Canada at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Canada at the Paralympic Games
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At the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London
Competitors	145 in 15 sports
Flag bearer	Garett Hickling (opening) Benoît Huot (closing)
Medals Rank: 20	Gold 7	Silver 15	Bronze 9	Total 31
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Canada competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom, from 29 August to 9 September 2012. A total of 145 athletes were sent by the Canadian Paralympic Committee to compete in 15 sports. The country won 31 medals in total and finished twentieth in the medals table, below the CPC's goal on a top eight finish in total gold medals. The total medals and total golds are the lowest totals for Canada since the 1972 Games.

Medalists

Main article: 2012 Summer Paralympics medal table

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Benoît Huot	Swimming	Men's 200 m individual medley SM10	30 August
Gold	Summer Mortimer	Swimming	Women's 50 m freestyle S10	31 August
Gold	Michelle Stilwell	Athletics	Women's 200 m T52	1 September
Gold	Summer Mortimer	Swimming	Women's 100 m backstroke S10	4 September
Gold	Valérie Grand'Maison	Swimming	Women's 200 m individual medley SM13	7 September
Gold	Robbi Weldon Pilot: Lyne Bessette	Cycling	Women's road race B	8 September
Gold	Canada men's national wheelchair basketball team Patrick Anderson   Joey Johnson Abdi Dini   Adam Lancia Dave Durepos   Tyler Miller David Eng   Richard Peter Bo Hedges   Yvon Rouillard Chad Jassman   Brandon Wagner	Wheelchair basketball	Men's tournament	8 September
Silver	Summer Mortimer	Swimming	Women's 200 m individual medley SM10	30 August
Silver	Brianna Nelson	Swimming	Women's 50 m butterfly S7	31 August
Silver	Nathan Stein	Swimming	Men's 50 m freestyle S10	31 August
Silver	Valérie Grand'Maison	Swimming	Women's 50 m freestyle S13	1 September
Silver	Brianna Nelson	Swimming	Women's 200 m individual medley SM7	2 September
Silver	Brent Lakatos	Athletics	Men's 400 m T53	2 September
Silver	Valérie Grand'Maison	Swimming	Women's 100 m freestyle S13	2 September
Silver	Benoît Huot	Swimming	Men's 400 m freestyle S10	5 September
Silver	Aurelie Rivard	Swimming	Women's 400 m freestyle S10	5 September
Silver	Brent Lakatos	Athletics	Men's 800 m T53	5 September
Silver	Michelle Stilwell	Athletics	Women's 100 m T52	5 September
Silver	Amber Thomas	Swimming	Women's 400 m freestyle S11	7 September
Silver	Jason Dunkerley Guide: Josh Karanja	Athletics	Men's 5000 m T11	7 September
Silver	Brent Lakatos	Athletics	Men's 200 m T53	7 September
Silver	Canada men's national wheelchair rugby team Ian Chan   Fabien Lavoie Jason Crone   Zak Madell Patrice Dagenais   Travis Murao Jared Funk   Patrice Simard Garret Hickling   Mike Whitehead Trevor Hirschfield   David Willsie	Wheelchair rugby	Men's tournament	9 September
Bronze	Virginia McLachlan	Athletics	Women's 200 m T35	31 August
Bronze	Norbert Murphy	Archery	Men's individual compound W1	3 September
Bronze	Jason Dunkerley Guide: Josh Karanja	Athletics	Men's 1500 m T11	3 September
Bronze	Marco Dispaltro Josh Vander Vies	Boccia	Mixed pairs BC4	4 September
Bronze	Benoît Huot	Swimming	Men's 100 m backstroke S10	4 September
Bronze	Marie-Claude Molnar	Cycling	Women's individual time trial C4	5 September
Bronze	Summer Mortimer	Swimming	Women's 100 m freestyle S10	6 September
Bronze	Virginia McLachlan	Athletics	Women's 100 m T35	7 September
Bronze	Amber Thomas	Swimming	Women's 200 m individual medley SM11	8 September

Medals by discipline
Discipline				Total
Athletics	1	5	3	9
Archery	0	0	1	1
Boccia	0	0	1	1
Cycling	1	0	1	2
Goalball	0	0	0	0
Judo	0	0	0	0
Rowing	0	0	0	0
Sailing	0	0	0	0
Shooting	0	0	0	0
Swimming	4	9	3	16
Wheelchair basketball	1	0	0	1
Wheelchair fencing	0	0	0	0
Wheelchair rugby	0	1	0	1
Wheelchair tennis	0	0	0	0
Total	7	15	9	31

