Mélodie Daoust has wanted to compete at the Olympic Games since she realized hockey was her passion. Her dream came true at Sochi 2014 where she scored one goal in Canada’s 3-1 semifinal victory over Switzerland, en route to the gold medal. She went on to be Canada’s leading scorer at PyeongChang 2018, totaling three goals and four assists, as the team won the silver medal.
A former college football star, Jesse Lumsden made his Olympic debut at Vancouver 2010 less than a year after first testing for the Canadian bobsleigh program.
At Sochi 2014 Philippe Marquis became the second member of his family to compete at the Olympic Winter Games, following in the footsteps of his older brother Vincent. He stood on three World Cup podiums in 2016-17, bringing his career total to 12, including a bronze medal at the PyeongChang 2018 test event.
Rosalind Groenewoud, or “Roz G”, took over from her late hero and role model Sarah Burke as a world leader in women’s ski halfpipe. After winning 2012 X Games gold, Groenewoud finished seventh in her event’s Olympic debut at Sochi 2014.
Hayley Wickenheiser competed in the first five Olympic Games in which women’s hockey was included, winning four gold and one silver medals to make her one of Canada’s most decorated Olympians.
Sochi Goal Post was born as part of a regulation sized ice hockey net. Its birthplace is unconfirmed, although it…
Luke Demetre came to bobsleigh from the world of track and field, having competed for Dalhousie University. During the 2011-12…
Brittany Webster was named to the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Team, but did not actually compete in any events at the…
Benjamin Thomsen made his World Cup debut in March 2010 and his world championship debut in 2011 before competing at Sochi 2014.
Morgan Pridy got a taste of the Olympic experience when he served as a forerunner for the downhill and super-G…
A year after his Olympic debut at Sochi 2014, Trevor Philp was a member of the Canadian squad that won silver in the team event at the 2015 World Championships.
At the 2015 World Championships, Phil Brown helped the Canadian squad win silver in the team event which made its Olympic debut at PyeongChang 2018.
One of the founding members of the ski cross national team, Chris Del Bosco made his Olympic debut at Vancouver 2010, arriving at Cypress Mountain as the just-crowned Winter X Games Champion. In 2015-16, Del Bosco finished second overall in the ski cross World Cup standings for the fourth time in his career
Kelsey Serwa came back from several serious injuries to stand on the Olympic podium at Sochi 2014, where she won silver behind teammate Marielle Thompson for Canada’s record third 1-2 finish of the Games.
At Sochi 2014, Marielle Thompson won each of her eighth-final, quarterfinal, and semifinal heats before defeating teammate Kelsey Serwa in the Big Final to win gold as part of Canada’s third 1-2 finish of the Games.
Brady Leman won ski cross gold at PyeongChang 2018, overcoming the struggles and heartbreak he’d experienced during his Olympic journey. Leman had just missed winning an Olympic medal at Sochi 2014 when he finished fourth in the Big Final.
Matthew Rowley was just 16 when he was selected to be a forerunner for the ski jumping and Nordic combined…
Dusty Korek got his first taste of Olympic competition at the 2012 Youth Olympic Winter Games in Innsbruck where he…
Dave Duncan’s first Olympic experience at Vancouver 2010 was short-lived when he was injured during the first day of training at the Games. In 2011-12 he won his second Winter X Games medal, taking bronze in Aspen, following a silver in 2010.
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