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competed at the

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. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the

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. Since the nation's debut in

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athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, with the exception of the

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in Moscow because of the country's support for United States-led boycott. Before the official postponement, the

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and

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initially announced their intention not to send teams to both the Olympics and Paralympics. Following the announcement on the postponement, the COC and CPC issued a statement that says, in part, that Team Canada "will rise to the challenge to showcase our very best on the international stage," without explicitly saying that Canadian athletes will take part in the games. As part of the

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celebrations held on

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in 2019, former three time Olympic gold medalist in rowing,

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was named as the

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for the team. On July 13, 2021, the

officially announced the full team of 370 athletes (145 men and 225 women) competing in 30 sports, the largest team the country has sent to the games since Los Angeles 1984 and an increase of 56 from

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. 131 coaches will also accompany the team. A total of eight squads qualified in team sports, tied for the most ever with

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. A total of 227 athletes competed at their first Olympics, and 134 of them returned from Rio 2016. On July 15, 2021,

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withdrew from the tennis competitions, which reduced the team size to 370. On July 24,

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received a reallocated spot in the women's street skateboarding event after an injury to a competitor from South Africa. This increased the team back to 371 athletes (145 men and 226 women). Due to the effects of the

, the

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announced in July 2021, that travelling alternates would be allowed to compete in the following team sports: field hockey, football (soccer), handball, rugby sevens and water polo. The alternates for these team sports are listed below and consisted of a further nine athletes (two in field hockey, four in soccer, one per rugby sevens and water polo teams). However, these nine do not officially count towards the team size. Canada's Olympic team contested all sports on the Olympic program except

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and

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. Alternates in soccer, rugby sevens and water polo competed, and are reflected in the table below. This increased the team size to 378. Two athletes in fencing and one in triathlon was added during the competition due to injury replacements. This meant the final team size was 381 athletes (148 men and 233 women). On July 19, 2021,

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player

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and rugby sevens athlete

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were named as co-flagbearers for the

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during the

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. On August 8, 2021, gold medalist and Olympic record holder in the

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was named as the flagbearer during the

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. The 24 medals won at the 2020 Summer Olympics mark the country's best-ever total medals result after the 1984 Games, surpassing the 22 medals won in

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and

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, while also equalling the most number of gold medals won in

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. At the

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, which were

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by the

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, Canada won 44 medals.

Medallists

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was disqualified from the Athletics Men's 4 × 100 metres relay due to a doping violation and officially stripped of the silver medal. Canada will be elevated to the silver medal, while China will receive bronze. Medals have not yet been reallocated. , width="22%" align="left" valign="top",

Competitors

The following is the list of athletes per sport/discipline.

Archery

Canada qualified one archer for the men's individual recurve, after

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won the individual gold medal at the

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. In March 2021, Stephanie Barrett claimed one of three available quota places in the women's individual recurve, at the 2021 Pan American Qualification Tournament in

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, Mexico. Barrett was officially nominated to the team on May 12, 2021. The team was officially named on June 28, 2021.

Artistic swimming

Canada is scheduled to enter a team of eight artistic swimmers to compete in the women's duet and team event. The team qualified by winning the gold medal in the team event at the

, Peru. The team was officially named on June 2, 2021.

Athletics

Canadian athletes achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event): The team will be selected based on the results of the 2020 Canadian Olympic Track & Field Trials. On May 5, 2020, 2019 world bronze medalist

Evan Dunfee Evan Dunfee (born September 28, 1990) is a Canadian race walker and Olympian. An Olympic and World medallist, Dunfee first set the Canadian record in the 50 kilometres race walk (at 3:41:38) at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where he placed fourth. ...

, along with marathoners Trevor Hofbauer and

Dayna Pidhoresky Dayna Pidhoresky (born 18 November 1986) is a Canadian long-distance runner. She competed in the women's marathon at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics. On 20 October 2019, Pidhoresky won the Canadian Olympic Trials Marathon in a time o ...

