BC Games and Team BC Alumni to Represent Canada at 2023 Pan American Games
The 2023 Pan American Games are taking place October 20-November 5 in Santiago, Chile, bringing together the top athletes from the Americas and Caribbean.
Canada’s 473 athlete contingent includes 54 athletes who previously competed at the BC Games or for Team BC at the Canada Games. These athletes are joined by 12 coaches and support staff with similar ties. They will compete in 39 sports across the 19 days of competition.
With the 2024 Olympics less than a year away, these Pan Am Games will not only serve as an opportunity for nations to test their mettle against international competition, but also an opportunity for athletes to punch their ticket to next summer’s Games in 21 sports/disciplines.
Quick Facts:
- 54, or 11%, of Team Canada’s 473 athletes are BC Games and/or Team BC alumni (35 BC Games alumni, 33 Team BC alumni, and 16 alumni of both);
- 8 coaches and 4 staff members with ties to the BC Games and/or Team BC will join these 54 athletes in Santiago, for a total of 67 alumni;
See the full 2023 Pan Am Games Team Canada athlete list here.
BC Games Alumni List
| Name (Athletes) | Hometown | Sport | Result | BC Games (sport, if different) |
| Emma Entzminger* | Victoria | Softball | Bronze | Kelowna 2008 BC Summer Games (Soccer), Township of Langley 2010 BC Summer Games |
| Sara Groenewegen | Surrey | Softball | Bronze | Kelowna 2008 BC Summer Games |
| Jeremy Bagshaw* | Victoria | Swimming | Gold, Bronze | Greater Trail 2006 BC Winter Games |
| Mo Zhang* | Vancouver | Table Tennis | Bronze (2) | Port Alberni 2004 BC Winter Games |
| Isabelle Harris* | Mission | Judo | Silver | Penticton 2006 BC Winter Games |
| Ana Godinez Gonzalez* | Burnaby | Wrestling | Penticton 2006 BC Winter Games |
| Fillah Karim | Vancouver | Sailing | Nanaimo 2014 BC Summer Games |
| Emily Bugeja* | Vancouver | Sailing | Surrey 2012 BC Summer Games |
| Jessica Hirschbold* | Victoria | Sailing | Cowichan 2018 BC Summer Games |
| Nicole Bunyan* | Victoria | Squash | Silver (2) | Greater Trail 2006 BC Winter Games |
| Brock Hoel* | West Kelowna | Triathlon | Bronze | Abbotsford 2016 BC Summer Games |
| Desirae Ridenour* | Cowichan Bay | Triathlon | Nanaimo 2014 BC Summer Games |
| Hunter Smith | North Vancouver | Wakeboard | Silver | Cowichan 2018 BC Summer Games |
| Alex Russell | Surrey | Beach Volleyball | Kelowna 2008 BC Summer Games (Volleyball-Indoor) |
| Kaila Butler* | Port Coquitlam | Athletics | Bronze | Greater Vernon 2012 BC Winter Games (Ringette), Nanaimo 2014 BC Summer Games (Softball) |
| Alycia Butterworth* | Parksville | Athletics | Kamloops 2006 BC Summer Games |
| Evan Dunfee | Richmond | Athletics | Abbotsford 2004 BC Summer Games |
| Georgia Ellenwood | Langley | Athletics | Township of Langley 2010 BC Summer Games |
| Grace Fetherstonhaugh* | New Westminster | Athletics | Mission 2014 BC Winter Games (Cross Country Skiing), Nanaimo 2014 BC Summer Games |
