Canada at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Canada competed at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne, Switzerland that were held on 9 to 22 January 2020.

Canada at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics
IOC code	CAN
NOC	Canadian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.ca (in English and French)
in Lausanne, Switzerland January 10–22
Competitors	78 in 14 sports
Flag bearer	Lauren Rajala[1]
Medals Ranked 15th	Gold 1 Silver 2 Bronze 5 Total 8
Winter Youth Olympics appearances
2012 2016 2020 2024

Medallists

Medals awarded to participants of mixed-NOC teams are represented in italics. These medals are not counted towards the individual NOC medal tally.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Andrew Longino	Freestyle skiing	Boys' halfpipe	21 January
Gold	Nathan Young	Curling	Mixed doubles	22 January
Silver	Caitlin Nash Natalie Corless	Luge	Girls' doubles	18 January
Silver	Liam Brearley	Snowboarding	Boys' slopestyle	20 January
Bronze	Natalie D'Alessandro Bruce Waddell	Figure skating	Team trophy	15 January
Bronze	Florence Brunelle	Short track speed skating	Girls' 1000 metres	18 January
Bronze	Florence Brunelle	Short track speed skating	Girls' 500 metres	20 January
Bronze	Liam Brearley	Snowboarding	Boys' halfpipe	21 January
Bronze	Canada men's national junior ice hockey team Vincent Filion Ty Nelson Denton Mateychuk Noah Warren Mats Lindgren Tristan Luneau Matthew Jovanovic Adam Fantilli Matthew Savoie Kocha Delic Cedrick Guindon Pano Fimis Paul Ludwinski Nate Danielson Antonin Verreault Justin Cote Dylan Ernst	Ice hockey	Boys' tournament	22 January
Bronze	Liam Brearley	Snowboarding	Boys' big air	22 January

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Boys

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Louis Latulippe	Super-G	—	58.24	39
	Combined	58.24	39	35.50	19	1:33.74	22
	Giant slalom	DNF
	Slalom	38.43	15	40.96	11	1:39.39	10
Mackenzie Wood	Super-G	—	58.27	40
	Combined	58.27	40	DNF
	Giant slalom	1:06.28	24	DNF
	Slalom	39.07	21	DNF

Girls

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sarah Brown	Super-G	—	DNS
	Combined	DNS
	Giant slalom	1:09.19	30	DNF
	Slalom	DNF
Alice Marchessault	Super-G	—	DNF
	Combined	DNF
	Giant slalom	DNF
	Slalom	DSQ

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sarah Brown Louis Latulippe	Team	France (FRA) L 0–4	Did not advance			15

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Boys

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Ethan Algra	Sprint	22:06.2	2 (2+0)	40
	Individual	38:53.7	4 (1+0+3+0)	36
Finn Berg	Sprint	24:59.0	6 (3+3)	84
	Individual	42:08.1	7 (2+1+3+1)	69
Lucas Sadesky	Sprint	24:05.8	6 (3+3)	77
	Individual	44:41.3	11 (2+3+3+3)	87

Girls

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Pascale Paradis	Sprint	20:28.6	4 (1+3)	30
	Individual	37:49.3	7 (2+2+2+1)	32
Jenna Sherrington	Sprint	19:50.6	1 (1+0)	14
	Individual	38:09.0	6 (1+2+1+2)	37
Naomi Walch	Sprint	21:34.2	3 (1+2)	52
	Individual	40:49.4	8 (4+0+4+0)	64

Mixed

Athletes	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Pascale Paradis Ethan Algra	Single mixed relay	44:10.7	0+10	11
Jenna Sherrington Naomi Walch Finn Berg Ethan Algra	Mixed relay	1:20:47.1	5+17	18

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Colton Dagenais	Boys'	1:15.67	17	1:15.14	15	2:30.81	17
Emma Johnsen	Girls'	1:16.88	17	1:15.75	14	2:32.63	17

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Boys

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Derek Deuling	10 km classic	—						28:30.6	18
	Free sprint	3:23.28	19 Q	3:28.57	4	Did not advance
	Cross-country cross	4:42.31	44	Did not advance
Sasha Masson	10 km classic	—						30:27.1	47
	Free sprint	3:30.55	38	Did not advance
	Cross-country cross	4:39.67	38	Did not advance

Girls

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jasmine Drolet	5 km classic	—						15:30.0	17
	Free sprint	2:57.95	29 Q	2:55.43	4	Did not advance
	Cross-country cross	5:27.71	34	Did not advance
Liliane Gagnon	5 km classic	—						15:52.5	27
	Free sprint	2:52.38	17 Q	2:53.86	5	Did not advance
	Cross-country cross	5:22.05	22 Q	—		5:22.56	10	Did not advance

Curling

Main article: Curling at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Canada qualified a mixed team of four athletes.^[2]