, became the first Canadian track and field athletes to be selected to the Tokyo 2020 team. On June 4, 2021,

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named the 10,000 metres, 50 km race walk and the rest of the marathon team. The final team of 57 athletes (24 men and 33 women) was named on July 3, 2021. Bolade Ajomale and Lauren Gale named to the men's 4x100 relay and women's 4x400 relay teams respectively, did not compete in the heats or the final. ;Track & road events ;Men ;Women ;Field events ;Men ;Women ;Combined events – Men's decathlon ;Combined events –

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Badminton

Canada entered eight badminton players (four per gender) for the following events based on the BWF Race to Tokyo Rankings of 15 June 2021: one entry each in the men's and women's singles; and a pair each in the men's, women's, and mixed doubles. The eight qualified athletes represents the largest badminton team Canada has sent to the Olympics, and marks the first time since

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the country will compete in all five events. The team was officially named on June 16, 2021.

Basketball

;Summary

Women's tournament

Canada women's basketball team qualified for the Olympics as one of two highest-ranked eligible teams at the

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event of the 2020 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament. ;Team roster ;Group A ---- ----

Boxing

Canada qualified five boxers, one man and four women. With the cancellation of the 2021 Pan American Qualification Tournament in

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Caroline Veyre Caroline Veyre (born October 4, 1988) is an amateur boxer from Canada. She won a gold medal in the women's lightweight category at the 2015 Pan American Games. She represented Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the an ...

(women's featherweight), Myriam Da Silva (women's welterweight), and Tammara Thibeault (women's middleweight) finished among the top three of their respective weight divisions in the IOC's Boxing Task Force Rankings for the Americas. On June 9, 2021,

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earned a spot on the team, as the highest ranked boxer from the Americas not already qualified. On June 30, 2021,

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won her appeal at the

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to compete at the Games. The court ruled that the qualification system must accommodate pregnant or postpartum women during the qualification period. The full team of five athletes was officially named to the team on July 7, 2021.

Canoeing

Canada qualified a total of 20 canoeists. Four qualified in slalom (two per gender, the maximum team size). A further 16 qualified in sprint (eight men and eight women).

Slalom

Canadian canoeists qualified three boats through the 2019 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in

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, Spain. With the cancellation of the 2021 Pan American Championships, Canada accepted the invitation from the ICF to send a canoeist in the women's slalom C-1 to the Games, as the highest-ranked eligible nation from the Americas. The team was officially named on June 3, 2021. For the first time since

, Canada qualified entries all events.

Sprint

Canada qualified three boats and nine athlete spots (four each in men's and women's kayak, and one in women's canoe) at the

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, Hungary. In March 2021, the Pan American sprint qualifier that was scheduled to be held in

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, Brazil was cancelled due to concerns over the

. Due to the cancellation, the

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announced that Canada had been allocated an additional two quotas in each of men's kayak and canoe, along with an additional quota in women's kayak. This meant the team stood at a total of six men's kayakers and two canoeists, along with five women's kayakers and one canoeist (for a total of 14 athletes). In March 2021,

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selected the C-1 and K-4 women's boats based on performances at the trials. In May 2021, Canoe Kayak Canada named the men's kayak and canoe teams. The final team of 16 athletes (eight per gender) was officially named on July 7, 2021. In the team announcement, a further kayak and canoe quotas was awarded to Canada in the women's events. ;Men ;Women

Cycling

Canada qualified a total of 24 cyclists (11 men and 13 women), the largest cycling team the county has ever qualified for the games. This is broken down further into five in road, 13 in track, three in mountain biking and two in BMX racing.

