Canada's oldest-ever Winter Olympic athlete will compete in PyeongChang

Team Canada is bigger, and perhaps better, than ever.

With 225 athletes (122 men and 103 women) and 87 coaches, Canada is sending its largest contingent ever to a Winter Olympics. They will be among the 6,500 athletes and officials from 95 countries at PyeongChang 2018, that begin next week.

We’re sending our oldest athlete ever to a Winter Games, as 51-year-old Cheryl Bernard will represent Canada in curling. She’s a good bet to win a gold medal, too, looking to capture the Olympic glory that eluded her at Vancouver 2010 when she won silver.

Unlike 2010, Bernard won’t be the team’s skip this time around. After retiring in 2014, the Calgary resident has returned to competitive curling as alternate for Rachel Homan’s rink.

For the first time at a Winter Games, Canada is sending athletes born in the 2000s, with 16-year-old snowboarders Elizabeth Hosking and Eliot Grondin representing Canada’s youngest.

Canada’s most experienced Olympian is snowboarder Jasey-Jay Anderson, who is making his sixth appearance – the most ever by a Canadian at a Winter Games. Meanwhile, 119 athletes will be making their Olympic debut.

Want some more fun facts?

Team Canada has five sets of siblings:

Candace Crawford (alpine skiing) and Jack Crawford (alpine skiing)
Marielle Thompson (ski cross) and Broderick Thompson (alpine skiing)
Chloé Dufour-Lapointe (freestyle skiing – moguls) and Justine Dufour-Lapointe (freestyle skiing – moguls)
Scott Gow (biathlon) and Christian Gow (biathlon)
Charles Hamelin (short track speed skating) and François Hamelin (short track speed skating)

The Lapointe sisters won gold and silver respectively in moguls four years ago. Charles Hamelin is two medals away from equalling the Canadian record (6). His fiancé, Marianne St-Gelais, has three silver medals on her resume as she prepares for her third Olympics.

A married couple will represent Canada this year too, as long track speed skaters Denny Morrison (an Olympic veteran) and Josie Morrison (an Olympic newcomer) head to PyeongChang.

Of Canada’s 225 athletes, 106 have been to the Olympics before, and three have actually already represented Canada at a Summer Olympics:

Bryan Barnett (Beijing 2008 – athletics; Sochi 2014 – bobsleigh)
Phylicia George (London 2012 and Rio 2016 – athletics)
Seyi Smith (London 2012 – athletics)

Ontario is the province that will be sending the most athletes, with 68. Here’s the breakdown for each:

Ontario: 68
Alberta: 54
Quebec: 50
British Columbia: 30
Manitoba: 7
Saskatchewan: 7
Yukon: 3
Northwest Territories: 2
Nova Scotia: 2
Newfoundland and Labrador: 1
Prince Edward Island: 1
New Brunswick: 0
Nunavut: 0

Here’s the full list of athletes representing Canada at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games:

