Ottawa at the 2019 Canada Winter Games

A team of 28 athletes who are directly linked to Ottawa will be representing the nation’s capital at the 2019 Canada Winter Games in Red Deer, Alta.

Read our profiles on them from page 1-11 in the February 2019 Ottawa Sportspage newspaper – pick up a copy at one of the locations listed on https://sportsottawa.com/content/ottawa-sportspage-0/ or read the online edition of the newspaper at: https://issuu.com/ottawasportspage/docs/sportspage-feb19

You can also browse through their stories below:

Maddi Wheeler (& Kayle Osborne) – Hockey: Nepean Wildcat seeks to conquer Canada with Team Ontario after winning World U18 gold

Lucas Craston – Boxing: Beaver’s boxer on-the-rise is just along for the ride

Zach Connelly – Biathlon: Slovakia to Red Deer in a week for biathlete

Lily Weidemann – Long track speedskating: Youngest Weidemann trying her chops against Canada’s best

Brandt Clarke and Connor Lockhart (& Mason McTavish): Trio of top OHL prospects will rep Ottawa at Games

Noah Bouma and Rachel Freitag – Long track speedskating: Long-trackers skate similar path to Games

Jade Warren (& Emma Fox) – Artistics swimming: GO Capital duo drowning any doubts

Ann Shiao and Sabrina Chen – Table tennis: Table tennis duo prepared to battle it out at Canada Games

Danna Ballantyne and Connor Rogerson – Short track speedskating: Short-track speedskaters squeeze into Games

Pierre Grall-Johnson, Chloe Ranahan and Sarah Macintosh – Cross-country skiing: Nakkertok skiers hit Red Deer weeks before hosting nationals

Kye Guembes – Freestyle skiing: Daughter to Ontario ski-royalty has lived a life on the hill

Gill Hamilton – Alpine skiing: Sixteen-year-old alpine skier sees a future on the slopes

Emma Kelly, Rachael Pelisek, Liza Roik and Paige Miller (& Marta Matuszewski) – Ringette: Handful of nation’s capital ringette players lacing up for Ontario

Michael Raytchev – Figure skating: Figure skater wants to use his come-up to inspire others