Canada at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Canada at the
2016 Winter Youth Olympics
Canada at the; 2016 Winter Youth Olympics
IOC code	CAN
NOC	Canadian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.ca (in English and French)
in Lillehammer
Competitors	54 in 11 sports
Flag bearer	Benjamin Churchill
Medals ; Ranked 8th	Gold3Silver2Bronze1Total6
Winter Youth Olympics appearances
	2012 ; 2016 ; 2020 ; 2024 ;

Last updated May 09, 2025

Canada competed at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway from 12 to 21 February 2016. Isabelle Charest was named as the chef de mission.

Medallists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Brooke Apshkrum	Luge	Girls' singles	15 February
Gold	Reece Howden	Freestyle skiing	Boys' ski cross	15 February
Gold	Mary Fay Tyler Tardi Karlee Burgess Sterling Middleton	Curling	Mixed Team	17 February
Silver	Ali Nullmeyer	Alpine skiing	Girls' slalom	18 February
Silver	Canada men's national under-16 ice hockey team Alexis Gravel Olivier Rodrigue Jett Woo Jared McIsaac Ty Smith Ryan Merkley Dennis Busby Declan Chisholm Benoît-Olivier Groulx Aidan Dudas Gabriel Fortier Luka Burzan Tristen Nielsen Anderson MacDonald Allan McShane Carson Focht Connor Roberts	Ice hockey	Boys' tournament	21 February
Bronze	Reid Watts	Luge	Boys' singles	14 February

Medalists in mixed NOCs events

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Marjorie Lajoie Zachary Lagha	Figure skating	Team trophy	20 February

Alpine skiing

Canada qualified a full team of two boys and two girls.^[1] The team is listed below.^[2]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Justin Alkier	Slalom	52.31	24	Disqualified
	Giant slalom	1:20.48	17	1:22.85	26	2:43.33	22
	Super-G	—				1:12.68	19
	Combined	1:13.57	20	did not finish
Levi Judson	Slalom	52.98	26	52.92	25	1:45.90	24
	Giant slalom	DNF		did not advance
	Super-G	—				1:12.95	21
	Combined	DSQ		did not advance

Girls

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ali Nullmeyer	Slalom	54.78	3	50.02	2	1:44.80
	Giant slalom	1:19.44	5	1:15.29	1	2:34.73	5
	Combined	DNF		did not advance
	Super-G	—				1:13.98	7
Amelia Smart	Slalom	1:00.71	24	53.85	17	1:54.56	19
	Giant slalom	1:20.66	13	did not finish
	Super-G	—				1:16.84	19
	Combined	1:16.79	13	44.13	6	2:00.92	8

Parallel mixed team

Athletes	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athletes	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ali Nullmeyer Justin Alkier	Parallel mixed team	United States (USA) W 2⁺ – 2	Norway (NOR) W 2⁺ – 2	Russia (RUS) L 2 – 2⁺	Finland (FIN) L 1 – 3	4

Biathlon

Canada qualified a full team of four athletes (two boys and two girls). The team was officially named on December 23, 2015.^[3]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Ben Churchill	Sprint	20:37.0	1	17
Ben Churchill	Pursuit	30:59.8	2	10
Leo Grandbois	Sprint	21:00.1	2	22
Leo Grandbois	Pursuit	32:51.4	5	25

Girls

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Tekarra Banser	Sprint	21:05.7	2	35
Tekarra Banser	Pursuit	30:56.5	5	35
Gillian Gowling	Sprint	20:51.3	0	30
Gillian Gowling	Pursuit	34:58.2	6	45

Mixed

Athletes	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Tekarra Banser Ben Churchhill	Single mixed relay	44:58.4	2+10	13
Tekarra Banser Gillian Gowling Ben Churchhill Leo Grandbois	Mixed relay	1:29:40.2	4+14	16

Bobsleigh

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Parker Reid	Boys	58.29	11	58.51	11	1:56.80	12
Katherine Hogan	Girls	1:00.12	13	59.88	13	2:00.00	13
Martha Nikiolek		59.60	10	59.46	8	1:59.06	9
Taylor Rooke		1:00.56	14	1:00.22	14	2:00.78	14

