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BC Games and Team BC alumni deliver standout performances at 2023 Parapan Am Games

Five athletes who competed in the BC Games or for Team BC at the Canada Games came home with seven of Canada’s 52 medals at the 2023 Parapan American Games in Santiago, Chile.

Canada’s contingent of 140 athletes included seven with connections to Team BC or the BC Games.

Name Sport BC Games Canada Games 2023 Pan Am Games Result
Nate Clement Para Cycling Township of Langley 2010 BC Summer Games (Swimming)   Gold, Bronze
Bo Hedges Wheelchair Basketball 1996/2000/2002 BC Winter Games 1999/2003 Canada Winter Games Bronze
Trevor Hirschfield Wheelchair Rugby Nanaimo 2002 BC Summer Games   Silver
Dustin Hodgson CP Football Kamloops 2006 BC Winter Games (Athletics)    6th Place
Mel Pemble Para Cycling Mission 2014 BC Winter Games 2015 Canada Winter Games Gold, Silver
Doug Ripley Goalball Coquitlam 1991 BC Summer Games 1993 Canada Summer Games Bronze
Thomas Venos Wheelchair Tennis Penticton 2016 BC Winter Games (Wheelchair Basketball)   5th Place (Doubles), 9th Place (Singles)

BC Games Alumni Heading to 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games

The Trinbago 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games will take place August 4-11, 2023, on the Islands of Trinidad and Tobago, bringing together top athletes aged 14 to 18 from 71 Commonwealth nations and territories. Canada’s delegation of 74 athletes and staff will compete in four sports across the eight days of competition: Athletics, Beach Volleyball, Netball, and Rugby 7s.

Leading the Canadian contingent into the Opening Ceremony as a flag bearer will be BC Games alum Alexa Dow, who captured a trio of gold medals at the Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games. She is joined by five fellow athletes and two coaches who previously competed in the BC Winter or BC Summer Games:

Name Sport Role BC Games (Sport, if different)
Alexa Dow Athletics Athlete Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games
Ryan Lofstrom Athletics Athlete Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games
Lana Dueck * Rugby 7s Athlete Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games
Skye Farish * Rugby 7s Athlete Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games
Ava Ference Rugby 7s Athlete Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games
Adia Pye * Rugby 7s Athlete Cowichan 2018 BC Summer Games (3×3 Basketball)
Darcy Patterson * Rugby 7s Coach 2004 Abbotsford BC Summer Games
Amonda Francis Netball Coach 2004 Port Alberni BC Summer Games

* Denotes athletes who have also competed for Team BC at the Canada Games. To see the full list of Team BC alumni representing Canada at the 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games, click here.

To learn more about Commonwealth Sport Canada, click here.

To learn more about the Trinbago 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games, click here.

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