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

Competitors
Sports Men Women Total Events
Boules Sports0111
Lacrosse018181
Powerlifting2241
Trampoline 2 2 3 4
Total221236

Air Sports

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

Boules Sports

Canada has qualified at the 2017 World Games:

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

Bowling

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

Gymnastic

Trampoline

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
  • Woen's Individual Tumbling - 1 quota

Kickboxing

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

Lacrosse

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

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

Powerlifting

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

Sport Climbing

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

References
  1. World Games 2017
  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.
  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.
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