Eight BC Games and Team BC Alumni to compete at Gangwon 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games
Canada’s 79-athlete delegation at the Gangwon 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games, taking place January 19 — February 1, includes eight individuals who competed at either the BC Games or with Team BC at the Canada Games. The event serves as an invaluable international sport experience in a major games environment.
The full list of BC Games and Team BC alumni can be found below, while Canada’s full Gangwon 2024 team list can be found here.
Name | Sport | BC Games | Canada Games | Result |
Eamon Wilson | Cross-country Skiing | 2020 BC Winter Games | 2023 Canada Winter Games | |
David Li | Figure Skating | 2018 BC Winter Games | 2019 Canada Winter Games | |
Gabrielle Dinn | Freestyle Skiing | 2022 BC Winter Games | ||
Ella Garrod | Freestyle Skiing | 2022 BC Winter Games | ||
Kael Oberlander | Ski Cross | 2020 BC Winter Games | ||
Amalia (Billy) Pelchat | Snowboard | 2023 Canada Winter Games | ||
Anthony Shelly | Snowboard | 2023 Canada Winter Games | Silver | |
Hannah Turkington | Snowboard | 2023 Canada Winter Games |
The Youth Olympic Games are the world’s largest multi-sport event for high-performance youth athletes aged 14 – 18. Gangwon 2024, the fourth edition of the Winter Youth Olympic Games, will feature a fully gender-balanced sporting programme, with 1900 athletes competing across seven sports and 15 disciplines in Gangneung, PyeongChang, Hoengseong, and Jeongseon in the Gangwon province of South Korea.