Team Canada has announced all 49 athletes (including 4 guides) that will be representing Canada at the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games. 7 of them have some tie to Calgary or its immediate surroundings; whether they were born here, grew up here, live here, or train here.

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Team Canada has announced all 211 athletes that will be representing Team Canada at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games. 56 of them have some tie to Calgary or it’s immediate surroundings; whether they were born here, grew up here, live here, or train here.

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As the Olympic Games come to an end, the Summer Games are far from over. Canada’s Paralympic athletes are heading to Tokyo to compete in the Paralympic Games from August 24 to September 5. In partnership with Calgary Adapted Hub powered by Jumpstart, we compiled a list of Calgary athletes for you to follow along, cheer on, and support.

On July 13, Team Canada announced the 371 athletes that will be representing Team Canada. Of the athletes that have been named to Team Canada, 37 of them have ties to Calgary and its surrounding areas.

Calgary athlete Katelyn Starr, 16-year-old, took first place at the Rope Skipping Canada national skipping competition in the 16+ female masters category. Athletes from across Canada competed with Katelyn placing first overall, and Katelyn will represent Team Canada at the International Jump Rope Union (IJRU) World Championship for the sport of Jump Rope in October 2021.

Calgary’s Cole Pratt and Yuri Kisil were two of the the 26 swimmers named to represent Canada in Tokyo. Okotoks’ Finlay Knox and Red Deer’s Rebecca Smith round out the athletes hailing from Alberta nominated to represent Canada’s swimming team. Calgary’s Dave Johnson was also named as 1 of the 10 coaches to lead Canada’s swimming team at Tokyo 2020.

Calgary’s Erin McLeod was named as 1 of the 4 alternates of the 22-woman squad representing Canada women’s soccer this summer in Tokyo.

Calgarian and Calgary Rowing Club member Nicole Hare was nominated by Rowing Canada to represent Team Canada in Women's Four at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics this summer.

Inch by inch, Jenn Brown is making her way to Tokyo. Only in her sport, the distance travelled is measured in centimetres. But every one counts for the para-athlete from Calgary, who’s among the top discus throwers in the country and hoping it translates into a shot at Paralympic glory come the summer.

Canada coach John Herdman, who had talked up the uncapped Kennedy in the leadup to Tuesday's crucial World Cup qualifier against Suriname, started the 24-year-old from Calgary in a back three with veteran Doneil Henry and Alistair Johnston. He was not disappointed.

With an eye on qualifying for the postponed Olympics, Kelly Fitzsimmons moved back to Calgary in the summer of 2020 from Toronto, where she lived for eight years while working in brand strategy and building a consultancy. However, lengthy facility closures necessary to contain the COVID-19 pandemic made it all but impossible to train any of the five sports that make up modern pentathlon: swimming, fencing, riding, shooting and running.

Marathoners Trevor Hofbauer and Malindi Elmore were nominated June 4 by Athletics Canada to represent Canada in the marathon at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

Swimming Canada announced Thursday the final four swimmers nominated to the Canadian team for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, set to get under way on August 24.

Calgary athletes Scott Kennedy and Samuel Adekugbe were named to the squad May 29 and will represent Team Canada in Qatar during the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. Edmonton’s Alphonso Davies was also named to the squad and rounds out the Albertans named to the team.