The 2024 Paris Summer Olympic Games begins this week, and Alberta will have a healthy contingent of athletes competing.
After Team Canada released its complete list of 337 athletes competing at this year’s Games, it was also revealed that 34 hailed from Alberta. This makes Alberta the fourth most represented province at this Olympics, with Ontario (140), Quebec (59), and BC (45) all ahead.
Calgary was the most popular hometown of Alberta’s Olympians, with 15 athletes representing the province’s most populous city. Edmonton came in second with seven athletes calling Alberta’s capital city home.
That said, here is a list of who those 34 Albertan Olympic athletes are and what they will be competing in:
Jonnie Newman
Sport: Artistic Swimming
Age: 18
Hometown: Calgary
Marco Arop
Sport: Athletics
Age: 22
Hometown: Edmonton
Rory Linkletter
Sport: Athletics
Age: 27
Hometown: Calgary
Kacie Bosch
Sport: Basketball 3v3
Age: 27
Hometown: Lethbridge
Katherine Plouffe
Sport: Basketball 3v3
Age: 31
Hometown: Edmonton
Yvonne Ejim
Sport: Basketball – Women’s
Age: 22
Hometown: Calgary
Alison Jackson
Sport: Cycling
Age: 35
Hometown: Vermillion
Kelsey Mitchell
Sport: Cycling
Age: 30
Hometown: Sherwood Park
Sarah Orban
Sport: Cycling
Age: 28
Hometown: Calgary
Molly Simpson
Sport: Cycling
Age: 21
Hometown: Red Deer
Margo Erlam
Sport: Diving
Age: 22
Hometown: Calgary
Caeli McKay
Sport: Diving
Age: 25
Hometown: Calgary
Daniel Gu
Sport: Fencing
Age: 25
Hometown: Edmonton
Kasia Gruchalla-Wesierski
Sport: Rowing
Age: 33
Hometown: Calgary
Jessica Sevick
Sport: Rowing
Age: 35
Hometown: Strathmore
Fancy Bermudez
Sport: Rugby Sevens
Age: 22
Hometown: Edmonton
Piper Logan
Sport: Rugby Sevens
Age: 23
Hometown: Calgary
Krissy Scurfield
Sport: Rugby Sevens
Age: 21
Hometown: Canmore
Keyara Wardley
Sport: Rugby Sevens
Age: 24
Hometown: Vulcan
Michele Esercitato
Sport: Shooting
Age: 22
Hometown: Calgary
Tye Ikeda
Sport: Shooting
Age: 27
Hometown: Calgary
Emma Finlin
Sport: Swimming
Age: 19
Hometown: Edmonton
Apollo Hess
Sport: Swimming
Age: 22
Hometown: Lethbridge
Yuri Kisil
Sport: Swimming
Age: 28
Hometown: Calgary
Finlay Knox
Sport: Swimming
Age: 23
Hometown: Okotoks
Emma O’Croinin
Sport: Swimming
Age: 21
Hometown: Edmonton
Rebecca Smith
Sport: Swimming
Age: 24
Hometown: Red Deer
Lorne Wigginton
Sport: Swimming
Age: 18
Hometown: Calgary
Ingrid Wilm
Sport: Swimming
Age: 26
Hometown: Calgary
Lucas Van Berkel
Sport: Volleyball
Age: 29
Hometown: Edmonton
Brett Walsh
Sport: Volleyball
Age: 30
Hometown: Calgary
Rae Lekness
Sport: Water Polo
Age: 30
Hometown: Calgary
Paul Kindred
Sport: Water Polo
Age: 28
Hometown: Spruce Grove