Canada Nominates 20 Swimmers to 2024 Paralympics

Aurelie Rivard; Photo Courtesy: Michael P. Hall/Swimming Canada

Canada Nominates 20 Swimmers to 2024 Paralympics

Canada on Sunday announced its list of 20 nominations for the 2024 Paralympics in Paris.

The swimmers qualified in part thanks to their performances at the 2024 Canadian Trials in Toronto this week. Swimming in Paris will begin Aug. 29. All nominations are subject to approval by the Canadian Paralympic Team, with a final roster to be published in the summer.

The group includes six Paralympic medalists, including Aurelie Rivard, who has 10 medals all-time, including five in Tokyo in 2021.

“It’s a bit surreal to know I’m going to a fourth Paralympics,” Rivard told Swimming Canada. “I’ve been at this for 16 years and I still get excited knowing I’ll be going to the Games and it’s a privilege to have been part of the team for this long. I think all the athletes will savour these Games more; we’re going to rediscover all that we missed due to the pandemic at the Tokyo Games and have the full Games experience.”

Rivard is headed for her fourth Paralympics, while Katarina Roxon, who won gold in Rio in 2016, in competing in her fifth.

“I never dreamed when I first started I would be going to five Paralympic Games,” Roxon said. “I’ve had times where I wasn’t as consistent as I wanted to be, but when you overcome those challenges to reach your goals it is very satisfying.”

Danielle Dorris is at her third Paralympics after being the youngest on the team in 2016. Tess Routliffe is back after missing the Tokyo Paralympics due to injury. Dorris joins Sabrina Duchesne and Nicholas Guy-Turbide in their third Paralympics. Eight of the 20 will be making their first Paralympic team.

“This is a team with an incredible amount of experienced, successful Paralympians who will be joined by a new generation of talented swimmers who will represent Canada with pride this coming summer in Paris,” said Wayne Lomas, Associate Director of High Performance and Para Swimming National Coach, Swimming Canada. “I want to acknowledge Katarina Roxon, who will attend a remarkable fifth Paralympic Games this year and will stand alongside many of her teammates of the past decade, including Aurélie Rivard who will defend her Tokyo Paralympic gold medals while competing at her fourth Games. At the same time, I want to recognize the talent, exuberance, and excitement of our eight athletes who will make their Paralympic Games debut.

2024 Canadian Paralympics Squad

Nicholas Bennett – Parksville, BC
Katie Cosgriffe – Burlington, ON
Danielle Dorris – Moncton, NB
Sabrina Duchesne – Saint-Augustin, QC
Alec Elliot – Kitchener, ON
Nikita Ens – Meadow Lake, SK
Arianna Hunsicker – Surrey, BC
Mary Jibb – Bracebridge, ON
Fernando Lu – Burnaby, BC
Sebastian Massabie – Surrey, BC
Reid Maxwell – St. Albert, AB
Shelby Newkirk – Saskatoon, SK
Aurélie Rivard – Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC
Tess Routliffe – Caledon, ON
Katarina Roxon – Kippens, NL
Abi Tripp – Kingston, ON
Nicolas-Guy Turbide – Quebec City, QC
Philippe Vachon – Blainville, QC
Emma Grace Van Dyk – Port Colborne, ON
Aly Van Wyck Smart – Toronto, ON

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