Canada at the 2017 World Games

Canada competed at the 2017 World Games[1] in Wroclaw, Poland, from July 20, 2017 to July 30, 2017.

Canada at the
2017 World Games
IOC codeCAN
NOCCanadian Olympic Committee
in Wroclaw, Poland
20 July 2017 – 30 July 2017
Competitors24 in 4 sports
World Games appearances

Competitors edit

Sports Men Women Total Events
Boules Sports 0 1 1 1
Lacrosse 0 18 18 1
Powerlifting 2 2 4 1
Trampoline 2 2 3 4
Total 2 21 23 6

Air Sports edit

Sven Jseppi finished 19th in the Parachuting - Canopy Piloting event.[2]

Boules Sports edit

Canada has qualified at the 2017 World Games:

  • Petanque Women's Singles Precision Shooting - 1 quota [3]

Bowling edit

François Lavoie and Dan Maclelland won the gold medal in Men's Doubles.[4]

Gymnastic edit

Trampoline edit

Canada has qualified at the 2017 World Games:

  • Men's Individual Double Mini Trampoline - 1 quota [5]
  • Men's Individual Tumbling - 1 quota
  • Women's Individual Double Mini Trampoline - 1 quota
  • Women's Individual Tumbling - 1 quota

Kickboxing edit

Jason Hinds won the silver medal in Men's K1 -67 kg event.[6] Scott Bartlett also represented Canada in Men's -91 kg event.

Lacrosse edit

Canada won silver in women's lacrosse, losing to U.S. 11-8 in the final.[7] 2017 was the first year that the World Games included any version of lacrosse.[8]

Muaythai edit

Janice Lyn represented Canada in Women's 57 kg event.[9]

Powerlifting edit

Ryan Stinn finished 6th in the Men's Super Heavyweight event.[10] Ryan lifted 385.0 kg, 285.0 kg and 295.0 kg respectively in the squat, bench press and deadlift disciplines. His total weight of 965.0 kg was the 5th heaviest, but due to a scoring system factoring the weight of the competitor, he finished 6th in points.

Sport Climbing edit

Sean McColl won the bronze medal in Men's Lead event.[11]

References edit

  1. ^ "World Games 2017". Archived from the original on 2017-03-19. Retrieved 2015-11-29.
  2. ^ "Air Sports" (PDF). International World Games Association. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
  3. ^ "Women's Petanque FIPJP World Championship 2015" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-12-07.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Bowling" (PDF). International World Games Association. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
  5. ^ "2015 Trampoline World Championship". Retrieved 2015-12-07.
  6. ^ "Kickboxing" (PDF). International World Games Association. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
  7. ^ "Lacrosse Women's Gold Medal Match" (PDF). International World Games Association.
  8. ^ "Lacrosse". International World Games Association. Retrieved November 9, 2017.
  9. ^ "Muaythai" (PDF). International World Games Association. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
  10. ^ "Powerlifting" (PDF). International World Games Association. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
  11. ^ "Sport Climbing" (PDF). International World Games Association. Retrieved January 8, 2018.