Canada at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Canada at the
2014 Winter Olympics
IOC codeCAN
NOCCanadian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olympic.ca (in English and French)
in Sochi
Competitors222 in 14 sports
Flag bearers Hayley Wickenheiser (opening ceremony)[1][2]
Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse (closing ceremony)[3][4]
Medals
Ranked 3rd
Gold
10
Silver
10
Bronze
5
Total
25
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
Canadian Team during the Opening Ceremony of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games

Canada competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from February 7 to 23, 2014. Canadians competed in every discipline except Nordic combined.

The 2014 Games marked the first time a Canadian Olympic team competed in Russia, as Canada and 64 western countries did not take part at the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow due to the Soviet–Afghan War.

The youngest athlete in Canada's delegation was figure skater Gabrielle Daleman, who turned 16 in January, while curler Jennifer Jones was the oldest athlete at 39.[5]

Canada originally finished these Olympics with 10 gold medals and 25 overall (ranking 2nd and 3rd respectively). This is the second most successful Canadian performance ever, exceeded only by the achievements at the home Olympics in Vancouver in 2010. With the belated luge medal awarded in 2017 after a Russian doping disqualification,[6] Canada briefly tied its Vancouver performance in total medal count. However, the IOC decision was overturned on appeal,[7] bumping the Canadian team back to fourth and the total medal count back to 2nd and 3rd.

  1. ^ "Hayley Wickenheiser named Canada's flag-bearer". CBC Sports. January 22, 2014. Archived from the original on February 26, 2018. Retrieved January 24, 2014.
  2. ^ "Sochi 2014 Opening Ceremony - Flagbearers" (PDF). olympic.org. Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee. February 7, 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 26, 2014. Retrieved February 7, 2014.
  3. ^ "Bobsledders Humphries and Moyse named Canada's flag-bearers for closing ceremony". The Globe and Mail. Canadian Press. February 23, 2014. Archived from the original on January 12, 2017. Retrieved February 23, 2014.
  4. ^ "Sochi 2014 Closing Ceremony - Flagbearers" (PDF). The International Olympic Committee (IOC). February 23, 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 27, 2014. Retrieved February 23, 2014.
  5. ^ "Sochi 2014 - CBC Sports - Canada's Sochi Winter Olympics team its biggest ever". Olympics.cbc.ca. Archived from the original on February 2, 2014. Retrieved February 3, 2014.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference canadawins was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Spencer, Donna (February 5, 2018). "Canada's luge team calls for clean sport after Russia regains bronze from 2014". The Star. Archived from the original on August 3, 2019. Retrieved October 7, 2018.