Canada will be represented by 313-athletes at the Rio Olympics, the Canadian Olympic Committee announced Monday.
The Canadian delegation is made up of 187 women and 126 men ranging in age from 16 to 56. They will compete in 37 disciplines.
The Canadian Olympic team aims at winning at least 19 medals at the Rio Olympics. Anne Merklinger, CEO of Own The Podium said Canada’s athletics team has strongest “multi-medal potential.”
Canadian athletes competing in diving, swimming, cycling and women’s wrestling also have a strong potential of bringing home multiple medals.
Rosie MacLennan, Canada’s lone gold-medal winner at the London 2012 Olympic Games, will lead the Canadian squad into the opening ceremony in Rio.
Ontario is the most represented province with 132 athletes, followed by British Columbia (68) and Quebec (54).
The oldest athlete on the team is 56-year-old Lesley Thompson-Willie, coxswain of the women’s eights rowing team. She will be competing at her eighth Olympic Games, tying the all-time women’s record.
She was also named to Canada’s team for the 1980 Moscow Olympics but did not compete when Canada joined the U.S.-led boycott of those Games.
Artistic gymnast Shallon Olsen, 16, is the youngest member of the Canadian team. She is one of four team members born in the 21st century.
Track cyclist Georgia Simmerling is on the verge of becoming first Canadian athlete to compete in a different sport at three Olympic Games. She participated in alpine skiing in Vancouver 2010 and freestyle skiing in Sochi 2014.
The Canadian team includes 98 coaches and 107 support staff. The Games are on from August 5 to 21.
At the London 2012 Olympic Games Canada had 279 athletes who competed in 24 disciplines, winning 18 medals.
In 2008, in Beijing Canada’s Olympic team was 334-strong and brought home 19 medals.
With files from The Canadian Press
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