| Ethan Katzberg | Nanaimo | Athletics | Gold | Abbotsford 2016 BC Summer Games |
| Callum Robinson | Victoria | Athletics | Cowichan 2018 BC Summer Games (Swimming-Para)[SP2] |
| Riley Pickrell | Victoria | Cycling | Penticton 2016 BC Winter Games (Speed Skating) |
| Sean Richardson | Vancouver | Cycling | Gold | Penticton 2016 BC Winter Games (Cross Country Skiing) |
| Anna Mollenhauer | Victoria | Field Hockey | Mission 2014 BC Winter Games (Hockey) |
| Natalie Sourisseau | Kelowna | Field Hockey | Kamloops 2006 BC Summer Games |
| Ethan McTavish | North Vancouver | Field Hockey | Bronze | Mission 2014 BC Winter Games (Alpine Skiing) |
| Zachary Clay* | Chilliwack | Artistic Gymnastics | Gold, Silver | Greater Trail 2006 BC Winter Games |
| Sydney Turner | Port Coquitlam | Artistic Gymnastics | Bronze | Penticton 2016 BC Winter Games |
| Abby Speirs | Victoria | Rowing | Gold | Surrey 2012 BC Summer Games (Triathlon) |
| Quinn Storey* | Burnaby | Rowing | Mission 2014 BC Winter Games (Alpine Skiing) |
| Caroline Crossley | Victoria | Rugby 7s | Silver | Surrey 2012 BC Summer Games |
| Shalaya Valenzuela | Abbotsford | Rugby 7s | Silver | Abbotsford 2016 BC Summer Games |
| Elias Ergas | Vancouver | Rugby 7s | Bronze | Surrey 2012 BC Summer Games |
| Lockie Kratz | Victoria | Rugby 7s | Bronze | Nanaimo 2014 BC Summer Games |
| Jake Thiel | Victoria | Rugby 7s | Bronze | Township of Langley 2010 BC Summer Games |
| Name (Coaches/Staff) | Hometown | Sport (Role) | BC Games (sport, if different) |
| Janice Hanan* | Victoria | Swimming (Team Manager) | Chilliwack 1993 BC Summer Games (Water polo-Athlete), Kelowna 1994 BC Summer Games, Penticton 1995 BC Summer Games, Burnaby 1997 BC Summer Games, Ridge Meadows 1998 BC Summer Games, 2004 Port Alberni BC Winter Games |
| Rodney Hobson | Kelowna | Karate (Coach (Kumite), Sport Technical Leader) | North Vancouver 1996 BC Winter Games (Athlete), Campbell River 1997 BC Winter Games (Athlete) |
| Raj Virdi | Surrey | Wrestling (Coach) | Kamloops 2006 BC Summer Games, Nanaimo 2014 BC Summer Games |
| Tommy McLeod | Victoria | Diving (Coach) | Victoria 2000 BC Summer Games, Nanaimo 2002 BC Summer Games |
| Igo Gantsevich* | Richmond | Fencing (Team Leader) | Williams Lake 2002 BC Winter Games (Athlete) |
| Kraig Devlin | Victoria | Boxing (High Performance Director/Team Leader) | Terrace 2010 BC Winter Games (Karate) |
| Jennifer Greggain | Vancouver | Golf (Women’s Associate Coach) | Township of Langley 2010 BC Summer Games, Nanaimo 2014 BC Summer Games, Abbotsford 2016 BC Summer Games, Cowichan 2018 BC Summer Games |
| Katie Bahain Steenman* | Sidney | Rowing (Coach) | Cowichan 2018 BC Summer Games |
| Sean White | Victoria | Rugby 7s (Men’s Head Coach) | Abbotsford 2004 BC Summer Games (Athlete) |
| Jennifer Joyce* | Richmond | Rugby 7s (Women’s Strength and Conditioning Coach) | Penticton 1995 BC Summer Games (Athletics-Athlete) |
*Also competed for Team BC at the Canada Games.
