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A total of 156 Vikes athletes, coaches and alumni have represented Canada at the Olympic Games. Those representatives have won a total of 37 gold, 19 silver, and 8 bronze medals in Olympic and Paralympic competition..

Olympians by Sport
Olympians by Year
Medal Winners
Olympic Participation List

Olympians by Sport	Olympians by Year
48 - Women’s Rowing 46 - Men’s Rowing 19 - Swimming 11 - Track & Field 10 - Women’s Field Hockey 8 - Women’s Basketball 7 - Men’s Basketball 6 - Men’s Soccer 1 - Men’s Volleyball	1976 Montreal - 2 1980 Moscow - 11 1984 Los Angeles - 40 1988 Seoul - 20 1992 Barcelona - 19 1996 Atlanta - 14 2000 Sydney - 14 2004 Athens - 19 2008 Beijing - 17

Olympic Medal Winners (Name, Event, Year)
Gold (37)
Dean Crawford, 8o (1984) Grant Main, 8o (1984) Kevin Neufeld, 8o (1984) Mike Edgson, 100 BU, 100 IM,4x100 Med (1984) Mike Edgson, 100 BK, 100 BU, 100 FR, 200 IM, 400 FR, 50 BU, 4x100 FR, 4x100 MR (1988) Darren Barber, 8o (1992) Andy Crosby, 8o (1992) Derek Porter, 8o (1992) Bruce Robertson, 8o (1992) John Wallace, 8o (1992) Kirsetn Barnes, 4-, 8o (1992) Jessica Monroe, 4-, 8o (1992) Mike Edgson, 100 BK, 100 BU, 200 IM, 4x100 MR (1992) Stephanie Dixon, 400 FR, 100 BK, 100 FR, 4x100 FR, 4x100 MR (2000) Stephanie Dixon, 100 BK (2004) Stephanie Dixon, 100 BK (2008) Adam Kreek, 8o (2008) Kevin Light, 8o (2008)
Silver (19)
Marilyn Brain, 4+ (1984) Barb Armbrust, 4+ (1984) Mike Edgson, 100 BK (1984) Mike Edgson, 200 BU (1992) Jessica Monroe, 8o (1992) Anna VanderKamp, 8o (1992) Derek Porter, 1x (1996) Silken Laumann, 1x (1996) Theresa Luke, 8o (1996) Barney Williams, 4- (2004) Stephanie Dixon, 200 Med, 50 FR (2000) Stephanie Dixon, 100 FR, 400 FR, 100 BU, 200 IM, 4x100 FR, 4x100 MR (2004) Stephanie Dixon, 200 IM, 400 FR (2008)
Bronze (8)
Silken Laumann, 2x (1984) Pam Rai, 4x100 MR (1984) Silken Laumann, 1x (1992) Theresa Luke, 8o (2000) Buffy Williams, 8o (2000) Mike Lewis, 4- (2008) Stephanie Dixon, 50 FR (2004) Stephanie Dixon, 100 FR (2008)