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Norbert Murphy	Individual compound W1	623	6	N/A	Saito (JPN) W 6–2	Kinik (SVK) W 6–0	Fabry (USA) L 7–3	Kinnunen (FIN) W 6–1
Kevin Evans	Individual compound open	626	25	Horner (SUI) W 6–4	Denton (USA) L 6–4	Did not advance
Bob Hudson		629	23	Kantczak (POL) L 6–0	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Karen van Nest	Individual compound open	643	6	N/A	Nagano (JPN) L 6–5	Did not advance
Lyne Tremblay	Individual recurve W1/W2	423	20	Bayar (TUR) L 6–0	Did not advance

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Boccia

Main article: Boccia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Goalball

Main article: Goalball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Men's tournament

Main article: Goalball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's tournament

Group B

	Qualified for the quarterfinals
	Eliminated

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iran	5	4	0	1	32	20	+12	12
China	5	3	1	1	20	14	+6	10
Belgium	5	3	1	1	19	16	+3	10
Algeria	5	2	0	3	18	17	+1	6
South Korea	5	1	0	4	18	28	−10	3
Canada	5	1	0	4	16	28	−12	3

30 August 2012 16:15	Canada	2 – 4	Belgium	Copper Box, London Referees: Thomas Baerz (GER) Shinji Mizuno (JPN)
	Caron 2	Report	de Rick 2 Vanhove 1 Bihi 1

31 August 2012 19:45	Iran	9 – 2	Canada	Copper Box, London Referees: Dina Murdie (GBR), Tony Connolly (USA)
	Jafari 4 Sayahi 3 Shahbazi 1 Shirdel 1	Report	Gaulin 2

1 September 2012 16:15	Canada	5 – 4	South Korea	Copper Box, London Referees: Kimberly Anderson (USA), Shinji Mizuno (JPN)
	Gaulin 3 Caron 2	Report	C-H Kim 2 Hong 1 J-W Oh 1

2 September 2012 16:15	Canada	6 – 8	Algeria	Copper Box, London Referees: Vilma Venckutonyte (LTU), Yasser Omar (EGY)
	Caron 4 Gaulin 2	Report	Mokrane 8

3 September 2012 11:30	China	3 – 1	Canada	Copper Box, London Referees: Ali Aldarsony (KSA), Christl Daentler (GER)
	Chen 2 Yao 1	Report	Gaulin 1

Women's tournament

Main article: Goalball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's tournament

Group B

	Qualified for the quarterfinals
	Eliminated

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Canada	4	3	0	1	6	3	+3	9
Japan	4	2	1	1	5	3	+2	7
Sweden	4	2	1	1	11	11	0	7
United States	4	2	0	2	9	4	+5	6
Australia	4	0	0	4	7	17	−10	0

1 September 2012 13:45	Canada	1 – 2	Sweden	Copper Box, London Referees: Bulent Kimyor (TUR), Thomas Bärz (GER)
	Kneebone 1	Report	Gustavsson 2

2 September 2012 10:15	Australia	1 – 3	Canada	Copper Box, London Referees: Juha Vuokila (FIN), Dina Murdie (GBR)
	Christensen 1	Report	Kneebone 2 Morin 1

3 September 2012 19:45	Japan	0 – 1	Canada	Copper Box, London

4 September 2012 13:45	Canada	1 – 0	United States	Copper Box, London

Quarter-final

5 September 2012 14:15	Canada	1 – 2	Finland	Copper Box, London

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Athlete(s)	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Joan Reid	Women's single sculls	5:43.52	3 R	5:49.77	2 FA	5:55.92	6
David Blair Kristen Kit Meghan Montgomery Victoria Nolan Anthony Theriault	Mixed coxed four	3:29.69	3 R	3:28.82	3 FB	3:31.17	1

Qualification legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	Race											Total points	Net points	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Paul Tingley	2.4 mR – 1 person keelboat	6	7	2	(10)	9	6	2	2	9	4	CAN	57	47	5
Stacie Louttit John McRoberts	SKUD 18 – 2 person keelboat	4	3	3	4	(12) OCS	4	3	3	6	4	CAN	46	34	4
Logan Campbell Scott Lutes Bruce Millar	Sonar – 3 person keelboat	5	9	10	7	6	7	9	8	(12)	11	CAN	81	68	10

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Doug Blessin	Mixed R4–10 m air rifle standing SH2	590	24	Did not advance
	Mixed R5–10 m air rifle prone SH2	595	25	Did not advance
Christos Trifonidis	Mixed R3–10 m air rifle prone SH1	596	26	Did not advance
	Mixed R6–50 m rifle prone SH1	573	41	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Wheelchair basketball

Main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

File:Australia - Canada, women's wheelchair basketball at Paralympics 2012 - 3.jpg

Canadian women's wheelchair basketball team in the match with Australia.

Canada have qualified one men's team and one women's team in wheelchair basketball through their results at the 2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship. Competing athletes are given an eight-level-score specific to wheelchair basketball, ranging from 0.5 to 4.5 with lower scores representing a higher degree of disability. The sum score of all players on the court cannot exceed 14.

