Canada confirms Paris 2024 team

Published on June 7th, 2024

Sail Canada and the Canadian Olympic Committee have confirmed the roster of Team Canada sailing athletes nominated to compete at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Six athletes have qualified to compete in four of the 10 events:

Women’s One Person Dinghy – ILCA 6
Sarah Douglas

Men’s Skiff – 49er
Justin Barnes and Will Jones

Women’s Skiff – 49erFX
Antonia and Georgia Lewin-LaFrance

Women’s Kiteboard – Formula Kite Class
Emily Bugeja

Sarah Douglas will make her second consecutive Olympic appearance at Paris 2024. She finished in sixth place at Tokyo 2020 – the best ever Olympic result for a Canadian woman in an individual sailing event.

Douglas has built on the success of her first Olympic experience, earning her first podium finish at a World Sailing regatta when she won ILCA 6 gold at the Princess Sofia Trophy in April 2022. In 2023, she won gold at the French Olympic Week in Hyères, France, finishing just ahead of the Tokyo 2020 and 2022 ILCA 6 World Championship gold medalist. Douglas went on to win the ILCA 6 silver medal at the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games.

“It’s been no secret what my goal for Paris is: I’m hunting down that podium!” said Douglas. “Marseille can bring a range of conditions but what I know for sure is that it will be hot. We will be bringing our cooling strategies back from the last Olympics.

“I’m expecting my second Games to be a completely different experience than Tokyo with no restrictions, ability to leave the village and friends and family present. I plan on taking in all that Paris has to offer along with attending the closing ceremony.”

Sisters Antonia and Georgia Lewin-LaFrance will make their Olympic debuts at Paris 2024 in the 49erFX. Following their 13th position at the 2023 Sailing World Championships in The Hague, Netherlands, the sisters, in each of the last four major international competitions in which they took part in, They placed fourth at the Princess Sofia Trophy Regatta last April.

“We can’t really describe this feeling, but hunger, nerves, and excitement are all in the mix,” said the Lewin-LaFrance sisters. “Despite the hype, we find ourselves entirely focused on the sailing when we’re training in Marseille. We’re trying to think of it as any other performance regatta. Thank you to everyone who has ever contributed to our campaign. Go Canada!”

Justin Barnes and Will Jones will compete in the 49er event. While Barnes will make his Olympic debut in Paris, Jones competed at Tokyo 2020 with Evan DePaul, placing 19th. In 2022, following De Paul’s retirement, Barnes and Jones teamed up for the Sailing World Championships Test Event in The Hague, Netherlands.

At the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games, they earned a bronze medal and a Paris 2024 quota spot for Canada in the 49er. They were selected for the Canadian Olympic Team by topping the Canadian standings in the class after two selection regattas.

Emily Bugeja will make her Olympic debut at Paris 2024 in women’s kiteboarding, which is a new Olympic event. Bugeja earned the quota spot for Canada at Santiago 2023 where she finished as the top-ranked women’s kite athlete from North America and the Caribbean who had not yet qualified for Paris.

She later secured her nomination to Team Canada by finishing atop the Canadian selection ranking, which included results of the 2024 Formula Kite World Championships and the 2024 Princess Sofia Trophy regatta.

Team Canada sailing athletes have won nine Olympic medals, the most recent being a silver in the Star class by Ross MacDonald and Mike Wolfs at Athens 2004.

“Based on their performances in the past cycle, our team proved its ability to qualify for medal races, as well as being contenders to get on the podium,” said Sail Canada’s High Performance Manager, Mike Milner.

Team Canada’s sailing team also includes the following members:

Coaches
Ken Dool – Head Coach
Vaughn Harrison – ILCA 6 Coach
Krzysztof Kierkowski – 49erFX Coach

Support Staff
Eric Holden – Meteorologist
Patrick Godbout – Media Attaché
Mike Milner – Team Leader
Alice Sobiesiak – Athletic Therapist
Katie Sweeting – Team/Logistics Manager
Erik van der Pol – Team Data Analyst (non-traveling)

Prior to being named to Team Canada, all nominations are subject to approval by the Canadian Olympic Committee’s Team Selection Committee following its receipt of nominations by all National Sport Organizations.

For the latest Team Canada Paris 2024 roster, click here.

Source: Sail Canada


Paris 2024 Olympic Sailing Program:
Men’s One Person Dinghy – ILCA 7
Women’s One Person Dinghy – ILCA 6
Mixed Two Person Dinghy – 470
Men’s Skiff – 49er
Women’s Skiff – 49erFX
Men’s Kiteboard – Formula Kite Class
Women’s Kiteboard – Formula Kite Class
Men’s Windsurfing – iQFOiL
Women’s Windsurfing – iQFOiL
Mixed Multihull – Nacra 17

Venue: Marseille, France
Dates: July 28-August 9

Details:
• Paris website: https://www.paris2024.org/en/the-olympic-games-paris-2024/
• World Sailing microsite: https://paris2024.sailing.org/

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