Canada tied a national record for most medals won at a non-boycotted Summer Olympics in Rio, and many British Columbians played a large part in that.
In total, 12 athletes from BC will return home with a medal around their neck – all of them, women.
Here’s the full list:
Swimming
Taylor Ruck, Kelowna
Taylor Ruck, Canada’s other multi-medal winning 16-year-old, will return home with two bronze medals. She was a part of two swimming relay teams that surprised in Rio.
Emily Overholt, Vancouver
A teammate of Ruck’s on the 4 x 200 m freestyle swimming relay team, Overholt is an old timer compared to Ruck and Penny Oleksiak. She’s 18.
Hilary Caldwell, White Rock
Hilary Caldwell was one of three Canadian swimmers to win a medal in an individual race. She won bronze in the 200-metre backstroke.
Rowing
Lindsay Jennerich, Victoria
Lindsay Jennerich won silver in women’s lightweight double sculls rowing.
Patricia Obee, Victoria
Patricia Obee was Jennerich’s teammate in the all-British Columbian silver medal-winning duo.
Rugby
Kayla Moleschi, Williams Lake
Kayla Moleschi was part of the first-ever women’s rugby bronze medal team.
Cycling
Catharine Pendrel, Kamloops
Catharine Pendrel won bronze in mountain biking despite crashing on the first lap.
Laura Brown, Vancouver
A newcomer to the team, Laura Brown was part of Canada getting back on the podium in women’s team pursuit cycling for a second straight Olympics.
Jasmin Glaesser, Vancouver
Jasmin Glaesser was the lone returnee for team pursuit cycling, earning her second Olympic bronze medal.
Georgia Simmerling, West Vancouver
Georgia Simmerling was a newcomer to the Summer Olympics, but she had plenty of experience in the Winter Games. Competing in her third Olympic sport, she earned a bronze medal with Brown and Glaesser in team pursuit.
Soccer
Sophie Schmidt, Abbotsford
Sophie Schmidt earned back-to-back bronze medals with the women’s soccer team. She scored Canada’s lone goal in their quarter-final win against France.
Christine Sinclair, Burnaby
What can I write that hasn’t already been written about Christine Sinclair? Nothing. She’s a legend, we all know that. If this was her last Olympics, she went out with glory, scoring the game-winning goal in the bronze medal game.