Team BC alumni deliver four medals at 2023 Parapan Am Games

All three of the Team BC alumni who represented Canada at the 2024 Parapan American Games in Santiago, Chile, came home with hardware in November.

Bo Hedges (Wheelchair Basketball), Mel Pemble (Para Cycling), and Doug Ripley (Goalball) were responsible for four of Canada’s 52 medals at the Games.

All three athletes participated in the BC Winter or BC Summer Games, on route to the Canada Games. See the full list of BC Games alumni medalists.

Name Sport Canada Games 2023 Pan Am Games
Doug Ripley Goalball 1993 Canada Summer Games Bronze
Mel Pemble Para Cycling 2015 Canada Winter Games Gold, Silver
Bo Hedges Wheelchair Basketball 1999/2003 Canada Winter Games Bronze
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