Canada at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

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Canada at the
2000 Summer Paralympics
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Flag of Canada
IPC codeCAN
NPCCanadian Paralympic Committee
Websitewww.paralympic.ca
in Sydney
Competitors166 in 16 sports
Medals
Ranked 3rd
Gold
38
Silver
33
Bronze
25
Total
96
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Canada competed at the XI Paralympic Games in Sydney, Australia from October 18 to 29, 2000.[1] The Canadian team included 166 athletes; 113 men and 53 women.[2] Canada finished third in the medal table and won a total of ninety-six medals; thirty-eight gold, thirty-three silver and twenty-five bronze.[3]

Swimmer Stephanie Dixon set a Canadian record at the Games for most gold medals at a single Paralympics, Winter or Summer, with 5.[4] The record was later tied by wheelchair racer Chantal Petitclerc in the 2004 Summer Paralympics and skier Lauren Woolstencroft in the 2010 Winter Paralympics.[5]

Medallists[]

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Earle Connor Athletics Men's 100m T42
 Gold Jason Lachance Athletics Men's 200m T34
 Gold Jeff Adams Athletics Men's 800m T54
 Gold Jeff Adams Athletics Men's 1500m T54
 Gold Clayton Gerein Athletics Men's marathon T52
 Gold James Shaw Athletics Men's discus F38
 Gold Lisa Franks Athletics Women's 200m T52
 Gold Chantal Petitclerc Athletics Women's 200m T54
 Gold Lisa Franks Athletics Women's 400m T52
 Gold Lisa Franks Athletics Women's 800m T52
 Gold Chantal Petitclerc Athletics Women's 800m T54
 Gold Lisa Franks Athletics Women's 1500m T52
 Gold Nancy Morin

Viviane Forest
Contessa Scott
Amy Alsop
Carrie Anton		 Goalball Women's team
 Gold Benoît Huot Swimming Men's 50m freestyle S10
 Gold Adam Purdy Swimming Men's 100m backstroke S6
 Gold Walter Wu Swimming Men's 100m backstroke S13
 Gold Walter Wu Swimming Men's 100m butterfly S13
 Gold Philippe Gagnon Swimming Men's 100m freestyle S10
 Gold Benoît Huot Swimming Men's 200m individual medley SM10
 Gold Philippe Gagnon Swimming Men's 400m freestyle S10
 Gold
Philippe Gagnon
Andrew Haley
Robert Penner
Benoît Huot
Adam Purdy		 Swimming Men's 4x100m medley relay 34 pts
 Gold Elisabeth Walker-Young Swimming Women's 50m butterfly S7
 Gold Danielle Campo Swimming Women's 50m freestyle S7
 Gold Jessica Sloan Swimming Women's 50m freestyle S10
 Gold Stephanie Dixon Swimming Women's 100m backstroke S9
 Gold Jessica Sloan Swimming Women's 100m breaststroke SB9
 Gold Kirby Cote Swimming Women's 100m breaststroke SB13
 Gold Danielle Campo Swimming Women's 100m freestyle S7
 Gold Stephanie Dixon Swimming Women's 100m freestyle S9
 Gold Jessica Sloan Swimming Women's 100m freestyle S10
 Gold Elisabeth Walker-Young Swimming Women's 200m individual medley SM7
 Gold Jessica Sloan Swimming Women's 200m individual medley SM10
 Gold Kirby Cote Swimming Women's 200m individual medley SM13
 Gold Stephanie Dixon Swimming Women's 400m freestyle S9
 Gold Jessica Sloan
Danielle Campo
Andrea Cole
Stephanie Dixon		 Swimming Women's 4x100m freestyle relay 34 pts
 Gold Stephanie Dixon
Jessica Sloan
Elisabeth Walker-Young
Darda Geiger		 Swimming Women's 4x100m medley relay 34 pts
 Gold David Durepos
Richard Peter
Travis Gaertner

Patrick Anderson



Joey Johnson


 Wheelchair basketball Men's team
 Gold
Sabrina Pettinicchi
Tracey Ferguson
Lori Radke
Linda Kutrowski