Road

Canada entered a team of six road cyclists (three per gender). The men qualified three athletes by finishing 20th in the UCI Nation Ranking, while the women qualified two competitors, by finishing in eighth. On July 29, 2020, cyclists

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, and

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were officially named to the Canadian roster for their second consecutive Games. The final cyclist named to the team was

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on July 6, 2021. On July 13, 2021, it was announced that a third women's quota was reallocated to Canada. This quota was given to Allison Jackson for the road race event. ;Men ;Women

Track

Following the completion of the

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, Canadian riders accumulated spots for both men and women in the team pursuit and madison, as well as the women's omnium, based on their country's results in the final UCI Olympic rankings. Canada also entered cyclists to compete each in the men's and women's sprint, as well as the men's and women's keirin, based on the final individual UCI Olympic rankings. Cycling Canada later decided to not enter a team in the women's madison, due to a lack of competition experience in the event, coupled with the fact it would take place before the omnimum. The full Canadian track team of 13 cyclists (six men and seven women) was officially named on July 29, 2020, featuring Rio 2016 bronze medallists Allison Beveridge,

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, and

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in the women's team pursuit and

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, a speed skater and two-time Winter Olympian slated to compete at his first summer Games. ;Sprint ;Pursuit ;Keirin ;Omnium ;Madison

Mountain biking

Canadian mountain bikers qualified for one men's and two women's quota places as a result of the nation's tenth-place finish for men and fourth for women, respectively, in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of 16 May 2021. The team was named on July 6, 2021.

BMX

Canadian riders qualified one men's and one women's quota place each as a result of the nation's top three eligible placement for men in the UCI BMX Individual Ranking List, and an eleventh-place finish for women in the UCI BMX Olympic Qualification Ranking List of 1 June 2021. The team was named on July 6, 2021.

Diving

Canadian divers qualified for the following individual spots and synchronized teams through the 2019 FINA World Championships in

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, South Korea and the 2021 FINA Diving World Cup in

. The synchronized diving teams that qualified, were automatically named to the team. The individual spots were awarded at the Canadian Diving Trials held in

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from June 28 to July 1, 2021. A total of 10 divers (four men and six women) qualified to compete. ;Men ;Women

Equestrian

Canada qualified a team of six equestrians. Canadian equestrians qualified a full team in team dressage competition through the

, Peru. Meanwhile, two eventing spots were awarded to the Canadian equestrians based on the results in the individual FEI Olympic rankings for Group E (North America and Caribbean). On 17 December 2019, the show jumping team was officially dropped from the Games over a positive drug test by rider Nicole Walker for cocaine; hence, one individual jumping spot was awarded to the Canadian equestrians by securing the last of four available quotas at the Pan American Games. The full team, consisted of two men and four women, was named on July 6, 2021.

Dressage

Qualification Legend: Q =Qualified for the final; q =Qualified for the final as a lucky loser

Eventing

* Jessica Phoenix withdrew Pavarotti before the first trot-up prior to the start of the eventing competition.

Jumping

Fencing

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Canada's fencing team consisted of nine athletes (five men and four women), the largest delegation in the sport since

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. For the first time since

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, Canadian fencers qualified a full team each in the men's and women's team foil at the Games, as the highest-ranked nation from the Americas outside the world's top four in the FIE Olympic Team Rankings.

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(men's sabre) and

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(women's sabre) secured additional spots on the Canadian team as one of the two highest-ranked fencers vying for qualification from the Americas region in their respective individual events of the FIE Adjusted Official Rankings. Meanwhile, Marc-Antoine Blais-Belanger completed the Canadian roster by winning the individual men's épée competition at the Pan American Zonal Qualifier in

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. The official team was named on May 20, 2021. Both substitutes for the team events, Blake Broszus and Kelleigh Ryan came on in the team event, which increased the team size to eleven athletes (six men and five women). ;Men *Broszus replaced Schenkel during the team competition. ;Women *Goldie replaced Ryan during the team competition.

Field hockey

;Summary

Men's tournament

Canada men's field hockey team qualified by securing one of the seven quotas available as part of the 2019 FIH Olympic Qualifiers. The team defeated

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in a two-legged playoff in

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. ;Team roster ;Group B ---- ---- ---- ----

Football (soccer)

;Summary

Women's tournament

Canada women's football team qualified for the Olympics by reaching the finals of the 2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship in

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. The team went onto win the gold medal, marking the first women's

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gold medal earned by the country ever, and the first overall since

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. ;Team roster The final squad of 18 athletes and four alternates was announced on June 23, 2021. Those listed with numbers 19 to 22 were the alternates. Head coach:

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;Group E ---- ---- ;Quarterfinals ;Semifinals ;Gold medal match

Golf

Canada entered four golfers, two per gender. All four golfers qualified directly among the top 60 eligible players for their respective events. The team was officially named on June 29, 2021.

