Ontario Athletes Dominate Team Canada's 2015 Pan Am Games Medal Count

Canadian Sport Institute Ontario (CSIO) would like to congratulate the 284 athletes, numerous coaches and countless support staff from Ontario, as well as the entire Canadian Pan American Team, for an outstanding performance at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto. The Canadian Team delivered powerful performances, captivating and inspiring the nation.

It was a best-ever medal performance for Canada at the Games, with the Team eclipsing its previous record of 196 medals won in Winnipeg in 1999, with a remarkable 217 medals. Team Canada also accomplished its goal to be in the top two nations in terms of overall medals won.

The Games saw 168 Ontario athletes reach the podium a total of 201 times, contributing to 103 (40 Gold, 30 Silver, 33 Bronze) of the 217 (78 Gold, 69 Silver, 70 Bronze) medals won by Team Canada. That is a remarkable 47% of all medals won by Team Canada.

"It was an amazing Pan Am Games for Ontario and Canada. CSIO is extremely proud of our Ontario athletes, their performances and their success on the podium," said Debbie Low, CEO of Canadian Sport Institute Ontario.

"Congratulations to all of the athletes and coaches on a job well done, you have represented Canada with pride and your performances have inspired the next generation of high performance athletes. A big thank you to the Government of Canada and Sport Canada; the Province of Ontario and the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport; the City of Toronto; the TO2015 organizing committee; and the incredible volunteers. We look forward to another standout performance from our athletes and coaches at the Parapan Am Games next month!"

Ontario’s Pan Am Games Gold Medallists Supported By CSIO:

Andre De Grasse, Athletics - 100m and 200m

Damian Warner, Athletics - Men’s Decathlon

Melissa Bishop, Athletics - Women’s 800m

Michelle Li, Badminton – Women’s Singles

Mandy Bujold, Boxing – Women’s Fly (48-51kg)

KC Fraser, Kayak – K4 500m

Emily Batty, Cycling Mountain Bike – Women’s XCO

Hugo Barrette, Cycling Track – Men’s Sprint

Monique Sullivan, Cycling Track – Women’s Keirin and Women’s Sprint

Jasmin Glaesser, Kirsti Lay, Laura Brown, and Allison Beveridge, Cycling Track – Women’s Team Pursuit

Monique Sullivan and Kate O’Brien, Cycling Track – Women’s Team Sprint

Hugo Barrette, Evan Carey, and Joseph Veloce, Cycling Track – Men’s Team Sprint

Rosie MacLennan, Trampoline – Women’s Individual

Kelita Zupancic, Judo – Women’s -70kg

Tim Schrijver, Rowing – Men’s Coxless Four, Men’s Eight

Eric Woelfl, Nicolas Pratt, Brendan Hodge, and Max Lattimer, Rowing – Men’s Lightweight Coxless Four

Kerry Maher-Shaffer and Antje von Seydlitz, Rowing – Women’s Double Sculls

Liz Fenje and Katherine Sauks, Rowing – Women’s Lightweight Double Sculls

Kate Goodfellow, Kerry Maher-Shaffer, Antje von Seydlitz, Carling Zeeman, Rowing – Women’s Quadruple Sculls

Carling Zeeman, Rowing – Women’s Single Sculls

Chantal van Landeghem, Swimming – Women’s 100m Freestyle

Audrey Lacroix, Swimming – Women’s 200m Butterfly

Sandrine Mainville, Michelle Williams, Chantal van Landeghem, and Dominique Bouchard, Swimming – Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay

Braxton Stone-Papadopoulos, Wrestling – Women’s Freestyle 63kg

Stay tuned for additional stories detailing Ontario performances at the 2015 Pan Am Games later this week, including highlights of the medal performances of Ontario High Performance Initiative (OHPSI) identified athletes, as well as the medals earned by Ontario-based National Training Centre athletes.

For more information, contact:

Laura Albright, Senior Communications Coordinator

Canadian Sport Institute Ontario

Tel: 416.596.1240 Ext. 238

Email: lalbright@csiontario.ca

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