Sport	First Name	Last Name	Hometown	Province
Alpine Skiing	Phil	Brown	Toronto	ON
Alpine Skiing	Dustin	Cook	Lac-Sainte-Marie	QC
Alpine Skiing	Jack	Crawford	Toronto	ON
Alpine Skiing	Candace	Crawford	Toronto	ON
Alpine Skiing	Valérie	Grenier	St-Isidore	ON
Alpine Skiing	Erin	Mielzynski	Guelph	ON
Alpine Skiing	Manuel	Osborne-Paradis	Invermere	BC
Alpine Skiing	Trevor	Philp	Calgary	AB
Alpine Skiing	Erik	Read	Calgary	AB
Alpine Skiing	Roni	Remme	Collingwood	ON
Alpine Skiing	Laurence	St-Germain	Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges	QC
Alpine Skiing	Broderick	Thompson	Whistler	BC
Alpine Skiing	Benjamin	Thomsen	Invermere	BC
Biathlon	Sarah	Beaudry	Prince George	BC
Biathlon	Rosanna	Crawford	Canmore	AB
Biathlon	Macx	Davies	Canmore	AB
Biathlon	Christian	Gow	Calgary	AB
Biathlon	Scott	Gow	Calgary	AB
Biathlon	Brendan	Green	Hay River	NWT
Biathlon	Emma	Lunder	Vernon	BC
Biathlon	Julia	Ransom	Kelowna	BC
Biathlon	Nathan	Smith	Calgary	AB
Biathlon	Megan	Tandy	Prince George	BC
Bobsleigh	Bryan	Barnett	Edmonton	AB
Bobsleigh	Lascelles	Brown	Calgary	AB
Bobsleigh	Ben	Coakwell	Moose Jaw	SK
Bobsleigh	Christine	De Bruin	Stony Plain	AB
Bobsleigh	Phylicia	George	Markham	ON
Bobsleigh	Kaillie	Humphries	Calgary	AB
Bobsleigh	Josh	Kirkpatrick	London	ON
Bobsleigh	Alex	Kopacz	London	ON
Bobsleigh	Justin	Kripps	Summerland	BC
Bobsleigh	Melissa	Lotholz	Barrhead	AB
Bobsleigh	Jesse	Lumsden	Burlington	ON
Bobsleigh	Heather	Moyse	Summerside	PEI
Bobsleigh	Nick	Poloniato	Hamilton	ON
Bobsleigh	Alysia	Rissling	Edmonton	AB
Bobsleigh	Seyi	Smith	Ottawa	ON
Bobsleigh	Christopher	Spring	Priddis	AB
Bobsleigh	Cam	Stones	Whitby	ON
Bobsleigh	Neville	Wright	Edmonton	AB
Cross-Country Skiing	Dahria	Beatty	Whitehorse	YK
Cross-Country Skiing	Cendrine	Browne	Saint-Jérôme	QC
Cross-Country Skiing	Jesse	Cockney	Yellowknife	NWT
Cross-Country Skiing	Anne-Marie	Comeau	Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges	QC
Cross-Country Skiing	Alex	Harvey	Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges	QC
Cross-Country Skiing	Knute	Johnsgaard	Whitehorse	YK
Cross-Country Skiing	Russell	Kennedy	Canmore	AB
Cross-Country Skiing	Devon	Kershaw	Sudbury	ON
Cross-Country Skiing	Graeme	Killick	Fort McMurray	AB
Cross-Country Skiing	Emily	Nishikawa	Whitehorse	YK
Cross-Country Skiing	Lenny	Valjas	Toronto	ON
Curling	Cheryl	Bernard	Calgary	AB
Curling	Joanne	Courtney	Edmonton	AB
Curling	Ben	Hebert	Regina	SK
Curling	Rachel	Homan	Ottawa	ON
Curling	Marc	Kennedy	St. Albert	AB
Curling	Kevin	Koe	Edmonton	AB
Curling	Brent	Laing	Meaford	ON
Curling	Kaitlyn	Lawes	Winnipeg	MB
Curling	Emma	Miskew	Ottawa	ON
Curling	John	Morris	Ottawa	ON
Curling	Scott	Pfeifer	St. Albert	AB
Curling	Lisa	Weagle	Ottawa	ON
Figure Skating	Larkyn	Austman	Coquitlam	BC
Figure Skating	Charlie	Bilodeau	Trois-Pistoles	QC
Figure Skating	Patrick	Chan	Toronto	ON
Figure Skating	Gabrielle	Daleman	Newmarket	ON
Figure Skating	Meagan	Duhamel	Lively	ON
Figure Skating	Piper	Gilles	Toronto	ON
Figure Skating	Michael	Marinaro	Sarnia	ON
Figure Skating	Keegan	Messing	Sherwood Park/Brampton	AB/ON
Figure Skating	Scott	Moir	Ilderton	ON
Figure Skating	Kirsten	Moore-Towers	St. Catharines	ON
Figure Skating	Kaetlyn	Osmond	Marystown/Sherwood Park	NL/AB
Figure Skating	Paul	Poirier	Unionville	ON
