A Look Back at the Success of Ontario & Canadian Athletes at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games

Canadian Sport Institute Ontario (CSIO) would like to congratulate the 48 athletes and guides, numerous coaches and countless support staff from Ontario, as well as the entire Canadian Paralympic Team, for an outstanding performance at the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games. The Canadian Team delivered inspiring, passionate performances, showing the nation what it means to be PARATOUGH.

Team Canada finished 14th in the medal standings with 29 medals - 8 Gold, 10 Silver and 11 Bronze, eclipsing its performance goal of a Top-16 finish overall at the Games.

Team Canada’s success was highlighted by six super-star athletes who won multiple medals at the Games: Closing Ceremony flagbearer Aurélie Rivard, Swimming (3 Gold, 1 Silver); Michelle Stilwell, Athletics (2 Gold); Brent Lakatos, Athletics (1 Gold, 1 Silver, 2 Bronze); Tristen Chernove, Cycling (1 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze); Ross Wilson, Cycling (2 Silver); and Charles Moreau, Cycling (2 Bronze).

The Games saw 7 Ontario-hometown athletes contribute to 4 (1 Silver, 3 Bronze) of the 29 medals won by Team Canada.

Athletes who have received support from CSIO along their career development pathway, also contributed to 4 of the Bronze medals won by Canada, or 14% of all Team Canada medals. These medal winning performances came from 7 CSIO affiliated athletes.

2016 Paralympic Medalists Affiliated With CSIO:

Rowing LTA Mixed Coxed Four: Meghan Montgomery, Victoria Nolan, Andrew Todd, and Curtis Haliday were part of the team who won the nation’s first-ever Paralympic medal ever in rowing, a Bronze.

Shelley Gautier: A twelve-time World Champion, Shelley won a Bronze medal in Road Cycling in the T1-2 Time Trial.

Benoit Huot: Benoit won his 20th Paralympic medal, a Bronze in the 400m Freestyle S10. A five-time Paralympic swimmer Benoit trained at CSIO during the lead-up to the 2015 ParaPan Am Games in Toronto.

Paul Tingley: Paul, a five-time Paralympian and two-time Paralympic medallist, won a Bronze medal in 3-person keelboat (Sonar) with teammates Scott Lutes and Logan Campbell.

Two sports made their debut at these Games – para-canoe and triathlon. Ontario and CSIO affiliated athlete, Erica Scarff, made the Final and finished 7th in Women’s Para-canoe KL3. While, Ontario’s Christine Robbins finished 10th in the Women’s PT5 Triathlon.

Many Canadian athletes achieved personal bests and set Canadian and Paralympic Records at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. There was an astounding number of Canadian Top-5 and Top-8 performances, 62 and 105 respectively, each one full of passion, athleticism, and determination. These performances, along with many others from young and first-time Paralympians signal a bright future for Canada at the Paralympic Games and international competition.

As we begin the new quadrennial and look ahead to Tokyo 2020 and beyond, CSIO is excited to support para sport and Paralympic athletes on their athletic journey.

For more information, please contact:

Media Contact:

Laura Albright, Senior Communications Coordinator

Canadian Sport Institute Ontario

Tel: 416.596.1240 Ext. 238

Email: lalbright@csiontario.ca

www.csiontario.ca