Men's tournament

Main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Canada	5	5	0	362	280	+82	10
Germany	5	4	1	339	303	+36	9
Great Britain	5	3	2	365	301	+64	8
Poland	5	2	3	327	341	−14	7
Japan	5	1	4	273	330	−57	6
Colombia	5	0	5	223	334	−111	5

Group play

30 August 2012 13:00

Report

Japan	53–68	Canada
Scoring by quarter: 11–16, 10–19, 10–18, 22–15
Pts: Fujimoto 16 Rebs: Fujimoto 11 Asts: Kozai 5		Pts: Anderson 32 Rebs: Anderson 13 Asts: Peter, Anderson 3

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Cristian Roja (ITA)

31 August 2012 21:15

Report

Canada	70–54	Great Britain
Scoring by quarter: 20–11, 14–18, 18–7, 18–18
Pts: Anderson 29 Rebs: Anderson 10 Asts: Anderson 14		Pts: Choudhry 11 Rebs: Highcock 7 Asts: Orogbemi 6

North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Max Kindervater (GER)

1 September 2012 21:15

Report

Canada	83–65	Poland
Scoring by quarter: 16–18, 23–17, 18–12, 26–18
Pts: Anderson 34 Rebs: Anderson 9 Asts: Anderson 12		Pts: Filipski 20 Rebs: Łuszyński 7 Asts: Filipski, Łuszyński 7

North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Phil Haines (AUS)

2 September 2012 15:15

Report

Germany	66–73	Canada
Scoring by quarter: 18–17, 10–19, 19–17, 19–20
Pts: Passiwan 29 Rebs: Passiwan 8 Asts: Passiwan 8		Pts: Anderson 25 Rebs: Anderson 15 Asts: Anderson 12

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Matt Wells (AUS)

3 September 2012 10:45

Report

Canada	68–42	Colombia
Scoring by quarter: 21–8, 21–16, 13–4, 13–14
Pts: Durepos 18 Rebs: Johnson 6 Asts: Hedges 6		Pts: Hawkins 12 Rebs: Londoño 9 Asts: Chaparro 6

North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Philip Haines (AUS)

Quarter-final

5 September 2012 19:00

Report

Canada	77–51	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 25–12, 18–13, 14–16, 20–10
Pts: Anderson 16 Rebs: Anderson 14 Asts: Durepos, Anderson 6		Pts: García Moreno 16 Rebs: Zarzuela Beltrán 6 Asts: García Moreno 5

North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Matt Wells (AUS)

Semi-final

6 September 2012 21:15

Report

Great Britain	52–69	Canada
Scoring by quarter: 16–21, 11–12, 10–24, 15–12
Pts: Orogbemi 14 Rebs: Bywater, Sagar 5 Asts: Pollock 5		Pts: Anderson 17 Rebs: Johnson 14 Asts: Anderson 11

North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Mati Quintana (ARG)

Gold medal match

8 September 2012 21:15

Report

Australia	58–64	Canada
Scoring by quarter: 15–14, 12–12, 15–20, 16–18
Pts: Norris 19 Rebs: Eveson 8 Asts: Eveson 5		Pts: Anderson 34 Rebs: Anderson 10 Asts: Anderson 8

North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Juan Uruñuela (ESP)

Women's tournament

Main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tiebreaker 1	Tiebreaker 2
Australia	4	3	1	211	180	+31	7	+2	1–0
Netherlands	4	3	1	236	194	+42	7	+2	0–1
Canada	4	3	1	248	231	+17	7	−4
Great Britain	4	1	3	151	217	−66	5
Brazil	4	0	4	190	214	−24	4

Group play

31 August 2012 19:00

Report

Canada	59–70	Netherlands
Scoring by quarter: 10–25, 17–9, 16–19, 16–17
Pts: McLachlan 26 Rebs: McLachlan 15 Asts: Harnock, Ferguson 5		Pts: Bejer 34 Rebs: Bejer 14 Asts: Huitzing 11

North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Adam Fronczak (POL)

1 September 2012 18:30

Report

Australia	50–57	Canada
Scoring by quarter: 12–20, 20–13, 8–10, 10–14
Pts: Merritt 16 Rebs: Crispin 15 Asts: Chaplin 7		Pts: McLachlan 28 Rebs: McLachlan 21 Asts: Ouellet 9

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Karen Molina (COL)

2 September 2012 15:15

Report

Canada	65–61	Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 17–13, 14–10, 16–16, 18–12
Pts: McLachlan 36 Rebs: Ouellet 8 Asts: McLachlan 23		Pts: Soares Martins 26 Rebs: Soares Martins 11 Asts: Guimarães da Costa 7

North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Carsten Rehling (GER)