Figure Skating	Andrew	Poje	Waterloo	ON
Figure Skating	Eric	Radford	Balmertown	ON
Figure Skating	Julianne	Séguin	Longueuil	QC
Figure Skating	Tessa	Virtue	London	ON
Figure Skating	Kaitlyn	Weaver	Toronto	ON
Freestyle Skiing	Alex	Beaulieu-Marchand	Quebec City	QC
Freestyle Skiing	Alex	Bellemare	Saint-Boniface	QC
Freestyle Skiing	Noah	Bowman	Calgary	AB
Freestyle Skiing	Simon	D’Artois	Whistler	BC
Freestyle Skiing	Chris	Del Bosco	Montreal	QC
Freestyle Skiing	Kevin	Drury	Toronto	ON
Freestyle Skiing	Justine	Dufour-Lapointe	Montreal	QC
Freestyle Skiing	Chloé	Dufour-Lapointe	Montreal	QC
Freestyle Skiing	Dave	Duncan	London	ON
Freestyle Skiing	Marc-Antoine	Gagnon	Terrebonne	QC
Freestyle Skiing	Rosalind (Roz)	Groenewoud	Calgary	AB
Freestyle Skiing	Teal	Harle	Campbell River	BC
Freestyle Skiing	Dara	Howell	Huntsville	ON
Freestyle Skiing	Lewis	Irving	Quebec City	QC
Freestyle Skiing	Mikaël	Kingsbury	Deux-Montagnes	QC
Freestyle Skiing	Kim	Lamarre	Lac Beauport	QC
Freestyle Skiing	Catrine	Lavallée	Montreal	QC
Freestyle Skiing	Brady	Leman	Calgary	AB
Freestyle Skiing	Philippe	Marquis	Quebec City	QC
Freestyle Skiing	Evan	McEachran	Oakville	ON
Freestyle Skiing	Andi	Naude	Penticton	BC
Freestyle Skiing	Brittany	Phelan	Mont-Tremblant	QC
Freestyle Skiing	Mike	Riddle	Edmonton	AB
Freestyle Skiing	Audrey	Robichaud	Quebec City	QC
Freestyle Skiing	Olivier	Rochon	Gatineau	QC
Freestyle Skiing	Kelsey	Serwa	Kelowna	BC
Freestyle Skiing	Cassie	Sharpe	Comox	BC
Freestyle Skiing	India	Sherret	Cranbrook	BC
Freestyle Skiing	Marielle	Thompson	Whistler	BC
Freestyle Skiing	Yuki	Tsubota	Whistler	BC
Ice Hockey	Meghan	Agosta	Ruthven	ON
Ice Hockey	René	Bourque	Lac La Biche	AB
Ice Hockey	Bailey	Bram	Ste. Anne	MB
Ice Hockey	Gilbert	Brulé	Edmonton	AB
Ice Hockey	Emily	Clark	Saskatoon	SK
Ice Hockey	Mélodie	Daoust	Valleyfield	QC
Ice Hockey	Ann-Renée	Desbiens	La Malbaie	QC
Ice Hockey	Andrew	Ebbett	Vernon	BC
Ice Hockey	Stefan	Elliott	Vancouver	BC
Ice Hockey	Renata	Fast	Burlington	ON
Ice Hockey	Laura	Fortino	Hamilton	ON
Ice Hockey	Chay	Genoway	Morden	MB
Ice Hockey	Cody	Goloubef	Oakville	ON
Ice Hockey	Marc-André	Gragnani	Île-Bizard	QC
Ice Hockey	Quinton	Howden	Oakbank	MB
Ice Hockey	Haley	Irwin	Thunder Bay	ON
Ice Hockey	Brianne	Jenner	Oakville	ON
Ice Hockey	Rebecca	Johnston	Sudbury	ON
Ice Hockey	Chris	Kelly	Toronto	ON
Ice Hockey	Rob	Klinkhammer	Lethbridge	AB
Ice Hockey	Brandon	Kozun	Calgary	AB
Ice Hockey	Geneviève	Lacasse	Kingston	ON
Ice Hockey	Brigette	Lacquette	Mallard	MB
Ice Hockey	Maxim	Lapierre	Brossard	QC
Ice Hockey	Jocelyne	Larocque	Ste. Anne	MB
Ice Hockey	Chris	Lee	MacTier	ON
Ice Hockey	Meaghan	Mikkelson	St-Albert	AB
Ice Hockey	Maxim	Noreau	Montreal	QC
Ice Hockey	Sarah	Nurse	Hamilton	ON
Ice Hockey	Eric	O’Dell	Ottawa	ON
Ice Hockey	Justin	Peters	Blyth	ON
Ice Hockey	Marie-Philip	Poulin	Beauceville	QC
Ice Hockey	Kevin	Poulin	Montreal	QC
Ice Hockey	Mason	Raymond	Cochrane	AB
Ice Hockey	Mat	Robinson	Calgary	AB
Ice Hockey	Lauriane	Rougeau	Beaconsfield	QC
Ice Hockey	Derek	Roy	Rockland	ON
Ice Hockey	Jillian	Saulnier	Halifax	NS
Ice Hockey	Ben	Scrivens	Spruce Grove	AB
Ice Hockey	Natalie	Spooner	Scarborough	ON
Ice Hockey	Laura	Stacey	Kleinburg	ON
Ice Hockey	Karl	Stollery	Camrose	AB
Ice Hockey	Shannon	Szabados	Edmonton	AB
