Canada at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics
Template:Infobox Country Youth Olympics Canada will compete at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck. Beckie Scott has been named as the chef de mission.[1]
Canada will not send any speed skaters (long and short track) after the governing body for the sport in the county deemed the event "not developmentally appropriate".[2]
Alpine skiing
Canada has qualified a full team of two boys and two girls. The team was announced on June 22, 2011.[3]
- Boys
- Girls
Biathlon
Canada has qualified a full biathlon team of 2 boys and 2 girls.
Canada's roster was announced on April 19, 2011.[4]
- Boys
- Girls
Cross country skiing
Canada has qualified a team of 1 boy and 1 girl.[5]
- Boy
- Girl
Curling
Canada has qualified a mixed curling team of 2 boys and 2 girls.
Canada's roster was announced on April 8, 2011.[6]
- Mixed team
Figure skating
Canada has qualified an ice dancing team, a pair as well as 2 boy's singles skaters.[7] However, on January 4, 2012, it was announced that, due to a scheduling conflict with the Canadian nationals (held in Moncton, NB), Canada will not send figure skaters after all.[8]
Freestyle skiing
Canada has qualified a full freestyle skiing team of 4 athletes.[9]
- Men
- Women
Ice hockey
Canada will enter a boys team and it will consist of 17 athletes.[12]
The co-coaches were announced October 14, 2011, and will be Jim Hulton and Curtis Hunt.[13]
The players were announced October 21, 2011, and were selected through a process that involved a random draw from a list of 39 names established by Hockey Canada's thirteen branches, with each branch guaranteed at least one representative (Ontario, Québec and Alberta were guaranteed one extra representative each).[14] The players selected are as follows.[15]
Goaltenders:
- Keven Bouchard (QC)
- Sam Walsh (PEI)
Defence:
- Josh Carrick (ON)
- Jarrett Crossman (NB)
- Joe Hicketts (BC)
- Brycen Martin (AB)
- Brendan Nickerson (NS)
- Ryan Pilon (SK)
Forwards:
- Adam Brooks (MB)
- Ryan Burton (ON)
- Eric Cornel (ON)
- Reid Duke (AB)
- Reid Gardiner (SK)
- Ryan Gropp (BC)
- Nicolas Hébert (QC)
- Garrett James (ON)
- Nathan Yetman (NL)
Luge
Canada has qualified a team of two boys and one girl.
- Boys
- Girl
Nordic combined
Canada has qualified one boy athlete
Nathaniel Mah - Mens Nordic Combined & Mixed Team Event.[16]
Ski jumping
Canada has qualified one boy and one girl athlete
Taylor Henrich - Ladies Ski Jumping & Mixed Team Event
Dusty Korek Mens Ski Jumping & Mixed Team Event.[17]
Snowboarding
Canada has qualified a full team of 4 athletes (2 boys and 2 girls).[18]
- Men
- Michael Ciccarelli - half-pipe[19][20]
- Tyler Nicholson - slopestyle[19][20]
- Women
- Audrey McManiman - half-pipe[20]
- Quincy Korte-King - slopestyle[21][20]
See also
References
- ^ "Beckie Scott named chef de mission for 2012 Youth Olympics". CBC. March 24, 2011. Retrieved March 24, 2011.
- ^ Speed skating Canada 2012 Winter Youth Olympics
- ^ "Four skiers to represent Canada at Winter Youth Olympic Games". Alpine Canada. June 22, 2011. Retrieved June 23, 2011.
- ^ "Biathlon Canada Submits Four Athletes for Nomination to Canada's Inaugural Youth Olympic Winter Games Team" (PDF). Biathlon Canada. 2011-04-19. Retrieved 2011-05-04.
- ^ "2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games Athlete Nominations". Cross Country skiing Canada. June 21, 2011. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
- ^ "Yukon curler picked to represent Canada at 2012 World Youth Olympics". Whitehorse Star. 2011-04-08. Retrieved 2011-04-09.
- ^ Figure skating at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics
- ^ Canadian skaters not going to Youth Olympics
- ^ Freestyle skiing at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics
- ^ a b Herauf, Sherret to represent Canada at Youth Olympic Games
- ^ a b Silver for Groenewoud in halfpipe opener
- ^ QUALIFICATION SYSTEM - 1STWINTER YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES IN 2012 INTERNATIONAL ICE HOCKEY FEDERATION
- ^ JIM HULTON AND CURTIS HUNT NAMED CO-COACHES FOR MEN’S TEAM AT 2012 WINTER YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES
- ^ HOCKEY CANADA ANNOUNCES MEN'S HOCKEY PLAYERS NOMINATED FOR 2012 WINTER YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES
- ^ CANADA ROSTER - 2012 YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES
- ^ Nordic combined at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics
- ^ Ski jumping at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics
- ^ Snowboarding at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics
- ^ a b SIMPLE SNOWBOARDING RIDERS TYLER NICHOLSON AND MIKEY CICCARELLI SELECTED TO REPRESENT CANADA AT THE FIRST EVER YOUTH WINTER OLYMPICS!
- ^ a b c d FREESTYLE ATHLETES INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES
- ^ "Korte-King invited to participate in inaugural Youth Olympics in 2012". 14 June 2011.