UBC Reports | Vol. 54 | No. 7 | Jul. 3, 2008

The 2008 UBC Team

• UBC athletes have participated in the Olympic Games since the 1928 Games in Amsterdam
• At least 215 athletes, coaches and support staff from UBC have participated in the Olympic Games
• At least 25 athletes, coaches and support staff from UBC have participated in the Paralympic Games, including Man in Motion Rick Hansen
• UBC Olympians have captured 54 medals, including 15 gold, 22 silver and 17 bronze
• UBC Paralympians have captured 55 medals, including 24 gold, 13 silver and 17 bronze
• With three gold medals and one bronze, rower Kathleen Heddle is UBC’s most decorated Oiympian
• UBC’s most decorated Paralympian is Walter Wu, whose 16 medals in swimming include 8 gold
• The most recent UBC medalist is Jeff Pain, a former UBC track and field athlete who captured silver in skeleton at the 2006 Games in Torino, Italy

For more UBC Olympic and Paralympic coverage, see www.ubc.ca/beijing.

Beijing-bound UBC Olympians, Paralympians, coaches and support staff:

• Jaimie Borisoff, Vancouver, B.C. (Wheelchair basketball)
• David Carter, Vancouver, B.C. (Field hockey)
• Bruce Enns, Winnipeg, MB (Wheelchair basketball coach)
• Scott Fraser, Vancouver, B.C. (Physiotherapist)
• Tim Frick, Port Coquitlam, B.C. (Wheelchair basketball coach)
• Nikola Girke, West Vancouver, B.C. (Windsurfing)
• Connor Grimes, Duncan, B.C. (Field Hockey)
• Kyle Hamilton, Richmond, B.C. (Rowing)
• Brent Hayden, Maple Ridge, B.C. (Swimming)
• Brian Johns, Richmond, B.C. (Swimming)
• Tom Johnson, Montreal, QC (Swimming coach)
• Jennifer Krempien, St. Albert, AB (Wheelchair basketball)
• Paige Larson, Vancouver, B.C, (physiotherapist)
• Mike Leigh, Vancouver, B.C. (Sailing)
• Eugene Liang, Vancouver, B.C. (Massage therapist)
• Mike Mahood, North Vancouver, B.C. (Field Hockey)
• Mike Mason, Nanoose Bay, B.C. (Track and field)
• Ron Mattison, Quesnel, B.C. (Physiotherapist)
• Bob McCormack (Canada’s Chief Medical Officer)
• Brooks McNiven, Terrace, B.C. (Baseball)
• Don McKenzie, Richmond, B.C. (Physician)
• Joseph Nagy, Hungary (Swimming coach)
• Patricia Nicholson, Richmond B.C. (Wheelchair basketball)
• Richard Peter, Vancouver, B.C. (Wheelchair basketball)
• Mark Pearson, Vancouver, B.C. (Field hockey)
• Annamay Pierse, Edmonton, AB (Swimming)
• Nadine Plotnikoff, Vancouver, B.C. (Physiotherapist)
• Anna Rice, North Vancouver, B.C. (Badminton)
• Marc Rizzardo (Soccer physiotherapist)
• Ben Rutledge, Cranbrook, B.C. (Rowing)
• Marian Schole, Berlin, Germany (Field hockey)
• Babak Shadgan, Tehran, Iran (Wrestling doctor)
• Jack Taunton, Montreal, QC (2010 Chief Medical Officer)
• Misty Thomas, Santa Monica, CA (Wheelchair basketball)
• Donovan Tildesley, Vancouver, B.C. (Swimming)
• Hugh Tildesley, Rosemere, QC (Swimming coach)
• Scott Tupper, Vancouver, B.C. (Field hockey)
• Shiaz Virjee (Field hockey)
• Jake Wetzel, Saskatoon, SK (Rowing)
• Anthony Wright, Vancouver, B.C. (Field hockey)
• Phillip Wright, Vancouver, B.C. (Field hockey)