Mixed team

Team	Event	Group stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Nathan Young Emily Deschenes Jaedon Neuert Lauren Rajala	Mixed team	Russia (RUS) W 7 – 4	Poland (POL) W 6 – 4	South Korea (KOR) W 6 – 3	Spain (ESP) W 9 - 3	Estonia (EST) W 10 - 2	1 Q	Japan (JPN) L 4 - 5	Did not advance		7

Mixed doubles

Athletes	Event	Round of 48	Round of 24	Round of 12	Round of 6	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Emily Deschenes (CAN)  Oriol Castó (ESP)	Mixed doubles	Cid (BRA) /  Walker (NZL) W 10–9	Vergnaud (FRA) /  Grunde Burås (NOR) L 2–8	Did not advance
Kaitlin Murphy (USA)  Jaedon Neuert (CAN)		Farries (GBR) /  Polat (TUR) W 8–4	Gregori (SLO) /  Winz (SUI) L 6–8	Did not advance
Lauren Rajala (CAN)  Bine Sever (SLO)		Beitone (FRA) /  Lysakov (RUS) L 9–10	Did not advance
Laura Nagy (HUN)  Nathan Young (CAN)		Norrlander (SWE) /  Kilian Thune (DEN) W 11–5	Liu (CHN) /  Eser (TUR) W 8–4	Mitchell (GBR) /  Jiral (CZE) W 7–4	Kobayashi (JPN) /  Tuaz (FRA) W 8–1	Kobayashi (JPN) /  Tuaz (FRA) W 6–2	Beitone (FRA) /  Lysakov (RUS) W 9–5

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Six Canadian figure skaters achieved quota places for Canada based on the results of the 2019 World Junior Figure Skating Championships.^[3] Two more Canadian figure skaters achieved quota places at the Pair skating event based on the results of the 2019–20 ISU Junior Grand Prix ranking.

Singles

Athlete	Event	SP		FS		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Aleksa Rakic	Boys' singles	70.96	4	134.27	4	205.23	4
Catherine Carle	Girls' singles	49.57	12	93.85	11	143.42	11

Couples

Athletes	Event	SP/SD		FS/FD		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Brooke McIntosh / Brandon Toste	Pairs	49.38	5	96.77	4	146.15	4
Natalie D'Alessandro / Bruce Waddell	Ice dancing	59.61	3	91.91	5	151.52	4
Miku Makita / Tyler Gunara		58.47	4	90.42	6	148.89	5

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 Determination  Katarina Wolfkostin / Jeffrey Chen (USA)  Brooke McIntosh / Brandon Toste (CAN)  Nella Pelkonen (FIN)  Cha Young-hyun (KOR)	Team trophy	90.41 5	96.73 5	91.27 2	133.13 6	18	4
Team Discovery  Célina Fradji / Jean-Hans Fourneaux (FRA)  Apollinariia Panfilova / Dmitry Rylov (RUS)  Cathérine Carle (CAN)  Nikolaj Memola (ITA)	Team trophy	75.86 2	126.49 8	91.22 1	112.27 4	15	6
Team Hope  Miku Makita / Tyler Gunara (CAN)  Letizia Roscher / Luis Schuster (GER)  Maïa Mazzara (FRA)  Liam Kapeikis (USA)	Team trophy	89.87 4	78.24 1	103.36 5	117.28 4	14	8
Team Vision  Natalie D'Alessandro / Bruce Waddell (CAN)  Sofiia Nesterova / Artem Darenskyi (UKR)  Regina Schermann (HUN)  Andrei Mozalev (RUS)	Team trophy	95.73 6	86.53 2	95.37 3	154.97 7	18

Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Ski cross

Athlete	Event	Group heats		Semifinal	Final
		Points	Rank	Position	Position
Charlie Lang	Boys' ski cross	12	9	Did not advance
Jack Morrow	Boys' ski cross	14	7	Did not advance
Marie-Pier Brunet	Girls' ski cross	18	3 Q	4 SF	5
Sage Stefani	Girls' ski cross	16	5	Did not advance

Slopestyle & Big Air

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Steven Kahnert	Boys' big air	14.25	17.75	17.75	24	Did not advance
	Boys' halfpipe	56.00	55.33	56.00	8 Q	24.00	65.66	24.66	65.66	8
	Boys' slopestyle	8.66	4.66	8.66	26	Did not advance
Andrew Longino	Boys' big air	33.75	50.00	50.00	21	Did not advance
	Boys' halfpipe	72.00	76.00	76.00	3 Q	87.66	90.66	94.00	94.00
	Boys' slopestyle	55.66	17.66	55.66	17	Did not advance
Brayden Willmott	Boys' big air	DNS
	Boys' slopestyle	24.66	16.66	24.66	24	Did not advance
Skye Clarke	Girls' big air	DNS
	Girls' slopestyle	DNS
Rylee Hackler	Girls' big air	DNS
	Girls' halfpipe	39.00	39.66	39.66	13	Did not advance
	Girls' slopestyle	64.75	21.25	64.75	6 Q	9.50	12.75	65.00	65.00	6
Emma Morozumi	Girls' halfpipe	55.66	18.66	55.66	8 Q	51.00	52.33	44.33	52.33	8