Team BC Alumni List
| Name | Hometown | Sport | Canada Games (sport, if different) |
| Emma Entzminger* | Victoria | Softball | Sherbrook 2013 Canada Summer Games, Winnipeg 2017 Canada Summer Games |
| Callum Pilgrim | Abbotsford | Softball | Winnipeg 2017 Canada Summer Games |
| Morgan Reimer | Langley | Softball | Niagara 2022 Canada Summer Games |
| Jeremy Bagshaw* | Victoria | Swimming | PEI 2009 Canada Summer Games |
| James Dergousoff | Christina Lake | Swimming | Sherbrooke 2013 Canada Summer Games |
| Raben Dommann | North Vancouver | Swimming | Winnipeg 2017 Canada Summer Games |
| Ivy Liao | Vancouver | Table Tennis | Prince George 2015 Canada Winter Games, PEI 2023 Canada Winter Games (Manager) |
| Mo Zhang* | Vancouver | Table Tennis | Prince George 2015 Canada Winter Games (Manager) |
| Isabelle Harris* | Mission | Judo | Red Deer 2019 Canada Winter Games |
| Ana Godinez Gonzalez* | Burnaby | Wrestling | Winnipeg 2017 Canada Winter Games |
| Justina Di Stasio | Coquitlam | Wrestling | PEI 2009 Canada Summer Games |
| Nishan Randhawa | Abbotsford | Wrestling | Sherbrooke 2013 Canada Summer Games |
| Darthe Cappelan | Surrey | Wrestling | Sherbrooke 2013 Canada Summer Games |
| Emily Bugeja* | Vancouver | Sailing | Winnipeg 2017 Canada Summer Games |
| Jessica Hirschbold* | Victoria | Sailing | Niagara 2022 Canada Summer Games |
| Bryden Hattie | Victoria | Diving | Winnipeg 2017 Canada Summer Games |
| Celina Toth | Victoria | Diving | PEI 2009 Canada Summer Games |
| Nicole Bunyan* | Victoria | Squash | Halifax 2011 Canada Winter Games |
| Dylan French | Richmond | Fencing | Sherbrooke 2013 Canada Summer Games |
| Shaul Gordon | Richmond | Fencing | Sherbrooke 2013 Canada Summer Games |
| Brock Hoel* | West Kelowna | Triathlon | Winnipeg 2017 Canada Summer Games |
| Desirae Ridenour* | Cowichan Bay | Triathlon | Winnipeg 2017 Canada Summer Games |
| Kaila Butler* | Port Coquitlam | Athletics | Winnipeg 2017 Canada Summer Games |
| Alycia Butterworth* | Parksville | Athletics | PEI 2009 Canada Summer Games |
| Grace Fetherstonhaugh* | New Westminster | Athletics | Winnipeg 2017 Canada Summer Games |
| Addy Townsend | Coquitlam | Athletics | Winnipeg 2017 Canada Summer Games |
| Wendy Zhang | Richmond | Badminton | Red Deer 2019 Canada Winter Games |
| Sandra Walter | Coquitlam | Cycling | London 2001 Canada Summer Games |
| Connor Attridge | Burnaby | Rowing | Niagara 2022 Canada Summer Games |
| Quinn Storey* | Burnaby | Rowing | Niagara 2022 Canada Summer Games |
| Devan Wiebe | Vancouver | Modern Pentathlon | Sherbrooke 2013 Canada Summer Games |
| Stacey Fung | North Vancouver | Tennis | Sherbrooke 2013 Canada Summer Games |
| Zachary Clay* | Chilliwack | Artistic Gymnastics | Halifax 2011 Canada Winter Games |
| Name | Hometown | Sport (Role) | Canada Games (sport, if different) |
| Janice Hanan* | Victoria | Swimming(Team Manager) | Regina 2005 Canada Summer Games |
| JianRen Wei | Vancouver | Table Tennis (Women’s Coach) | PEI 2023 Canada Winter Games |
| Victor Gantsevich | Richmond | Fencing (Men’s Epee Coach) | Sherbrooke 2013 Canada Summer Games |
| Igo Gantsevich* | Richmond | Fencing (Team Leader) | Bathurst-Campbelltown 2003 Canada Winter Games (Athlete) |
| Katie Bahain Steenman* | Sidney | Rowing (Coach) | Niagara 2022 Canada Summer Games (Technical Support) |
| Jennifer Joyce | Richmond | Rugby 7s (Women’s Strength and Conditioning Coach) | Brandon 1997 Canada Summer Games (Athletics-Athlete), London 2001 Canada Summer Games (Athletics – Athlete) |
*Also competed at the BC Winter or BC Summer Games.
