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Team Canada for Daegu

Athletics Canada names team for World Championships in Korea

Dylan Armstrong

Dylan Armstrong

OTTAWA – Athletics Canada named today a contingent of 32 athletes who will travel to Daegu, South Korea for the 2011 World Championships in Athletics.  The biggest sporting event of 2011 will feature athletes from over 200 countries converging for nine days of competition on a state of the art Mondo SportFlex Super X track.  The World Championships run August 27 through September 4 with the Canadian team beginning departures on August 14 for a final preparation camp in Changwon City, South Korea.

“Korea is our dress rehearsal for London and we are preparing athletes to have their best performances of the year in Daegu.  Our veterans are ready; Armstrong, Felicien, Zelinka and the men’s 4x100m team are tracking for top finishes.  The return from injury of Scott Russell in the javelin and Jim Steacy in the hammer, both Olympic finalists in Beijing, adds further depth to the Team,” said Alex Gardiner, World Championship team Head Coach.  He adds, “In September we will analyze the results, define the gaps and set our final plan for the Olympic Games.”

Headlining Canada’s entry in the 13th World Championships in Athletics is Kamloops, B.C.’s Dylan Armstrong.  Armstrong set a new Canadian record of 22.21-metres at the Canadian Championships in June, a mark that still holds up as the season world leading performance.  He also leads the Diamond League standings in the shot put with 13 points.

Two-time world outdoor medalist Perdita Felicien of Pickering, Ont., is looking for a strong showing at the World Championships as she has her sights firmly set on a podium at next summer’s Olympic Games. Felicien, the 2003 world champion and 2007 silver medalist, is always a top three threat at major championships.

The men’s 4×100-metres relay team is aiming to improve on their fifth place showing from the 2009 World Championships in Berlin.  The relay team is coming off a strong camp in Ottawa and will continue to perfect their art at the final preparation camp with their eyes on a top three finish in Korea.

The team will also feature 12 up and coming stars who will line up in their debut world championship. “Several of our rising stars are ready to challenge for spots in the finals as they get their first taste of competing against the planet’s very best” added Gardiner.

2011 Canadian World Championships team

Name

Event

Hometown

Personal
Coach

Ruky Abdulai

Heptathlon

Coquitlam, B.C.

Jerrold Jones /
Brit Townsend

Jamie Adjetey-Nelson

Decathlon

Windsor, Ont.

Brett Lumley

Esther Akinsulie

4x400m

Ottawa, Ont.

Glenroy Gilbert

Dylan Armstrong

Shot Put

Kamloops, B.C.

Anatoliy Bondarchuk

Bryan Barnett

200m, 4x100m

Edmonton, Alta.

Quin Sekulich

Jared Connaughton

200m, 4x100m

New Haven, P.E.I.

Monte Stratton

Sam Effah

100m, 4x100m

Calgary, Alta.

Brenda vanTighem

Andrew Ellerton

800m

Sudbury, Ont.

Wynn Gmitroski

Perdita Felicien

100m Hurdles

Pickering, Ont.

Les Gramantik /
Gary Winckler

Eric Gauthier

T53 400m

St-Faustin Lac-Carré, Que.

Jean Laroche

Alex Genest

3000m Steeplechase

Lac-aux-Sables, Que.

Dave Scott-Thomas

Phylicia George

100m Hurdles

Markham, Ont.

Anthony McCleary

Kelsie Hendry

Pole Vault

Saskatoon, Sask.

Greg Hull / Rick and

Suzzane Petrucha

Nikkita Holder

100m Hurdles

Pickering, Ont.

Anthony McCleary

Matthew Hughes

3000m Steeplechase

Oshawa, Ont.

Brice Allen / Ron Mann / Joe Walker

Kimberly Hyacinthe

200m

Montreal, Que.

Daniel St-Hilaire

Julie Labonté

Shot Put

Ste-Justine, Que.

Craig Carter

Jenna Martin

4x400m

Bridgewater, N.S.

Charles Scarrow /
Erin Tucker

Geoffrey Martinson

1500m

Victoria, B.C.

Wynn Gmitroski

Lemlem Bereket Ogbasilassie

800m

Montreal, Que.

Brent Fougner

Amonn Nelson

4x400m

Calgary, Alta.

Brenda vanTighem

Adrienne Power

4x400m

Halifax, N.S.

Peter Lord

Diane Roy

T54 800m

Sherbrooke, Que.

Jean Laroche

Scott Russell

Javelin

Windsor, Ont.

Larry Steinke

Rachel Seaman

20km Race Walk

Peterborough, Ont.

Tim Seaman

Gavin Smellie

4x100m

Etobicoke, Ont.

Erik Jenkins

Oluseyi Smith

4x100m

Ottawa, Ont.

Glenroy Gilbert

Heather Steacy

Hammer Throw

Lethbridge, Alta.

Larry Steinke

Jim Steacy

Hammer Throw

Lethbridge, Alta.

Larry Steinke

Damian Warner

Decathlon

London, Ont.

Gar Leyshon

Justyn Warner

4x100m

Markham, Ont.

Desai Williams

Jessica Zelinka

Heptathlon

London, Ont.

Les Gramantik

Technical
Staff

Hometown

Alex Gardiner

Head Coach

Winnipeg, Man.

Martin Goulet

Team Leader

Brossard, Que.

Scott MacDonald

Technical Manager

Nepean, Ont.

Coaching Team

Glenroy Gilbert

Sprints & Relay

Ottawa, Ont.

Wynn Gmitroski

Middle Distance

Victoria, B.C.

Les Gramantik

Combined Events, Hurdles

Calgary, Alta.

Molly Killingbeck

Sprints & Relay

Port Credit, Ont.

Jean Laroche

Wheelchair Events

Sherbrooke, Que.

Carla Nicholls

Combined Events, Hurdles

Regina, Sask.

Larry Steinke

Throws

Lethbridge, Alta.

Gary Winckler

Hurdles, Combined Events

Montecello, USA

Integrated Support Team

Garfield Crooks

Massage Therapist

Victoria, B.C.

Melissa Dowling

Athlete Services Manager

Ottawa, Ont.

Mathieu Gentès

Communications

Orleans, Ont.

Dr. Wilbour Kelsick

Chiropractor

Port Moody, B.C.

Bob Powls

Physiotherapist

Vernon, B.C.

Dr. Carmine Stillo

Chiropractor

Toronto, Ont.

Dr. Linda Thyer

Physician

Vancouver, B.C.

Dana Way

Sport Biomechanist  & Performance
Analyst

Winnipeg, Man.


At the 2009 World Championship, Whitby, Ont.’s Priscilla Lopes-Schliep won silver in the 100-metre hurdles.  Lopes-Schliep will not compete at Worlds as she is expecting a baby in September; she is planning to comeback and compete at the 2012 Olympic Games.

Since the first World Championships in 1980 Canada has won four gold, eight silver and five bronze at Worlds. The best showing came in 1995 in Gothenburg, SWE., where Canada came away with four medals.

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