Ottawa’s—and now Canada’s—rising track star, Eliezer Adjibi, is in top form for his Olympic debut. The budding sprinter proved he can run shoulder-to-shoulder with the nation’s best after his recent silver medal performance at the 2024 Canadian Olympic Trials.
Gatineau-born track cyclist, Ariane Bonhomme, rode into Tokyo 2020 as an Olympic rookie. Now that the training wheels are off, she’s leading a podium push alongside a trio of Olympic newcomers.
Toshka Besharah-Hrebacka paddles into Paris as the youngest of the Canadian Women’s Kayak 4 (K-4) team, all making their Olympic debuts. She shares the boat with Manotick’s Natalie Davison in the Women’s K-4 500m event.
Five years ago, Jacqueline Madogo was on the starting lineup for a varsity soccer squad. Today, she’s lined up at the starting blocks in her Olympic track debut. The fullback-turned-sprinter found her footing on the track and is preparing for a packed schedule in Paris 2024.
Regan Rathwell of Ashton, Ontario, navigated injury-riddled waters for two years, but nothing could sink her Olympic aspirations.
Perth’s Amy Millar saddles up for her second Olympic Games atop her equine partner, Truman. The duo looks to improve upon her fourth-place finish in Rio 2016 and further solidify the Millar family’s Olympic legacy.
After netting an alternate spot on the Tokyo 2020 water polo squad, veteran goalkeeper, Jessica Gaudreault, knew Paris 2024 would be different.
Carleton University engineering graduate, Yazan Al-Bawwab, carries the hopes and dreams of a nation on his shoulders. The former Raven will proudly fly the Palestinian flag in his return to the Olympic Games.
Julie Brousseau makes her Olympic debut in Paris. Perhaps it was destiny—after all, you can’t spell “Brousseau” without “eau”—the French word for water.
Dunrobin’s Hannah Schmidt bursts onto the ski cross circuit in 2018 and will be vying for a top spot in her Olympic debut.
The designation of “Olympian” was long overdue for Katherine Stewart-Jones, a cross-country skier raised in Chelsea, Quebec. A devastating concussion dashed her Olympic dreams in the months preceding Pyeongchang 2018. Stewart-Jones arrives in Beijing fully recovered and in top form.
Make no bones about it, two-time Olympic skeleton slider, Mirela “Mimi” Rahneva, is dead-set on success in Beijing.
Training for an indoor team sport in the COVID-19 era proved to be a challenge for two-time Olympic curler Lisa Weagle on her road to Beijing 2022.
Apt613 connected with cross-country skier Laura Leclair, now training out of Quebec City, for a written interview preceding the 2022 Winter Olympics. In the interview, Leclair discusses the pandemic’s impact on competition, shows appreciation for her supporters, and the pride in representing Ottawa-Gatineau.
This week on the podcast, we’re interviewing Rugby Sevens player, Olympic medallist and Gatineau-native Natasha Watcham-Roy.
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