Complete List of Vikes Olympians (156)
	Ina Delure, Women’s Rowing Sandra Kirby, Women’s Rowing
	Reni Dolcetti, Men’s Basketball Howard Kelsey, Men’s Basketball Carol Turney-Loos, Women’s Basketball Debbie Campbell, Track and Field Pam Rai, Swimming Bruce Ford, Men’s Rowing Janice Mason, Women’s Rowing Lisa Roy, Women’s Rowing Andrea Schreiner, Women’s Rowing Katie Burke, Women’s Rowing Ina Delure, Women’s Rowing
	Gerald Kazanowski, Men’s Basketball Howard Kelsey, Men’s Basketball Eli Pasquale, Men’s Basketball Greg Wiltjer, Men’s Basketball Tracie McAra, Women’s Basketball Kathy Shields, Women’s Basketball Lynne Beecroft, Women’s Field Hockey Nancy Charlton, Women’s Field Hockey Diane Mahy, Women’s Field Hockey Tim Christian, Men’s Rowing Dean Crawford, Men’s Rowing GOLD Bruce Ford, Men’s Rowing Grant Main, Men’s Rowing GOLD Kevin Neufeld, Men’s Rowing GOLD Dave Ross, Men’s Rowing Paul Tessier, Men’s Rowing Nick Toulmin, Men’s Rowing Pat Walter, Men’s Rowing Tony Zasada, Men’s Rowing Barb Armbrust, Women’s Rowing SILVER Marilyn Brain, Women’s Rowing SILVER Joanne Gillingham, Women’s Rowing Silken Laumann, Women’s Rowing BRONZE Janice Mason, Women’s Rowing Al Morrow, Women’s Rowing Lisa Roy, Women’s Rowing Andria Schreiner, Women’s Rowing Carolyn Trono, Women’s Rowing Iain Baird, Men’s Soccer John Hughes, Men’s Soccer Greg Kern, Men’s Soccer Jamie Lowery, Men’s Soccer Danny Sudeko, Men’s Soccer Bruce Wilson, Men’s Soccer Debbie Scott, Track and Field Wayne Kelly, Swimming Marie Moore, Swimming Pam Rai, Swimming BRONZE Mike Edgson, Swimming GOLD x3* SILVER Bob Harrison (Asst. Coach), Volleyball
	Gerald Kazanowski, Men’s Basketball Sarah Ballentyne, Women’s Field Hockey Nancy Charlton, Women’s Field Hockey Darby Berkhout, Men’s Rowing Andy Crosby, Men’s Rowing Grant Main, Men’s Rowing Brian McMahon, Men’s Rowing Kevin Neufeld, Men’s Rowing John Ossowski, Men’s Rowing Bruce Robertson, Men’s Rowing Dave Ross, Men’s Rowing Don Telfer, Men’s Rowing John Wallace, Men’s Rowing Kirsten Barnes, Women’s Rowing Silken Laumann, Women’s Rowing Ron Bowker (Coach),Track and Field Dave Campbell, Track and Field Carey Nelson, Track and Field Debbie Scott, Track and Field Jon Kelly, Swimming Mike Edgson, Swimming GOLD x8*
	Milena Gaiga, Women’s Field Hockey Lauralee Kopeck, Women’s Field Hockey Rochelle Low, Women’s Field Hockey Sue Reid, Women’s Field Hockey Deb Whitten, Women’s Field Hockey Darren Barber, Men’s Rowing GOLD Andy Crosby, Men’s Rowing GOLD Derek Porter, Men’s Rowing GOLD Bruce Robertson, Men’s Rowing GOLD John Wallace, Men’s Rowing GOLD Kirsten Barnes, Women’s Rowing GOLD x2 Rick Crawley (Asst. Coach), Women’s Rowing Silken Laumann,Women’s Rowing BRONZE Jessica Monroe, Women’s Rowing GOLD x2 Al Morrow (Coach), Women’s Rowing Robyn Meagher, Track and Field Debbie Scott, Track and Field Julie Jespersen (Spare), Women’s Rowing Mike Edgson, Swimming GOLD x4* SILVER
	Kelly Boucher, Women’s Basketball Don Fuller (Ath. Therapist), Women’s Basketball Karla Karch, Women’s Basketball Darren Barber, Men’s Rowing Gavin Hassett, Men’s Rowing Adam Parfitt, Men’s Rowing Derek Porter, Men’s Rowing SILVER Katie Burke, Women’s Rowing Silken Laumann, Women’s Rowing SILVER Theresa Luke, Women’s Rowing SILVER Anna VanderKamp, Women’s Rowing SILVER Jessica Monroe, Women’s Rowing SILVER Robyn Meagher, Track and Field Ron Jacks (Coach), Swimming Christin Petelski, Swimming
	Eric Hindrichsen, Men’s Basketball Kelly Boucher,Women’s Basketball Karla Karch, Women’s Basketball Chris Davidson, Men’s Rowing Gavin Hassett, Men’s Rowing Adam Parfitt, Men’s Rowing Derek Porter, Men’s Rowing Theresa Luke, Women’s Rowing BRONZE Kirsten Wall, Women’s Rowing Buffy Williams, Women’s Rowing BRONZE Ron Jacks (Coach), Swimming Christin Petelski, Swimming Rick Say, Swimming Stephanie Dixon, Swimming GOLD x5* SILVER x2
	Gavin Hasset, Men’s Rowing Andrew Hoskins, Men’s Rowing Adam Kreek, Men’s Rowing Kevin Light, Men’s Rowing Jon Mandick, Men’s Rowing Joe Stankevicious, Men’s Rowing Barney Williams, Men’s Rowing SILVER Karen Clark, Women’s Rowing Jaqui Cook, Women’s Rowing Anna Marie DeZwager, Women’s Rowing Will Dodds (Asst. Manager), Rowing Darcy Marquardt, Women’s Rowing Al Morrow (Coach), Women’s Rowing Romina Stefancic, Women’s Rowing Buffy Williams, Women’s Rowing Rick Say, Swimming Rachelle deJong (Spare), Women’s Rowing Bonnie Fiala (Spare), Women’s Rowing Stephanie Dixon, Swimming GOLD* SILVER x6 BRONZE
	Kevin Light, Men’s Rowing GOLD Adam Kreek, Men’s Rowing GOLD Mike Lewis, Men’s Rowing BRONZE Darcy Marquardt, Women’s Rowing Buffy Williams, Women’s Rowing Romina Stefancic, Women’s Rowing Sarah Bonikowsky, Women’s Rowing Rachelle deJong, Women’s Rowing Anna Marie Dezwager, Women’s Rowing Lindsay Jennerich, Women’s Rowing Howard Campbell (Coach), Rowing Al Morrow (Coach), Rowing Adam Parfitt (Manager), Rowing Brent Fougner (Asst. Coach), Track & Field Ingrid Ruys (Manager), Track and Field Rick Say, Swimming Stephanie Dixon, Swimming GOLD SILVER x2* BRONZE

* denotes Paralympics