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Twelve B.C. Athletes Bring Home Medals

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 23 Aug, 2016 01:20 PM
    Twelve athletes from British Columbia are bringing home eight medals from the Rio 2016 Olympic Summer Games, including team medals in sports such as swimming, soccer, cycling, rugby and rowing.
     
    A total of 142 athletes with a connection to B.C. competed at the Games in 18 different sports. Of those, provincially-affiliated athletes earned 50% of the Canadian Olympic Team’s total medal count: one gold, one silver and nine bronze medals.
     
    Athletes from British Columbia who earned medals at the Games include (in chronological order of achievement):
     
    Taylor Ruck, Kelowna – swimming – bronze x2
     
    Kayla Moleschi, Williams Lake – rugby – bronze
     
    Emily Overholt, Vancouver – swimming – bronze 
     
     
    Lindsay Jennerich, Victoria – rowing – silver
     
    Patricia Obee, Victoria – rowing – silver
     
    Hilary Caldwell, White Rock – swimming  – bronze
     
    Laura Brown, Vancouver – cycling, track – bronze
     
    Jasmin Glaesser, Vancouver – cycling, track – bronze
     
    Georgia Simmerling, West Vancouver – cycling, track – bronze
     
    Sophie Schmidt, Abbotsford – women's football (soccer) – bronze
     
    Christine Sinclair, Burnaby – women's football (soccer) – bronze
     
    Catharine Pendrel, Kamloops – women’s mountain bike – bronze
     
     
    In total, Canada won 22 medals:
     
    4 Gold
     
    3 Silver
     
    15 Bronze
     
    Athletes from British Columbia will represent Canada at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Summer Games from Sept. 7-18.

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