Team BC takes Paris

We are proud to have been part of the journey for the 27 Team BC alumni who are attending the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Many B.C.-based athletes and staff competing for Canada on the world stage began their pursuit of sport with Team BC at the Canada Games. This early multi-sport experience provided athletes with quality coaching, strong competition, and inspiration to pursue sport to the highest level.

See how our numbers at Paris 2024 compare to past Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Games AlumniParis 2024Beijing 2022Tokyo 2020PyeongChang 2018Rio 2016Sochi 2014London 2012
Olympics1813291519825
Paralympics5334525

PARIS 2024

Alumni Tracker

Jerome Blake

Athletics - 4x100m Relay
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Adam Keenan

Athletics - Hammer Throw
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Cameron Levins

Athletics - Marathon

Kierna Lumb

Athletics - 1500m

Jasneet Nijjar

Athletics - 4x400m Relay

Regan Yee

Athletics - 3000m Steeplechase
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Sarah Van Dam

Cycling - Team Pursuit
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Shaul Gordon

Fending - Sabre Team

Zachary Clay

Gymnastics - All-Around
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Shallon Olsen

Gymnastics - All-Around
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Avalon Wasteneys

Rowing - Women’s Eight

Emma Bugeja

Sailing - Kite
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Julia Grosso

Soccer
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Jeremy Bagshaw

Swimming - 4x200m Relay

Mo Zhang

Table Tennis
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Brodie Hofer

Volleyball - Indoor
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Ana Godinez Gonzalez

Wrestling

Justina Di Stasio

Wrestling
Mel Pemble

Mel Pemble

Para Cycling

Canada Games
Prince George 2015
(Para Alpine Skiing)

Hometown
Victoria

Experience
PyeongChang 2018, Santiago 2023, Paris 2024

Mel Pemble made the decision in 2020 to end her Para alpine skiing career and switch full time to Para cycling. No matter the sport, Pemble has proved she belongs with the best in the world.  She burst on the international stage at the 2022 Para Cycling Track World Championships, winning gold medals in the Omnium and scratch race. At the 2024 Para cycling track world championships in Rio, she took silver in the 500m and bronze in the Omnium.

Arianna Hunsicker

Arianna Hunsicker

Para Swimming

Canada Games
Winnipeg 2017

Hometown
Surrey

Experience
Lima 2019, Paris 2024

Arianna Hunsicker discovered swimming at age eight, joined her first club at 12, and started competitive swimming in 2017. She has been quickly climbing international rankings since. In 2019, she made an outstanding Games debut earning five bronze medals at the Parapan Ams in Lima, Peru. Paris 2024 marks her first career Paralympic Games Para swimming team nomination.

Sebastian Massabie

Sebastian Massabie

Para Swimming

Canada Games
Niagara 2022

Hometown
Surrey

Experience
Paris 2024

Sebastian Massabie broke six Canadian records and one world record at the 2024 Paralympic Swimming Trials. In addition, he beat the A standard in two events, the 50m freestyle and 50 butterfly, to qualify for his first Paralympic Games team. He also set national marks in the 200 free, 100 free, 50 back, and 150 IM.

Bo Hedges

Bo Hedges

Para Swimming

Canada Games
1999 Winter Games
2003 Winter Games

Hometown
Wonowon

Experience
Beijing 2008, Lima 2019, Santiago 2023, Tokyo 2020, Toronto 2015, Paris 2024

Bo Hedges first discovered wheelchair basketball at the GF Strong Rehabilitation Centre in Vancouver, B.C. He later witnessed a demonstration game in his native Fort St. John, prompting him to form a local club team of his own. He began playing wheelchair basketball competitively in 1996 and has since become a key component of the Canadian national program, as well as a powerhouse British Columbia provincial team.

Joel Ewert

Joel Ewert

Wheelchair Rugby

Canada Games
Prince George 2015
Red Deer 2019
PEI 2023

Hometown
Prince George

Experience
Paris 2024

Joel Ewert first caught the attention of rugby coaches while competing for Team BC in wheelchair basketball at the 2015 Canada Winter Games. He excels in both Wheelchair rugby and Wheelchair basketball, but it has been in Wheelchair rugby where he has made his biggest mark on the international stage, leading to his Paralympic debut in 2024. Born with cerebral palsy, Ewert has demonstrated exceptional skill and dedication in his sports career and was a standout for Team BC through his three Canada Games, winning gold at PEI 2023 to cap off his career.

TERRITORY ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We respectfully acknowledge the lək̓ʷəŋən (Lekwungen)-speaking Peoples on whose traditional territory the BC Games Society office stands, and the Songhees, Xwsepsum, and WSÁNEĆ peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day. We recognize that our work in this province spans the territories of more than 200 First Nations, as well as Métis and Inuit communities.

 
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