Michelle Stilwell
Chantal Benoit


Kendra Ohama
Marni Abbott
Jennifer Krempien		 Wheelchair basketball Women's team
 Silver Jason Lachance Athletics Men's 100m T34
 Silver Earle Connor Athletics Men's 200m T42
 Silver André Beaudoin Athletics Men's 200m T52
 Silver Jason Lachance Athletics Men's 400m T34
 Silver Jeff Adams Athletics Men's 400m T54
 Silver Richard Reelie Athletics Men's 800m T52
 Silver Jason Dunkerley Athletics Men's 1500m T11
 Silver Kyle Pettey Athletics Men's discus F35
 Silver Jacques Martin Athletics Men's discus F55
 Silver France Gagne Athletics Men's javelin F13
 Silver Kyle Pettey Athletics Men's shot put F35
 Silver Lisa Franks Athletics Women's 100m T52
 Silver Chantal Petitclerc Athletics Women's 100m T54
 Silver Chantal Petitclerc Athletics Women's 400m T54
 Silver Courtney Knight Athletics Women's pentathlon P13
 Silver Jean Quevillon Cycling Mixed bicycle time trial CP div 3
 Silver Julie Cournoyer
 Cycling Mixed tandem open
 Silver Benoît Huot Swimming Men's 100m backstroke S10
 Silver Philippe Gagnon Swimming Men's 100m butterfly S10
 Silver Brian Hill Swimming Men's 100m butterfly S13
 Silver Benoît Huot Swimming Men's 100m freestyle S10
 Silver Walter Wu Swimming Men's 200m individual medley SM13
 Silver Benoît Huot Swimming Men's 400m freestyle S10
 Silver Walter Wu Swimming Men's 400m freestyle S13
 Silver Stephanie Dixon Swimming Women's 50m freestyle S9
 Silver Jessica Tuomela Swimming Women's 50m freestyle S11
 Silver Kirby Cote Swimming Women's 50m freestyle S13
 Silver Chelsey Gotell Swimming Women's 100m breaststroke SB13
 Silver Andrea Cole Swimming Women's 100m butterfly S8
 Silver Kirby Cote Swimming Women's 100m freestyle S13
 Silver Stephanie Dixon Swimming Women's 200m individual medley SM9
 Silver Danielle Campo Swimming Women's 400m freestyle S7
 Silver Neil Johnson
Geoff Hammond
John Przybyszewski
Jose Rebelo
Joey Stabner
Tony Quarin
Wayne Epp
Chris Rodway
Larry Matthews
Jason Migchels
Mikael Bartholdy
Lawrence Flynn		 Volleyball Men's standing
 Bronze André Beaudoin Athletics Men's 100m T52
 Bronze Dean Bergeron Athletics Men's 200m T52
 Bronze Dean Bergeron Athletics Men's 400m T52
 Bronze Stuart McGregor Athletics Men's 800m T13
 Bronze Richard Reelie Athletics Men's 5000m T52
 Bronze Jeff Adams Athletics Men's 5000m T54
 Bronze Jeff Adams
Barry Patriquin
Mathieu Blanchette
Mathieu Parent		 Athletics Men's 4x100m relay T54
 Bronze France Gagne Athletics Men's discus F13
 Bronze Tracey Melesko Athletics Women's 200m T20
 Bronze Caitlin Renneson Athletics Women's 400m T34
 Bronze Paul Gauthier Boccia Mixed individual BC3
 Bronze Alison Kabush
Paul Gauthier		 Boccia Mixed pairs BC3
 Bronze Julie Cournoyer
 Cycling Mixed individual pursuit tandem open
 Bronze Pier Morten Judo Men's -73 kg
 Bronze David Williams
Paul Tingley
Brian MacDonald		 Sailing Three person Sonar
 Bronze Andrew Haley Swimming Men's 100m butterfly S9
 Bronze Walter Wu Swimming Men's 100m freestyle S13
 Bronze Donovan Tildesley Swimming Men's 200m individual medley SM11
 Bronze Swimming Men's 200m individual medley SM13
 Bronze Anne Cecile Polinario Swimming Women's 50m freestyle S10
 Bronze Chelsey Gotell Swimming Women's 50m freestyle S13
 Bronze Anne Cecile Polinario Swimming Women's 100m backstroke S10
 Bronze Anne Cecile Polinario Swimming Women's 100m freestyle S10
 Bronze Chelsey Gotell Swimming Women's 200m individual medley SM13
 Bronze Moorea Longstaff Swimming Women's 400m freestyle S7

Multi medallists[]

  • Lisa Franks: 4 golds, 1 silver (track athletics)
  • Chantal Petitclerc: 2 golds, 2 silvers (track athletics)
  • Jeff Adams: 2 golds, 1 silver, 2 bronzes (track athletics)
  • Jessica Sloan: 6 golds, 1 silver (swimming)
  • Stephanie Dixon: 5 golds, 1 silver (swimming)
  • Philippe Gagnon: 3 golds, 1 silver (swimming)
  • Danielle Campo: 3 golds, 1 silver (swimming)
  • Elisabeth Walker-Young: 3 golds (swimming)
  • Benoît Huot: 2 golds, 3 silvers (swimming)
  • Kirby Cote: 2 golds, 2 silvers (swimming)
  • Walter Wu: 2 golds, 2 silvers (swimming)

Other athletes[]

Bold athletes are athletes who have won a medal.

See also[]

  • Canada at the Paralympics
  • Canada at the 2000 Summer Olympics

References[]

  1. ^ "Paralympic Games History – Summer". Australian Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
  2. ^ "Participation Numbers Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
  3. ^ "Medal Standings Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
  4. ^ "Canadian medalists 2000 Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games". Canadian Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
  5. ^ Vancouver Sun, "Woolstencroft wins fifth gold medal" Archived 2018-10-04 at the Wayback Machine, CanWest News Service, 21 March 2010 (accessed 2 May 2012)

Bibliography[]

  • International Paralympic Committee (2000). "Appendix C: Athlete Numbers - By Delegation". Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games Post Games Report. Sydney.

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