Ice Hockey	Christian	Thomas	Toronto	ON
Ice Hockey	Blayre	Turnbull	Stellarton	NS
Ice Hockey	Linden	Vey	Wakaw	SK
Ice Hockey	Jennifer	Wakefield	Pickering	ON
Ice Hockey	Wojtek	Wolski	Toronto	ON
Long Track Speed Skating	Jordan	Belchos	Scarborough	ON
Long Track Speed Skating	Ted-Jan	Bloemen	Calgary	AB
Long Track Speed Skating	Ivanie	Blondin	Ottawa	ON
Long Track Speed Skating	Alex	Boisvert-Lacroix	Sherbrooke	QC
Long Track Speed Skating	Kali	Christ	Regina	SK
Long Track Speed Skating	Vincent	De Haître	Cumberland	ON
Long Track Speed Skating	Ben	Donnelly	Oshawa	ON
Long Track Speed Skating	Laurent	Dubreuil	Levis	QC
Long Track Speed Skating	Marsha	Hudey	White City	SK
Long Track Speed Skating	Kaylin	Irvine	Calgary	AB
Long Track Speed Skating	Olivier	Jean	Lachenaie	QC
Long Track Speed Skating	Gilmore	Junio	Calgary	QC
Long Track Speed Skating	Heather	McLean	Winnipeg	MB
Long Track Speed Skating	Josie	Morrison	Kamloops	BC
Long Track Speed Skating	Keri	Morrison	Burlington	ON
Long Track Speed Skating	Denny	Morrison	Fort St. John	BC
Long Track Speed Skating	Alexandre	St-Jean	Quebec City	QC
Long Track Speed Skating	Brianne	Tutt	Airdrie	AB
Long Track Speed Skating	Isabelle	Weidemann	Ottawa	ON
Luge	Brooke	Apshkrum	Calgary	AB
Luge	Samuel	Edney	Calgary	AB
Luge	Alex	Gough	Calgary	AB
Luge	Mitchel	Malyk	Calgary	AB
Luge	Kimberley	McRae	Calgary	AB
Luge	Justin	Snith	Calgary	AB
Luge	Tristan	Walker	Cochrane	AB
Luge	Reid	Watts	Whistler	BC
Short Track Speed Skating	Kim	Boutin	Sherbrooke	QC
Short Track Speed Skating	Kasandra	Bradette	St-Félicien	QC
Short Track Speed Skating	Charle	Cournoyer	Boucherville	QC
Short Track Speed Skating	Pascal	Dion	Rivière-des-Prairies-Pointe-aux-Trembles	QC
Short Track Speed Skating	Samuel	Girard	Ferland-et-Boilleau	QC
Short Track Speed Skating	François	Hamelin	Sainte-Julie	QC
Short Track Speed Skating	Charles	Hamelin	Sainte-Julie	QC
Short Track Speed Skating	Jamie	Macdonald	Fort St. James	BC
Short Track Speed Skating	Valérie	Maltais	Saguenay (La Baie)	QC
Short Track Speed Skating	Marianne	St-Gelais	St-Félicien	QC
Skeleton	Kevin	Boyer	Sherwood Park	AB
Skeleton	Jane	Channell	North Vancouver	BC
Skeleton	Dave	Greszczyszyn	Brampton	ON
Skeleton	Barrett	Martineau	Calgary	AB
Skeleton	Mirela	Rahneva	Ottawa	ON
Skeleton	Elisabeth	Vathje	Calgary	AB
Ski Jumping	Mackenzie	Boyd-Clowes	Calgary	AB
Ski Jumping	Taylor	Henrich	Calgary	AB
Snowboard	Jasey-Jay	Anderson	Mont-Tremblant	QC
Snowboard	Zoe	Bergermann	Erin	ON
Snowboard	Laurie	Blouin	Stoneham	QC
Snowboard	Carle	Brenneman	Comox	BC
Snowboard	Baptiste	Brochu	Saguenay	QC
Snowboard	Tess	Critchlow	Kelowna	BC
Snowboard	Darren	Gardner	Burlington	ON
Snowboard	Eliot	Grondin	Ste-Marie	QC
Snowboard	Kevin	Hill	Vernon	BC
Snowboard	Elizabeth	Hosking	Longueuil	QC
Snowboard	Calynn	Irwin	Toronto	ON
Snowboard	Derek	Livingston	Aurora	ON
Snowboard	Mark	McMorris	Regina	SK
Snowboard	Tyler	Nicholson	North Bay	ON
Snowboard	Mercedes	Nicoll	Whistler	BC
Snowboard	Spencer	O’Brien	Courtenay	BC
Snowboard	Meryeta	O’Dine	Prince George	BC
Snowboard	Max	Parrot	Bromont	QC
Snowboard	Chris	Robanske	Calgary	AB
Snowboard	Sébastien	Toutant	L’Assomption	QC
Snowboard	Brooke	Voigt	Fort McMurray	AB

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