Gymnastics

Artistic

Canada qualified a team of five artistic gymnasts (one man and four women). The women's team secured a place by finishing second out of nine nations eligible for qualification in the team all-around at the

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, Germany. Meanwhile, an additional berth was awarded to one male gymnast, after René Cournoyer received a quota for being the highest non-qualified gymnast through reallocation. The team was officially named on June 17, 2021. ;Men ;Women ;Team Ellie Black

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;Individual

Trampoline

Canada qualified one gymnast for the women's trampoline by finishing in the top eight at the 2019 World Championships in

, Japan.

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qualified an additional spot through the 2019-2020 Trampoline World Cup series.

Judo

Canada qualified six judoka (three per gender). Five of them, highlighted by London 2012 bronze medalist

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(men's half-middleweight, 81 kg), were ranked among the top 18 eligible judokas in the IJF World Ranking List of June 28, 2021, while Ecaterina Guica in the women's half-lightweight (52 kg) earned a continental quota spot from the Pan American region as Canada's top-ranked judoka outside of a direct qualifying position. Kelita Zupancic was set to compete, but eventually withdrew and retired because of her pregnancy. The team was officially named on June 30, 2021. *Both Margelidon and Valois-Fortier received byes in the preliminary round.

Karate

Canada qualified one male karateka after Daniel Gaysinsky finished in the top three at the 2021 Karate World Olympic Qualification Tournament in

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, France. With the sport making its first appearance at the Games, this will also mark Canada's Olympic sport debut. Gaysinsky was officially named to the team on July 5, 2021. Gaysinsky would go onto finish in seventh place (out of ten competitors) after winning and drawing one match, while losing two in the group stage. Gaysinsky did not advance to the semifinals.

Rowing

Canada qualified ten boats (29 rowers) for each of the following rowing classes. Six of them were awarded at the 2019 FISA World Championships in

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, Austria, with the other three obtaining the available slots in the men's single sculls, men's four, and men's lightweight double sculls at the 2021 FISA Final Qualification Regatta in

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Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

. The women's lightweight double sculls boat qualification was awarded to the Canadian rowing team through its eighth-place finish at the 2019 Worlds, after New Zealand declined its quota place. On June 15, 2021, the crews for the 10 boat classes (29 rowers) were named, with this being the most boat classes team Canada has qualified for the Olympics since

, and the largest contingent of athletes since the

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games. ;Men ;Women

Rugby sevens

;Summary

Men's tournament

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qualified by winning the 2019 RAN Sevens tournament in

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. ;Team roster Canada's roster of 12 athletes and one alternate was named on June 25, 2021. Head coach:

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Phil Berna Phil Berna (born April 7, 1996) is a Canadian rugby sevens player. Career Berna won silver as part of Canada's team at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima. In June 2021, Berna was named to Canada's 2020 Olympic team. In 2022, He competed for ...

Connor Braid Connor Jackson Braid (born May 31, 1990) is a Canadian rugby union player. Braid is capable of playing at fly-half, in the centres or in the back three for XVs. In VIIs Braid's preferred position is at prop. Career At the start of the 2014–15 ...

* Andrew Coe (alternate) * Justin Douglas * Mike Fuailefau *

Lucas Hammond Lucas Hammond (born November 14, 1993) is a Canadian rugby union player, in the sevens discipline. Hammond's parents are both Canadians who lived in South Africa, where Hammond was born. They decided to emigrate back to Canada to be closer to fa ...