3 September 2012 13:00

Report

Great Britain	50–67	Canada
Scoring by quarter: 16–14, 9–20, 11–21, 14–12
Pts: Freeman 18 Rebs: Freeman, Conroy 7 Asts: Freeman 5		Pts: Harnock 20 Rebs: McLachlan 15 Asts: Ouellet, Ferguson 8

North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Valerie Farrugia (FRA)

Quarter-final

4 September 2012 21:15

Report

United States	67–55	Canada
Scoring by quarter: 10–21, 19–12, 16–8, 22–14
Pts: Miller 26 Rebs: Murray 11 Asts: Murray 10		Pts: McLachlan 31 Rebs: McLachlan 13 Asts: Ouellet 6

North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Cristian Salguero (ARG)

Semi-final for 5th–8th place

6 September 2012 8:30

Report

Canada	74–53	Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 30–4, 12–20, 18–12, 14–17
Pts: McLachlan 24 Rebs: McLachlan 13 Asts: Ouellet 10		Pts: Estrada Bernal 15 Rebs: Estrada Bernal 12 Asts: Vázquez Delgadillo 6

North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Philip Haines (AUS)

5th/6th place match

7 September 2012 10:45

Report

Canada	70–73	China
Scoring by quarter: 17–15, 12–14, 13–18, 28–26
Pts: McLachlan 22 Rebs: McLachlan 17 Asts: Harnock 7		Pts: Fu 25 Rebs: Cheng 10 Asts: Long 9

North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Max Kindervater (GER)

Wheelchair fencing

Main article: Wheelchair fencing at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Wheelchair rugby

Main article: Wheelchair rugby at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Squad list

Ian Chan Jason Crone Patrice Dagenais Jared Funk Garret Hickling Trevor Hirschfield Fabien Lavoie Zak Madell Travis Murao Patrice Simard Mike Whitehead David Willsie

Group stage

	Qualified for the semifinals
	Eliminated

Team	Pld	W	D	L	G	GA	GD	Pts
Australia (AUS)	3	3	0	0	182	142	+40	6
Canada (CAN)	3	2	0	1	163	166	–3	4
Sweden (SWE)	3	1	0	2	151	155	–4	2
Belgium (BEL)	3	0	0	3	135	168	–33	0

Australia  v Canada

5 September 2012 19:00

Australia	64 – 52	Canada
Batt 37 Bond 10 Team 4 Carr 3 Harrison 3 Smith 2 Newton 1 Hose 1 Lees 1 Meakin 1 Scott 1	Report	Lavoie 9 Hirschfield 8 Crone 7 Madell 7 Hickling 6 Whitehead 5 Willsie 4 Dagenais 2 Chan 2 Simard 2

Basketball Arena Attendance: 5,539 Referee: Darren Roberts (USA), Dave Woods (GBR)

Canada  v Belgium

6 September 2012 16:15

Canada	58 – 50	Belgium
Madell 18 Hickling 9 Hirschfield 9 Lavoie 5 Chan 4 Whitehead 3 Simard 3 Team 3 Willsie 2 Funk 1	Report	Mertens 24 Genyn 10 Verhaegen 5 Budeners 4 Team 4 Vanacker 3

Basketball Arena Attendance: 6,225 Referee: Mitch Carr (USA), Chris van de Riet (NED)

Canada  v Sweden

7 September 2012 12:15

Canada	53 – 52	Sweden
	Report

Basketball Arena Attendance: 5,469 Referee: Darren Roberts (USA), Alexander Schreiner (GER)

Semi-finals

United States  v Canada

8 September 2012 16:15

United States	49 – 50	Canada
	Report

Basketball Arena Attendance: 4,324 Referee: Alexander Schreiner (GER), Chris van de Riet (NED)

Gold medal match

Canada  v Australia

9 September 2012 14:15

Canada	51 – 66	Australia
Madell 11 Hickling 7 Whitehead 7 Murao 6 Chan 5 Willsie 4 Simard 3 Lavoie 2 Dagenais 1 Hirschfield 1 Team 4	Report	Batt 37 Bond 15 Carr 4 Smith 2 Scott 1 Lees 1 Meakin 1 Newton 1 Harrison 1 Team 3

Basketball Arena Attendance: 9,048 Referee: Darren Roberts (USA), Chris van de Riet (NED)

Wheelchair tennis

Main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarter-final	Semi-final	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Philippe Bedard	Men's singles	Boukartcha (MAR) W 7–5, 6–2	Fernandez (ARG) L 0–6, 0–6	Did not advance
Joel Dembe		Phillipson (GBR) L 2–6, 2–6	Did not advance
Phillippe Bedard Joel Dembe	Men's doubles	N/A		Jewitt / Phillipson (GBR) L 3–6, 1–6	Did not advance

See also

• 2012 Summer Paralympics
• Canada at the Paralympics
• Canada at the 2012 Summer Olympics