Cross country skiing

Canada qualified a full team of one boy and one girl.^[4] The team was officially named on December 17, 2015.^[5]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Levi Nadlersmith	10 km freestyle	—						26:18.6	28
	Classical sprint	3:15.19	33	did not advance
	Cross-country cross	3:19.14	29 Q	—		3:22.35	9	did not advance

Girls

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Annika Richardson	5 km freestyle	—						14:09.8	16
	Classical sprint	3:53.42	33	did not advance
	Cross-country cross	3:53.88	25 Q	—		3:54.86	9	did not advance

Curling

Canada qualified a mixed team of four athletes. The team was officially named on April 14, 2015.^[6]

Mixed team

Team: Mary Fay (skip), Tyler Tardi, Karlee Burgess, Sterling Middleton

Round Robin

Group B	Skip	W	L
Canada	Mary Fay	7	0
Great Britain	Ross Whyte	6	1
Sweden	Johan Nygren	5	2
Norway	Maia Ramsfjell	4	3
South Korea	Hong Yun-jeong	3	4
Czech Republic	Pavel Mareš	2	5
Estonia	Eiko-Siim Peips	1	6
Brazil	Victor Santos	0	7

Draw 1

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Estonia (Peips)	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	X	2
Canada (Fay)	5	0	2	0	4	2	X	X	13

Draw 2

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Fay)	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	4
Great Britain (Whyte)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2

Draw 3

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Czech Republic (Mareš)	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	2
Canada (Fay)	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	X	5

Draw 4

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sweden (Nygren)	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	3
Canada (Fay)	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	5

Draw 5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Norway (Ramsfjell)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2
Canada (Fay)	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	4

Draw 6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Fay)	0	1	2	0	0	3	X	X	6
South Korea (Hong)	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	0

Draw 7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Fay)	5	4	1	1	0	2	X	X	13
Brazil (Santos)	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	1

Quarterfinals

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Fay)	0	5	0	1	1	3	X	X	10
Turkey (Karakurt)	1	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	2

Semifinals

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Fay)	0	0	2	3	0	1	0	1	7
Switzerland (Witschonke)	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	5

Gold Medal Final

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Fay)	5	0	2	0	2	0	1	X	10
United States (Violette)	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	X	4

Final rank:

Mixed doubles

Athletes	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athletes	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mary Fay (CAN) Elian Rocha (BRA)	Mixed doubles	Han (CHN) Whyte (GBR) L 5 – 9	did not advance
Honoka Sasaki (JPN) Tyler Tardi (CAN)		Bryce (GBR) Blahovec (CZE) W 12 – 1	Laidsalu (EST) Maksimov (RUS) W 6 – 2	Ramsfjell (NOR) Kim (KOR) W 7 – 5	Han (CHN) Whyte (GBR) L 3 – 6	Zhao (CHN) Haarstad (NOR) L 1 – 10	4
Karlee Burgess (CAN) Eiko-Siim Peips (EST)		Constantini (ITA) Kinnear (GBR) L 1 – 9	did not advance
Holly Thompson (NZL) Sterling Middleton (CAN)		Smith (GBR) Hong (KOR) W 8 – 2	Polat (TUR) Zhang (CHN) W 9 – 2	Matsuzawa (JPN) Hoesli (SUI) L 1 – 11	did not advance

Figure skating

Singles

Athlete	Event	SP		FS		Total
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Roman Sadovsky	Boys' singles	72.61	2	133.08	4	205.69	4

Couples

Athletes	Event	SP/SD		FS/FD		Total
Athletes	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Justine Brasseur Mathieu Ostiguy	Pairs	48.51	4	92.08	5	140.59	4
Marjorie Lajoie Zachary Lagha	Ice dancing	51.06	4	74.81	4	125.87	4

Mixed NOC team trophy

Athletes	Event	Free skate/Free dance
		Ice dance	Pairs	Girls	Boys	Total
		Points Team points	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points	Rank
Team Discovery Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha (CAN) Gao Yumeng / Li Bowen (CHN) Fruzsina Medgyesi (HUN) Deniss Vasiljevs (LAT)	Team trophy	73.78 6	74.45 3	71.26 1	149.09 8	18

