) – Men’s 5,000 metres
- Geneviève Lalonde (Moncton, N.B.) – Women’s 3,000-metre steeplechase
- Pierce LePage (Whitby, Ont.) – Men’s decathlon
- Cameron Levins (Black Creek, B.C.) – Men’s marathon (previously nominated)
- Django Lovett (Toronto, Ont.) – Men’s high jump
- Michael Mason (Nanoose Bay, B.C.) – Men’s high jump
- Brandon McBride (Windsor, Ont.) – Men’s 800 metres
- Natassha McDonald (Brampton, Ont.) – Women’s 400 metres and 4×400-metre relay
- Sarah Mitton (Brooklyn, N.S.) – Women’s shot put
- Noelle Montcalm (Windsor, Ont.) – Women’s 400-metre hurdles and 4×400-metre relay
- Timothy Nedow (Brockville, Ont.) – Men’s shot put
- Christabel Nettey (Surrey, B.C.) – Women’s long jump
- Anicka Newell (Saskatoon, Sask.) – Women’s pole vault
- Alysha Newman (Delaware, Ont.) – Women’s pole vault
- Dayna Pidhoresky (Tecumseh, Ont.) – Women’s marathon (previously nominated)
- Ben Preisner (Milton, Ont.) – Men’s marathon (previously nominated)
- Madeline Price (Toronto, Ont.) – Women’s 4×400-metre relay
- Brendon Rodney (Etobicoke, Ont.) – Men’s 200 metres and 4×100-metre relay
- Camryn Rogers (Richmond, B.C.) – Women’s hammer throw
- Andrea Seccafien (Guelph, Ont.) – Women’s 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres (previously nominated in the 10,000 metres)
- Gavin Smellie (Brampton, Ont.) – Men’s 100 metres and 4×100-metre relay
- Julie-Anne Staehli (Lucknow, Ont.) – Women’s 5,000 metres
- Lucia Stafford (Toronto, Ont.) – Women’s 1,500 metres
- Kate Van Buskirk (Toronto, Ont.) – Women’s 5,000 metres
- Damian Warner (London, Ont.) – Men’s decathlon
- Sage Watson (Medicine Hat, Alta.) – Women’s 400-metre hurdles and 4×400-metre relay
- Jillian Weir (Kingston, Ont.) – Women’s hammer throw
- Natasha Wodak (North Vancouver, B.C.) – Women’s marathon (previously nominated)
- Regan Yee (South Hazelton, B.C.) – Women’s 3,000-metre steeplechase
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By event – women’s events
100m
Khamica Bingham
Crystal Emmanuel
200m
Crystal Emmanuel
400m
Kyra Constantine
Natassha McDonald
800m
Melissa Bishop-Nriagu
Lindsey Butterworth
Madeleine Kelly
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1,500m
Gabriela DeBues-Stafford
Natalia Hawthorn
Lucia Stafford
5,000m
Andrea Seccafien
Julie-Anne Staehli
Kate Van Buskirk
10,000m
Andrea Seccafien
400m hurdles
Noelle Montcalm
Sage Watson
3,000m steeplechase
Alycia Butterworth
Gen Lalonde
Regan Yee
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Heptathlon
Georgia Ellenwood
Marathon
Malindi Elmore
Dayna Pidhoresky
Natasha Wodak
4x400m relay
Alicia Brown
Kyra Constantine
Lauren Gale
Natassha McDonald
Noelle Montcalm
Madeline Price
Sage Watson
By event – men’s events
100m
Bismark Boateng
Andre De Grasse
Gavin Smellie
200m
Aaron Brown
Andre De Grasse
Brendon Rodney
800m
Marco Arop
Brandon McBride
5,000m
Moh Ahmed
Luc Bruchet
Justyn Knight
10,000m
Moh Ahmed
3,000m steeplechase
John Gay
Matt Hughes
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Decathlon
Pierce LePage
Damian Warner
Marathon
Trevor Hofbauer
Cam Levins
Ben Preisner
50K race walk
Mathieu Bilodeau
Evan Dunfee
4x100m relay
Bolade Ajomale
Jerome Blake
Bismark Boateng
Aaron Brown
Andre De Grasse
Brendon Rodney
Gavin Smellie
Thirty-one of the 57 athletes selected are already Olympians; for the other 26, this will be their first Olympics. In 11 events, Canada will be sending a full roster of three athletes.
Track and field events are scheduled from July 30 to Aug. 8 (Day 10 to 19) at Tokyo Olympic Stadium. The marathon and race walk events will be held Aug. 6 to Aug. 8 (Days 17 to 19) at Sapporo Odori Park.
For more information on the athletes, visit athleticscanada.ca.
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