BACKGROUNDER 2008OTP0194-001154 Office of the Premier July 23, 2008 Ministry of Healthy Living and Sport

B.C. ATHLETES TO REPRESENT IN

B.C. athletes named to the 2008 Canadian Olympic team* Number of athletes on the Canadian Olympic team: 331 Number of born or resident in B.C.: 114 Per cent of total Canadian Olympic Team: 34 per cent

All names listed below come from the Official Canadian Team List posted on the Canadian Olympic Committee website July 23, 2008. *Two names have been added (Blythe Hartley and ) who are on the COC list but not identified as British Columbians. The numbers in brackets beside each sport are the number of B.C. athletes/total Canadian team).

Athlete Name City Aquatics – Diving (2/10) *Blythe Hartley North (not on COC list) Riley McCormick Victoria

Aquatics – Swimming (7/27) Ryan Cochrane Victoria Brent Hayden Mission Tanya Hunks Vancouver Brian Johns Richmond Savannah King Vancouver Rick Say Victoria Jake Tapp Langley

Aquatics - Synchronized Swimming (1/9) Dominika Kopcik Surrey

Aquatics - Water Polo – Men (4/13) Thomas Marks Vancouver Kevin Mitchell Maple Ridge Constantine Kudaba Port Coquitlam Brandon Jung Burnaby

Athletics (5/31) Ruky Abdulai Coquitlam Dylan Armstrong Kamloops Michael Mason Nanoose Bay Gary Reed Kamloops/Victoria Tyler Christopher Chilliwack

- 2 - Badminton (1/4) Anna Rice North Vancouver

Baseball (8/24) Langley Brooks McNiven Vancouver Emerson Frostad Vancouver Langley Matt Rogelstad New Westminster Mike Saunders Victoria Robert Swindle Vancouver Jimmy VanOstrand Richmond

Canoe / Kayak Slalom (2/3) James Cartwrigth North Vancouver David Ford Chilliwack

Cycling (10/15) Scott Erwood Surrey Seamus McGrath Victoria Gina Grain Burnaby Catherine Pendrel Kamloops Ryder Hesjedal Victoria Geoff Kabush Courtenay Svein Tuft Langley Erinne Willock Victoria Alexandra Wrubleski Victoria Zach Bell North Vancouver

Equestrian Dressage and Eventing (2/8) Leslie Reid Langley Samantha Taylor Richmond

Football (Soccer) – Women (12/18) Amber Allen Vancouver Martina Franko Squamish Randee Hermus Langley Karina LeBlanc Maple Ridge Erin McLeod Vancouver Gayle Robyn Vancouver Clare Rustad Salt Spring Island Abbotsford Burnaby Brittany Timko Coquitlam Vancouver Emily Zurer Crofton

- 3 - Field Hockey – Men (13/16) Ranjeev Deol Surrey Connor Grimes Duncan Victoria Bindi Kullar Surrey West Vancouver Mark Peason Vancouver Marian Schole Vancouver Sukhwinder Singh Surrey Peter Short Delta *Rob Short Delta (not on COC list) Vancouver Paul Wettlaufer North Vancouver Anthony Wright Vancouver

Gymnastics –Artistic (1/8) Grant Golding Maple Ridge

Modern Pentathlon (1/3) Monica Pinette Langley

Rowing (24/34) Jonathan Beare Victoria James Byrnes Victoria Rachelle de Jong Nanaimo Sabrina Kolker Comox Victoria Danial Parsons Victoria Victoria Krista Guloien Port Moody Anna Marie de Zwager Victoria Darcy Marquardt Richmond Heather Mandoli Kelowna Romina Stefancic Victoria Doug Vandor Dewitville Dave Calder Victoria Scott Frandsen Kelowna Iain Brambell Victoria Mike Lewis Victoria Richmond Victoria Victoria Cranbrook Dominic Seiterle Victoria Cameron Sylvester Victoria Jacob Wetzel Victoria

- 4 - Sailing (4/14) Nikola Girke West Vancouver Mike Leigh Vancouver Zac Plavsic West Vancouver Ben Remocker Vancouver

Shooting (2/4) Giuseppe De Salvatore Surrey Johannes Sauer Vancouver

Softball – Women (5/15) Lauren Bay-Regula Trail Danielle Lawrie Langley Melanie Matthews Surrey Jennifer Salling Coquitlam Jennifer Yee Delta

Taekwondo (1/3) Ivett Gonda Maple Ridge

Triathlon (3/6) Lauren Groves Vancouver Carolyn Murray Victoria Victoria

Weightlifting (2/5) Jeane Lassen Victoria Jasvir Singh Burnaby

Wrestling (4/10) Travis Cross Port Alberni Carol Huynh Hazelton Matt Gentry Vancouver Haislan Garcia Burnaby

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Media Bridgitte Anderson Anne McKinnon contact: Press Secretary Communications Director Office of the Premier Ministry of Healthy Living and Sport 604 307-7177 250 812-4012

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