Freestyle skiing

Halfpipe

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Evan Marineau	Boys' halfpipe	59.40	17.60	24.20	59.40	7
Mackenzie Wilson	Girls' halfpipe	62.20	60.00	53.40	62.20	5

Ski cross

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Group heats		Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Position	Position
Reece Howden	Boys' ski cross	43.35	3 Q	20	1 Q	1 FA
Zoe Chore	Girls' ski cross	45.93	3 Q	17	3 Q	3 FB	6

Hockey

Canada qualified a boys' team of 17 athletes. The team was named on January 14, 2016.^[7] Forward Carson Focht will also represent the country in the boys' skill challenge tournament as well.^[7]

Boys' tournament
Roster

Legend

G = Goalie, FW = Forward, D = Defenceman

Group Stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	4	3	0	0	1	18	7	+11	9	Advance to semifinals
2	United States	4	3	0	0	1	18	7	+11	9
3	Russia	4	2	1	0	1	21	9	+12	8
4	Finland	4	1	0	1	2	14	11	+3	4
5	Norway	4	0	0	0	4	1	38	−37	0

Updated to match(es) played on 19 February 2016. Source: IIHF.com

13 February 2016
17:00

Canada

3–4
(0–2, 1–0, 2–2)

Russia

Kristins Hall
Attendance: 1,755

Game reference

Olivier Rodrigue

Goalies

Amir Miftakhov

Referee:

Lars Johan Gossas
Linesmen:

Niclas Lundsgaard

Thomas Nordberg Pettersen

	0–1	02:04 – Sokolov (Svechnikov, Kotkov) (PP)
	0-2	05:20 – Svechnikov (Khovanov, Kotkov)
Smith (Dudas) (PP) – 27:37	1–2
	1–3	30:37 – Kotkov (Svechnikov, Khovanov)
	1–4	34:39 – Khovanov
McShane – 44:12	2–4
Burzan (EA) – 44:55	3–4

3 min

Penalties

4.5 min

40

Shots

21

15 February 2016
17:00

Canada

5–1
(2–1, 1–0, 2–0)

Finland

Kristins Hall
Attendance: 950

Game reference

Alexis Gravel

Goalies

Justus Annunen

Referee:

Daniel Prazak
Linesmen:

Danny Beresford

Thomas Nordberg Pettersen

Dudas (Focht) (PP) – 01:46	1–0
Roberts (McShane, Burzan) – 02:20	2–0
	2–1	12:03 – Utunen (Kotkaniemi) (PP2)
Burzan – 16:03	3–1
Groulx (SH) – 30:50	4–1
T. Smith (PP) – 38:52	5–1

20.5 min

Penalties

9 min

28

Shots

25

16 February 2016
14:00

United States

2–4
(2–1, 0–2, 0–1)

Canada

Kristins Hall
Attendance: 1,745

Game reference

Todd Scott

Goalies

Alexis Gravel

Referee:

Lars Johan Gossas
Linesmen:

Aleh Kliashcheunikau

Tobias Nordlander

	0–1	02:45 – McShane (McIsaac)
Weiss (Semik, Wise) (PP) – 09:40	1–1
Wise (T. J. Walsh, DeBoer) – 14:36	2–1
	2–2	21:52 – Fortier (Roberts, McShane)
	2–3	26:42 – Roberts (Focht, MacDonald)
	2–4	38:09 – Burzan (Dudas)

6 min

Penalties

6 min

23

Shots

20

18 February 2016
17:00

Norway

0–6
(0–1, 0–3, 0–2)

Canada

Kristins Hall
Attendance: 2,250

Game reference

Theo Rooseboom de Vries

Goalies

Olivier Rodrigue

Referee:

Marc Iwert
Linesmen:

Danny Beresford

Clement Goncalves

	0–1	06:02 – Roberts (Burzan, McIsaac (PP))
	0–2	18:32 – Focht (Nielsen, Smith)
	0–3	25:19 – Burzan (Chisholm)
	0–4	25:57 – McIsaac (Fortier) (SH)
	0–5	30:29 – McShane (Smith, Busby)
	0–6	44:43 – Groulx (Chisholm, McIsaac) (PP)

