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Canada at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

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IOC code
  
CAN

Flag bearer
  
Corryn Brown

Competitors
  
52 in 12 sports

Canada at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

NOC
  
Canadian Olympic Committee

Website
  
www.olympic.ca (English) (French)

Medals Ranked 15th
  
Gold Silver Bronze Total 2 1 6 9

Canada competed at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck. Beckie Scott was named as the chef de mission.

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Canada did not send any speed skaters (long and short track), along with figure skaters after the governing body for the sport in the country (Speed Skating Canada and Skate Canada, respectively) deemed the event "not developmentally appropriate".

Alpine skiing

Canada had qualified a full team of two boys and two girls. The team was announced on June 22, 2011.

Biathlon

Canada had qualified a full biathlon team of 2 boys and 2 girls.

Canada's roster was announced on April 19, 2011.

Bobsleigh

Canada had qualified one boy and one girl sled.

Cross country skiing

Canada had qualified a team of 1 boy and 1 girl.

Curling

Canada had qualified a mixed curling team of 2 boys and 2 girls.

Skip: Thomas Scoffin
Third: Corryn Brown
Second: Derek Oryniak
Lead: Emily Gray

Canada's roster was announced on April 8, 2011.

Mixed Team

Final Round Robin Standings

Bronze Medal Game

Final rank: 03 !

Figure skating

Canada had qualified an ice dancing team, a pair as well as 2 boy's singles skaters. However, on January 4, 2012, it was announced that, due to a scheduling conflict with the Canadian nationals (held in Moncton, NB), Canada would not send figure skaters after all.

Freestyle skiing

Canada had qualified a full freestyle skiing team of 4 athletes.

Ice hockey

Canada would enter a boys team and it consisted of 17 athletes.

The co-coaches were announced October 14, 2011, and would be Jim Hulton and Curtis Hunt.

The players were announced October 21, 2011, and were selected through a process that involved a random draw from a list of 39 names established by Hockey Canada's thirteen branches, with each branch guaranteed at least one representative (Ontario, Québec and Alberta were guaranteed one extra representative each). The players selected are as follows.

Goaltenders:

  • Keven Bouchard (QC)
  • Sam Walsh (PEI)
  • Defence:

  • Josh Carrick (ON)
  • Jarrett Crossman (NB)
  • Joe Hicketts (BC)
  • Brycen Martin (AB)
  • Brendan Nickerson (NS)
  • Ryan Pilon (SK)
  • Forwards:

  • Adam Brooks (MB)
  • Ryan Burton (ON)
  • Eric Cornel (ON)
  • Reid Duke (AB)
  • Reid Gardiner (SK)
  • Ryan Gropp (BC)
  • Nicolas Hébert (QC)
  • Garrett James (ON)
  • Nathan Yetman (NL)
  • Group A

    Bronze medal game

    Final rank: 03 !

    Luge

    Canada had qualified a team of two boys and one girl.

    Nordic combined

    Canada had qualified one boy athlete.

    Skeleton

    Canada had qualified one boy and one girl in skeleton.

    Ski jumping

    Canada had qualified one boy and one girl athlete

    Snowboarding

    Canada had qualified a full team of 4 athletes (2 boys and 2 girls).

    References

    Canada at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics Wikipedia