( C) * Harry Jones ( C) * Patrick Kay *

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* Conor Trainor ;Group B ---- ---- ;Quarterfinals ;5–8th place playoff ;7th place match

Women's tournament

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qualified by securing one of the top four spots during the

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. ;Team roster Canada's roster of 12 athletes and one alternate was named on June 25, 2021. Head coach: Mick Byrne * Elissa Alarie *

Olivia Apps Olivia Apps (born December 1, 1998) is a Canadian rugby union and sevens player. Career Apps was part of Canada's 2018 Commonwealth Games team that finished in fourth place. In June 2021, Apps was named to Canada's 2020 Olympic team as an al ...

(alternate) * Britt Benn *

Pamphinette Buisa Pamphinette "Pam" Buisa (born 28 December 1996) is a Canadian rugby union and sevens player. She has represented Canada at an international level. Buisa wears a size US 10.5 rugby boot. Career Buisa won a gold medal at the 2019 Pan American Gam ...

Bianca Farella Bianca Farella (born April 10, 1992) is a Canadian rugby player. In 2016, she was named to Canada's first ever women's rugby sevens Olympic team. At the age of 13, Farella chose to join rugby as her spring sport due to her preference for team sp ...

* Julia Greenshields *

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( c) *

Kaili Lukan Kaili Lukan is a Canadian rugby sevens player. She made her debut with the senior national team in June 2017 during the Clermont-Ferrand, France leg of the HSBC World Rugby Women's Sevens Series. She won a gold medal at the 2019 Pan American Gam ...

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* Breanne Nicholas *

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* Keyara Wardley *

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;Group B ---- ---- ;Ninth to twelfth place playoff ;Ninth place match

Sailing

Canadian sailors qualified one boat in each of the following events through the

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, the class-associated Worlds, the

, and the continental regattas. The full Canadian sailing team (five men and women) was officially named on March 18, 2021, with Nikola Girke becoming the first female sailor for her country to compete in five consecutive Games. ;Men ;Women M =Medal race; EL =Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Shooting

Canada qualified one shooter through the 2018 Championships of the Americas in

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, Mexico. The athlete named to the team must have obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS). The Shooting Federation of Canada named the only athletes qualified to compete on April 30, 2021.

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will be competing in her second straight Olympics. ;Women

Skateboarding

Canada qualified a total of four skateboarders (three men and one woman). One skateboarder qualified in the men's park event, based on the Olympic World Skateboarding Rankings. Canada later qualified two men in the street discipline, also based on the Olympic World Skateboarding Rankings. The team was officially named on June 11, 2021. With the debut of Skateboarding on the Olympic program, this also marks Canada's sport debut at the Olympics. On July 24,

received a reallocated spot in the women's street skateboarding event after an injury to a competitor from South Africa.

Softball

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qualified by placing second at the WSBC American Qualification Event, held in

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, British Columbia. ;Summary ;Team roster ;Group play ;Bronze medal match

Sport climbing

Canada qualified two sport climbers.

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secured one of the quota places available in the men's combined event at the 2019 IFSC World Championships in Hachioji, Japan. Meanwhile, Alannah Yip claimed a spot with her win at the IFSC Pan American Championships in

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. The team was officially named on March 19, 2021.

Swimming

The Canadian swim team consisted of 26 swimmers (10 men and 16 women). Canadian swimmers achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)): To secure their nomination to the Olympic team, swimmers must have finished in the top two of each individual pool event under the FINA Olympic qualifying A standard at the Canadian Olympic Trials (19 to 23 June 2021) in

, Ontario. Swimmers not meeting the standard were named as relay only swimmers. At the 2020 Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier in

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, Portugal, Kate Sanderson qualified for the games with a third place finish. The next day, Hau-Li Fan qualified as the highest finisher from the Americas not yet qualified. On January 22, 2021,

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nominated six swimmers to the Olympic team, including

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(women's 200 m freestyle); and world champions

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(women's 100 m backstroke) and

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(women's 100 m butterfly). These swimmers were named based on their performances at the

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, South Korea. The rest of the team was named on June 24, 2021. ;Men ;Women Penny Oleksiak

;Mixed Swimmers who participated in the heats only.