9 min

Penalties

4.5 min

2

Shots

37

Semifinals

19 February 2016
17:00

Canada

4–3 GWS
(0–1, 2–1, 1–1, 0–0, 1–0)

Finland

Kristins Hall
Attendance: 1,472

Game reference

Alexis Gravel

Goalies

Jimi Uusitalo

Referee:

Daniel Prazak
Linesmen:

Clement Goncalves

Aleh Kliashcheunikau

	0–1	14:53 Utunen (Kotkaniemi, Nordgren) (PP2)
	0–2	15:30 – Moilanen (Nordgren, Utunen) (PP2)
Focht (Groulx, Merkley) (SH) – 18:59	1–2
MacDonald (Merkley, Burzan) – 21:22	2–2
	2–3	39:10 – Kotkaniemi (Rannisto, Nordgren)
Groulx (Merkley, Focht) (PP) – 41:32	3–3

Groulx

MacDonald

Merkley

Shootout

Nordgren

Nevasaari

23.5 min

Penalties

7.5 min

21

Shots

29

Gold medal game

21 February 2016
15:00

Canada

2–5
(0–1, 1–2, 1–2)

United States

Kristins Hall
Attendance: 2,428

Game reference

Alexis Gravel
Olivier Rodrigue

Goalies

Drew DeRidder

Referee:

Alex DiPietro
Linesmen:

Niclas Lundgaard

Tobias Nordlander

	0–1	08:00 – Walsh (Gruden, DeBoer)
	0–2	17:56 – DeBoer (Pivonka, Semik) (PP)
Merkley (Focht) (PP) – 24:32	1–2
	1–3	26:25 – Krygier (MacKinnon, Gruden)
McShane (Busby, Smith) – 41:11	2–3
	2–4	44:04 – Tyler Weiss (EN)
	2–5	44:41 – Wise (Pivonka) (PP, EN)

7.5 min

Penalties

4.5 min

25

Shots

23

Final rank:

Skills challenge

Athlete(s)	Event	Qualification		Grand final
Athlete(s)	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Carson Focht	Boys' individual skills	9	10	did not advance

Luge

Individual sleds

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Reid Watts	Boys	48.086	5	47.908	2	1:35.994
Brooke Apshkrum	Girls	53.165	2	52.861	1	1:46.026
Matt Riddle Adam Shippit	Doubles	53.046	5	52.909	5	1:45.955	5

Mixed team relay

Athlete	Event	Girls		Boys		Doubles		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Brooke Apshkrum Reid Watts Matt Riddle Adam Shippit	Team relay	57.147	3	57.802	5	58.600	4	2:53.549	4

Skeleton

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Zachary Lipinski	Boys	55.81	17	56.26	18	1:52.07	17
Laura Vargas	Girls	58.03	19	57.85	18	1:55.88	18

Snowboarding

Canada qualified a team of one boy and three girls.^[8]

Halfpipe

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Kira Lengkeek	Girls' halfpipe	63.25	65.75	68.00	68.00	6
Baily McDonald	Girls' halfpipe	13.50	33.25	27.25	33.25	14

Snowboard cross

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Group heats		Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Position	Position
Evan Bichon	Boys' snowboard cross	48.09	4 Q	18	3 Q	2 FA	4
Audrey Shieh	Girls' snowboard cross	55.12	13 Q	5	15	did not advance

Slopestyle

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank
Baily McDonald	Girls' slopestyle	72.50	75.50	75.50	6

Snowboard and ski cross relay

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Position	Position	Position
Fiona Torello (ESP) Zoe Chore (CAN) Evan Bichon (CAN) Reece Howden (CAN)	Team snowboard ski cross	1 Q	1 FA	4

Qualification legend: FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round

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Canada at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Contents

Medallists

Medalists in mixed NOCs events

Alpine skiing

Biathlon

Bobsleigh

Cross country skiing

Curling

Mixed team

Mixed doubles

Figure skating

Freestyle skiing

Hockey

Luge

Skeleton

Snowboarding

See also

References