CANADIAN SPORT INSTITUTE PACIFIC – Affiliated athletes and staff make major contribution to Team Canada’s record medal haul

 

VICTORIA, BC – The PyeongChang 2018 Olympics featured a record setting performance by Team Canada as a whole, winning 29 medals for the first time in their history at a Winter Games.

Canadian Sport Institute Pacific (CSI Pacific) affiliated athletes made a major mark on the Games, as well, with their incredible performances and contributions to Canada’s medal total.

Forty-nine of Team Canada’s 225 athletes are athletes that train with CSI Pacific or benefit from their programs or services. 

CSI Pacific affiliated athletes:

• Made up 22% of Team Canada
• Accounted for 31% of Canada’s total medals
• Won 45% of Team Canada’s gold medals

Five Canadian Sport Institute Pacific scientists attended the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Games with National Sport Organization (NSO) partners, and each of them were part of a support team for an athlete(s) that brought home a gold medal.

CSI Pacific staff members at PyeongChang 2018:

Name:	Role:	Partner NSO worked with:	Partner NSO medals:
Dr. Jeremy Sheppard	Director, Performance Solutions // Sport Science & Medicine Lead, Canada Snowboard	Canada Snowboard	Gold: Sébastien Toutant Silver: Laurie Blouin Max Parrot   Bronze: Mark McMorris
Sean Nugent	Strength & Conditioning Coach	Freestyle Canada (Moguls)	Gold: Mikaël Kingsbury
Samantha Ebata	Lead, Biomechanics & Performance Analysis	Freestyle Canada (Moguls) * attended Games as part of Canadian Olympic Committee Mission Staff	Gold: Mikaël Kingsbury
Tai Tran	Strength & Conditioning Coach	Freestyle Canada (Halfpipe)	Gold: Cassie Sharpe
Craig Hill	Strength & Conditioning Coach // Integrated Support Team Lead, Ski Cross	Alpine Canada (Ski Cross)	Gold: Brady Leman, Kelsey Serwa Silver: Brittany Phelan

 

About CSI Pacific: Powering Performance. Inspiring Excellence.

Offering world-class Olympic and Paralympic training environments in Vancouver, Whistler and Victoria, CSI Pacific (www.csipacific.ca) is committed to Powering Performance. Inspiring Excellence. Working with national sport organizations and fueled by our national and provincial partners such as Sport Canada, viaSport, Own the Podium, Canadian Olympic Committee, Canadian Paralympic Committee and the Coaches Association of Canada, we are driven by our mantra to Collaborate. Serve. Innovate. Our team of sport scientists and medical experts provide leading edge programs and services to athletes and coaches to ensure they have every advantage to win medals for Canada.

For more information, please contact:

Noah Wheelock

Manager, Communications

CSI Pacific

250.220.2534

nwheelock@csipacific.ca