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Boys' tournament

Summary

Key:

• OT – Overtime
• GWS – Match decided by penalty-shootout

Team	Event	Group stage			Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Canada boys'	Boys' tournament	Russia L 2–6	Denmark W 6–0	2 Q	United States L 1–2	Finland W 4–2

Team roster

• Justin Cote
• Nate Danielson
• Dylan Ernst
• Adam Fantilli
• Vincent Filion
• Pano Fimis
• Conor Geekie
• Cedrick Guindon
• Matthew Jovanovic
• Mats Lukas Lindgren
• Paul Ludwinski
• Tristan Luneau
• Denton Mateychuk
• Ty Nelson
• Matthew Savoie
• Antonin Verreault
• Noah Warren

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Girls

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kailey Allan	Singles	55.704	10	55.211	6	1:50.915	7
Caitlin Nash	Singles	55.483	5	55.075	4	1:50.558	4
Natalie Corless Caitlin Nash	Doubles	56.294	4	56.415	2	1:52.709

Mixed team relay

Athlete	Event	Girls' singles		Boys' singles		Doubles		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kailey Allan (CAN)  Alex Gufler (ITA)  Caitlin Nash (CAN)  Natalie Corless (CAN)	Team relay	57.718	4	58.918	4	1:00.991	6	2:57.627	4

Short track speed skating

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Two Canadian skaters achieved quota places for Canada based on the results of the 2019 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships.^[3]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Felix Pigeon	Boys' 500 m	42.140	3	Did not advance
	Boys' 1000 m	1:34.547	2 Q	1:31.925	3	Did not advance
Florence Brunelle	Girls' 500 m	45.408	1 Q	44.389	1 Q	44.053	2 FA	45.314
	Girls' 1000 m	1:38.671	2 Q	1:34.974	1 Q	DNF	ADV A	1:30.024

Skeleton

Main article: Skeleton at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ryan Kuehn	Boys'	1:11.55	14	1:11.65	15	2:23.20	14
Hallie Clarke	Girls'	1:12.95	12	1:13.25	13	2:26.20	12

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Boys

Athlete	Event	First round			Final			Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Noah Rolseth	Normal hill	52.0	40.4	36	58.0	75.3	33	115.7	36
Stephane Tremblay		72.0	81.7	28	66.5	71.3	34	153.0	30

Ski mountaineering

Main article: Ski mountaineering at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Boys

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Findlay Eyre	Individual	1:00:32.98	21

Girls

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Emma Chlepkova	Individual	1:10:10.95	15

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Findlay Eyre	Boys' sprint	3:17.83	21	3:05.64	6	Did not advance
Ema Chelpkova	Girls' sprint	4:07.71	19	3:33.29	2 Q	5:10.65	6	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
World 1  Ema Chlepkova (CAN)  Trym Dalset Lødøen (NOR)  Roksana Saveh Shemshaki (IRI)  Findlay Eyre (CAN)>	Mixed relay	41:44	11

Snowboarding

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Snowboard cross

Athlete	Event	Group heats		Semifinal	Final
		Points	Rank	Position	Position
Tristan Bell	Boys' snowboard cross	12	9	Did not advance
Jacon Walper	Boys' snowboard cross	12	8	Did not advance
Bridget MacLean	Girls' snowboard cross	1	14	Did not advance
Maxeen Thibeault	Girls' snowboard cross	4	13	Did not advance

Halfpipe, Slopestyle, & Big Air

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Liam Brearley	Boys' big air	84.00	73.50	84.00	4 Q	91.25	92.00	32.25	183.25
	Boys' halfpipe	80.66	83.33	83.33	4 Q	82.00	79.00	32.66	82.00
	Boys' slopestyle	81.00	9.00	81.00	4 Q	85.33	64.00	39.00	85.33
William Buffey	Boys' slopestyle	59.33	65.00	65.00	8 Q	DNS
Liam Gill	Boys' big air	67.25	70.75	70.75	8 Q	75.75	13.00	12.25	88.75	8
	Boys' halfpipe	15.00	50.00	50.00	13	Did not advance
	Boys' slopestyle	69.00	17.00	69.00	6 Q	21.00	23.33	18.66	23.33	11
Seth Strobel	Boys' halfpipe	16.33	45.00	45.00	14	Did not advance
Andie Gendron	Girls' big air	DNS
	Girls' slopestyle	35.25	26.25	35.25	11 Q	19.50	16.25	28.50	28.50	9
Kianah Hyatt	Girls' halfpipe	24.33	24.33	24.33	14	Did not advance
Kamilla Kozuback	Girls' big air	42.00	35.66	42.00	11 Q	23.75	53.25	19.00	72.25	8
	Girls' halfpipe	44.00	44.33	44.33	9	Did not advance
	Girls' slopestyle	26.00	11.50	26.00	14	Did not advance
Juliette Pelchat	Girls' big air	DNS
	Girls' slopestyle	12.00	12.75	12.75	19	Did not advance

See also

• Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics