London 2012 - Olympic & Paralympic coaches
Coaches are mentors, motivators, and leaders, and most of all, they inspire our athletes. It’s a great responsibility, and these 17 Paralympic coaches and 93 Olympic coaches embrace it with passion and dedication. They have worked hard for many years to be at the top of their game, and to help their athletes reach their goals and obtain a spot at these memorable Games.
The Coaching Association of Canada wishes the best of luck to all of these great Canadian coaches that will be coaching in London for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. We would also like to extend a big “thank you” to all of the coaches that have helped to shape our athletes into the competitors and people they are today throughout their careers.
Paralympic Games coaches
Sport | Name of coach | Hometown |
Archery | Vladimir Kopecky | Kremnica, Slovak Republic |
Athletics | Laurier Primeau | Vancouver, CB |
Boccia | Mario Delisle | Ottawa, ON |
Cycling | Eric Van den Eynde | Gosselies, Belgium |
Equestrian | Andrea Taylor | Surrey, CB |
Goalball | Danny Snow | Lachine, QC |
Goalball | Janice Dawson | Ottawa, ON |
Judo | Tom Thomson | Hamilton, ON |
Rowing | Jeff Dunbrack | Halifax, NS |
Sailing | Brian Todd | Halifax, NS |
Shooting | Rick Ward | Middleton, NS |
Swimming | Craig McCord | Glasgow, Scotland |
Wheelchair Basketball | Jerry Tonello | Toronto, ON |
Wheelchair Basketball | Bill Johnson | Winnipeg, MB |
Wheelchair Tennis | Christian Gingras | Quebec, QC |
Wheelchair Fencing | Iulian Badea | Bucharest, Romania |
Wheelchair Rugby | Kevin Orr | Elgin, USA |
Olympic Games coaches
Sport | Name of coach | Hometown |
Archery | Joan McDonald | Richmond Hill, ON |
Archery | Richard Towler | Mississauga, ON |
Athletics | Anatoliy Bondarchuk | Kamloops, BC |
Athletics | Alex Gardiner | Winnipeg, MB |
Athletics | Glenroy Gilbert | Ottawa, ON |
Athletics | Wynn Gmitroski | Victoria, BC |
Athletics | Les Gramantik | Calgary, AB |
Athletics | Molly Killingbeck | Port Credit, ON |
Athletics | Anthony McCleary | Pickering, ON |
Athletics | Carla Nicholls | Regina, SK |
Athletics | Larry Steinke | Lethbridge, AB |
Badminton | Ram Nayyar | Vancouver, BC |
Basketball | Mike McNeill | Surrey, BC |
Basketball | Allison McNeill | Surrey, BC |
Basketball | Lisa Thomaidis | Saskatoon, SK |
Boxing | Sylvain Gagnon | Montréal, QC |
Boxing | Charlie Stewart | Windsor, ON |
Canoe/Kayak - Flatwater | Mark Granger | Léry, QC |
Canoe/Kayak - Flatwater | Frédéric Jobin | Québec, QC |
Canoe/Kayak - Flatwater | Laszlo Latorovski | Dartmouth, NS |
Canoe/Kayak - Flatwater | Scott Oldershaw | Burlington, ON |
Canoe/Kayak - Slalom | Michal-Tomasz Staniszew | Gatineau, QC |
Cycling - BMX | Adam Muys | Copetown, ON |
Cycling - BMX | Pierre-Henry Sauze | Cavaillon, France |
Cycling - Moutain Bike | Dan Proulx | Victoria, BC |
Cycling - Road | Denise Kelly | Glen Williams, ON |
Cycling - Road | Chris Rosdilsky | Montréal, QC |
Cycling - Track | Tanya Dubnicoff | Calgary, AB |
Cycling - Track | Gord Fraser | Ottawa, ON |
Cycling - Track | Richard Wooles | Vancouver, BC |
Diving | Aaron Dziver | Terrebonne, QC |
Diving | Cesar Henderson | Brossard, QC |
Diving | Yihua Li | Pointe-Claire, QC |
Diving | Tommy McLeod | Beaconsfield, QC |
Diving | Arturo Miranda | Saint-Leonard, QC |
Fencing | Michel Dessureault | Gatineau, QC |
Fencing | Dmitry Ronzhin | Montréal, QC |
Fencing | Paul ApSimon | Ottawa, ON |
Football | Simon Eaddy | Auckland, New Zealand |
Football | John Herdman | Vancouver, BC |
Football | Rob Sherman | Aberystwyth, Wales |
Gymnastics - Artistic | Dave Brubaker | Sarnia, ON |
Gymnastics - Artistic | Elena Davydova | Oshawa, ON |
Gymnastics - Artistic | Kayna Fletcher | Vancouver, BC |
Gymnastics - Artistic | David Kikuchi | Fall River, NS |
Gymnastics - Artistic | Elvira Saadi | Cambridge, ON |
Gymnastics - Artistic | Tony Smith | Cochrane, AB |
Gymnastics - Rhythmic | Svetlana Joukova | Thornhill, ON |
Gymnastics - Rhythmic | Zdravka Tchonkova | Winnipeg, MB |
Gymnastics - Trampoline | Dave Ross | Ottawa, ON |
Judo | Marie-Hélène Chrisholm | Port-Cartier, QC |
Judo | Nicolas Gill | Montréal, QC |
Judo | Sergio Pessoa | Brossard, QC |
Modern Pentathlon | John Hawes | Ottawa, ON |
Modern Pentathlon | Rick Maynard | Vancouver, BC |
Rowing | Allison Dobb | North Burnaby, BC |
Rowing | John Keogh | London, ON |
Rowing | Al Morrow | London, ON |
Rowing | Terry Paul | Peterborough, ON |
Rowing | Mike Spracklen | Victoria, BC |
Rowing | Kenny Wu | Victoria, BC |
Sailing | Nigel Cochrane | Vancouver, BC |
Sailing | Ken Doo | Kingston, ON |
Sailing | Steve Mitchell | Toronto, ON |
Sailing | Ben Remocker | Vancouver, BC |
Sailing | Erik Stibbe | Vancouver, BC |
Sailing | Kevin Stittle | Collingwood, ON |
Shooting | Cindy Hamulas | Saskatoon, SK |
Swimming | Randy Bennett | Victoria, BC |
Swimming | Ronald Jacks | Victoria, BC |
Swimming | Tom Johnson | Vancouver, BC |
Swimming | Pierre Lafontaine | Montréal, QC |
Swimming | Benoit Lebrun | Québec, QC |
Swimming | Jozsef Jagy | Vancouver, BC |
Swimming | Kevin Thorburn | Toronto, ON |
Synchronized Swimming | Meng Chen | Montréal, QC |
Synchronized Swimming | Anastassia Goutseva | Montréal, QC |
Synchronized Swimming | Julie Sauvé | Laval, QC |
Table Tennis | Yongjun Duan | Ottawa, ON |
Taekwondo | Alain Bernier | Charny, QC |
Tennis | Galo Blanco | Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain |
Tennis | Sylvain Bruneau | Repentigny, QC |
Tennis | Marty Laurendeau | Montréal, QC |
Triathlon | Jon Brown | Victoria, BC |
Volleyball - Beach | Lennard Krapp | Thornhill, ON |
Volleyball - Beach | Vincent Larivée | Sherbrooke, QC |
Weightlifting | Guy Marineau | St-André d'Argenteuil, QC |
Wrestling | Marty Calder | Thorold, ON |
Wrestling | David McKay | Port Moody, BC |
Wrestling | Paul Ragusa | Kingston, ON |
Wrestling | Stan Tzongas | Scarborough, ON |
Wrestling | Leigh Vierling | Calgary, AB |
Wrestling | Victor Zilberman | Montréal, QC |