Table tennis

Canada qualified three athletes into the table tennis competition.

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secured a men's spot for his third Olympics, with Zhang Mo going to her fourth in the women's side, by winning the singles competition at the 2020 ITTF North American Olympic Qualification Tournament in Kitchener,

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, Canada. The duo also won the inaugural mixed doubles competition to qualify for that event. Wang later gave up his singles spot in favour of

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to focus on the mixed doubles.

Taekwondo

Canada qualified two taekwondo practitioners.

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qualified directly for the women's lightweight category (57 kg) by finishing among the top five in the

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Olympic Rankings at the end of the qualification period. In late June 2021,

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was allocated an unused quota spot from the 2020 Oceania Qualification Tournament, bringing the team to two athletes. The team was officially named on July 2, 2021. ;Women

Tennis

Canada qualified five tennis players (two men and three women).

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and

Denis Shapovalov Denis Viktorovich Shapovalov (born 15 April 1999) is a Canadian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 10 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) which he first achieved in September 2020. He is th ...

were also listed in the rankings but declined the opportunity to attend the Games. The team was officially named on June 29, 2021. On July 12, 2021,

Bianca Andreescu Bianca Vanessa Andreescu (; born June 16, 2000) is a Canadian professional tennis player. She has a career-high ranking of No. 4 in the world, and is the highest-ranked Canadian in the history of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Andreescu ...

withdrew from the tournament citing the effects of the

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, which meant the team was reduced to five athletes. The team was further reduced to four athletes when

withdrew.

Triathlon

Canada qualified four triathletes (two per gender) based on the ITU Olympic Rankings as of June 14, 2021. The team was officially named on July 7, 2021.

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was added to the team to replace Tyler Mislawchuk in the mixed relay, after Mislawchuk was injured in the individual race. ;Individual ;Mixed relay

Volleyball

Canada qualified a total of 16 athletes in volleyball. 12 of the 16 made up the men's volleyball team, while the other four consisted of two pairs in the women's beach volleyball tournament.

Beach

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and

Sarah Pavan Sarah Lindsey Pavan (born August 16, 1986) is a Canadian beach volleyball and former indoor volleyball player. She was part of the Canada women's national volleyball team at the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Japan. With Meli ...

qualified by winning the gold medal at the 2019 FIVB World Championships in

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, Germany.

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and

Brandie Wilkerson Brandie Wilkerson (born July 1, 1992) is a Canadian beach volleyball player who plays as a right-side blocker. With teammate Heather Bansley, she achieved a career-high world ranking of No. 1 in November 2018. She is the 2018 FIVB Best Block ...

later qualified by being ranked in the top 15 of the FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking. The team was officially named on July 5, 2021.

Indoor

;Summary

Men's tournament

Canada men's volleyball team qualified by winning the North American Olympic Qualification Tournament in

. ;Team roster ;Group A ---- ---- ---- ---- ;Quarterfinal

Water polo

;Summary

Women's tournament

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qualified for the Olympics by winning the silver medal, and securing a berth as the highest ranked non-qualified team, at the

, Peru, signifying the country's return to the competition for the first time since

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. ;Team roster ;Group A ---- ---- ---- ;Quarterfinal ;5–8th place semifinal ;Seventh place game

Weightlifting

Canada qualified five weightlifters, one man and four women. Both

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(96 kg) and Maude Charron (64 kg) qualified by being ranked in the top eight of their respective weight categories in the IWF absolute rankings. The remaining three weightlifters topped the field among those vying for qualification from the Pan American region. The team was officially named on June 18, 2021.

Wrestling

Canada qualified four wrestlers for each of the following weight classes; all of whom advanced to the finals to book spots in the men's freestyle (97 and 125 kg) and women's freestyle (68 and 76 kg), respectively, at the 2020 Pan American Qualification Tournament in

. These will be the first Olympics where Canada has failed to qualify entries in all women's freestyle weight categories. The team was officially confirmed on May 19, 2021. ;Freestyle

References

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