Rio Olympic & Paralympic Games 2016 – a Showcase of Firsts!

Rio 2016 is just around the corner, and the athletes have begun arriving and checking out their new home away from home. For 22 days in August ( Olympics ) and 12 days in September ( Paralympics ) feats of strength, speed, agility and endurance will be on display on the Rio landscape as athletes from around the world come to show off their best. With over 10,000 athletes from more than 200...Read more

Celebrating #WHATSTHERE

The 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics were 17 days of jam-packed thrills expressed best in the slogan: #WEAREWINTER . The Games were filled with joyous moments, challenges, sportsmanship and national pride as we cheered on our Canadian athletes. There were plenty of great Olympic moments to be sure. The Dufour-Lapointe sisters took the top two spots in moguls; Alex Bilodeau and the women’s bobsleigh...Read more

Caroline Calvé

Caroline Calvé has been competing on the World Cup circuit for almost nine years, but made her Olympic debut in front of a home crowd in Vancouver. Since then Caroline has had a breakthrough in her career, winning the first ever World Cup for a Canadian female alpine snowboarder. Calvé’s success has continued during the 2012-2013 season where she finished third in the World Cup Parallel standings...Read more

Rebecca Johnston

Rebecca Johnston attended Cornell University where she played for their hockey team. In her first season she was named Ivy League Rookie of the Year and was also a three time finalist for the top female player in NCAA hockey. When she graduated Rebecca was drafted by the Toronto Furies of the CWHL. Internationally Rebecca joined team Canada in 2007; she was part of the 2010 Olympic gold medal...Read more

Heather Moyse

Heather Moyse is an amazing all-around athlete; she has managed to represent her country in three different sports: bobsleigh, rugby and cycling. Heather got her start in bobsleigh less than six months before she made her Olympic debut in Torino 2006. She is probably best known for the gold medal she won with Kaillie Humphries at the 2010 Olympics. Heather will once again be teaming up with...Read more

E.J. Harnden

E.J. Harnden is the second on the Canadian Olympic Curling team. Harnden is lucky to share this amazing accomplishment with his brother Ryan who is the lead on the team. The family ties for curling run even deeper than that, when he attended the Brier in 2008 it was on a team skipped by his father Eric. He and his brother are also cousins to the current skip of Team Canada Brad Jacobs. The...Read more

Maëlle Ricker

Maëlle Ricker was the first Canadian female athlete to win an Olympic gold medal on home turf. Ricker’s dedication to snowboarding is definitely a story of perseverance. Having racked up quite the list of injuries over her career, she has always emerged back on the international stage with a winning performance. Totaling 41 World Cup podium finishes in her competitive career, Maëlle is a heavy...Read more

Jean-Philippe Le Guellec

Jean-Philippe Le Guellec is definitely making fresh tracks for Canada in biathlon. Leading up to his third Olympic appearance in Sochi 2014 Jean-Philippe has made history by becoming the first Canadian man to win a World Cup medal back in 2012. Main goals of his athletic career have been to demonstrate Canada’s dominance in the sport of biathlon, and to inspire young athletes in fulfilling their...Read more

Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes

Sochi 2014 will be Mackenzie’s second appearance at the Olympics representing Team Canada. Still early in his ski jumping career, Mackenzie has already made Canadian history posting a jump of 205m back in 2013. That jump was the first time a Canadian had passed the 200m mark. With such an achievement on record there is no doubt that Clowes will do Canada proud when he takes to the hill in Sochi...Read more

Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes

Mackenzie participera à ses deuxièmes Jeux Olympiques en tant que représentant de l'équipe canadienne, lors des Jeux de Sotchi de 2014. Même s'il est encore au début de sa carrière en saut à ski, il a battu un record canadien en ayant fait un saut de 205 mètres en 2013. En effet, c'était la première dois qu'un Canadien dépassait le seuil des 200 mètres. Avec cet accomplissement, il n'y a aucun...Read more