Canada at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

Canada at the
2018 Winter Paralympics
Flag of Canada
IPC codeCAN
NPCCanadian Paralympic Committee
Websitewww.paralympic.ca
in Pyeongchang, South Korea
9-18 March 2018
Competitors55 in 6 sports
Flag bearers Brian McKeever (opening)[1]
Mark Arendz (closing)[2]
Medals
Ranked 3rd
Gold
8
Silver
4
Bronze
16
Total
28
Winter Paralympics appearances (overview)

Canada competed at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 18 March 2018. Canada sent a team of 55 athletes to compete in all six sports.[3] The chef de mission was retired sledge hockey player Todd Nicholson, appointed in January 2017.[4]

Canada finished the Games with eight gold medals and 28 overall (ranking 3rd and 2nd, respectively). It was the most successful Canadian performance in terms of total medals, surpassing the 19 won at the 2010 Winter Paralympics.[5] This also met the goal set by the Canadian Paralympic Committee to improve on the 16 medals won at the 2014 Winter Paralympics.[6]

Opening ceremony flag-bearer Brian McKeever became Canada's most decorated Winter Paralympian after winning his 14th career medal at the Games, surpassing the previous record by Lana Spreeman, who won 13 medals between 1980 and 1994.[7] He finished the Games with three gold and a bronze, for a career total of 13 gold medals and 17 medals in all, making him also the most decorated Paralympic cross-country skier ever.[8]

Mark Arendz won a Canadian single Games record 6 medals (5 individual and a team relay medal), and was honoured as Canada's flag-bearer for the Games closing ceremony.[8]

  1. ^ Heroux, Devin (8 March 2018). "Brian McKeever named Canada's flag-bearer for Paralympics opening ceremony". CBC Sports. CBC.ca. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Mark Arendz named Canada's flag-bearer for Paralympics closing ceremony". CBC Sports. CBC.ca. 17 March 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Fifty-five athletes named to Canadian Paralympic Team for PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games". Canadian Paralympic Committee (Press release). Ottawa. 26 February 2018. Archived from the original on 10 March 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  4. ^ "Todd Nicholson named Team Canada's Paralympic chef de mission". CBC Sports. 24 January 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  5. ^ "Canada wraps up best-ever Winter Paralympics at Pyeongchang closing ceremony". CBC Sports. CBC News. 18 March 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  6. ^ "PyeongChang 2018: A record-breaking Winter Games for Canadian Paralympic Team". Canadian Paralympic Committee (Press release). Newswire.ca. 18 March 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  7. ^ Hall, Vicki (12 March 2018). "Brian McKeever's 'relentless' drive leads to historic Paralympic gold". CBC Sports. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  8. ^ a b Heroux, Devin (18 March 2018). "Greatness abounds as Canadians smash country's Paralympic medal record". CBC Sports. Retrieved 4 April 2018.