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Meet the Seven Cal Bears Competing for Team Canada in Paris
Canadians and Cal fans should be excited for this year’s Summer Olympics, with seven current or former Berkeley students representing Team Canada in the 2024 Paris Games. The athletes are among a record-setting 58 current or former Golden Bears who qualified for this year’s competition. Team Canada is second only to the United States in its number of Cal Olympians; it also boasts two of the seven returning athletes who are previous Olympic medalists.
Without further ado, Canadian Studies is pleased to introduce the Cal contingent of Team Canada. We wish them well in their upcoming events! For more information, check out Cal Athletics’ complete list of Berkeley Olympians, which includes an event schedule for each athlete. Several members of Team Canada were highlighted in “A Cal Fan’s Guide to the 2024 Paris Olympics“, published by California magazine.
Jeremy Bagshaw (2010-2014), Men’s Swimming
Jeremy makes his Olympic debut as one of Canada’s four swim team captains. He is a three-time bronze medalist in the Pan American Games, a bronze medalist in the Youth Olympics, and helped lead the Cal men’s team to three NCAA titles.
Caileigh Filmer (2015-17), Women’s Rowing
Caleigh makes her third Olympics appearance after winning bronze at the Tokyo 2020 games. She has previously won gold at the 2018 World Rowing Championships, gold and silver at the U23 championships, and silver at the Junior championships.
Rowan Hamilton (2024), Men’s Track and Field
Rowan is ranked 13th globally in hammer throw and is the fourth-best men’s hammer thrower in Canadian history. He was the 2019 PanAm champion, two-time Canadian U20 champion, and has won numerous medals in Canadian national competitions.
Kindred Paul (2015-18), Women’s Water Polo
While this is Kindred’s second Olympics appearance, she has represented Team Canada since her international debut at the 2014 Youth World Championships. She is a two-time Pan American silver medalist and won silver at the 2015 FISU Universiade.
Sydney Payne (2016-19), Women’s Rowing
Sydney made her Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020 as part of the team that won Canada’s first gold medal in any women’s rowing event since 1996. She previously won bronze and silver in the World Rowing Championships, is a two-time gold medalist in the U23 group, and won bronze in the 2023 World Indoor Rowing Championships.
Camryn Rogers (2018-23), Women’s Track and Field
Camryn made history in her debut at Tokyo 2020, becoming the first Canadian woman to ever advance to the hammer throw finals despite being the youngest contestant. She has previously won gold medals at the Commonwealth Games, World Athletics Championships (U20), and Pan American Championships (Junior).
Emma Wright (2017-19), Women’s Water Polo
Another returning Olympian, Emma scored seven goals in her debut on Team Canada at Tokyo 2020. She is a two-time silver medalist in the Pan American Games, a silver medalist in the FINA World League, and a bronze and silver in the Pan American Championships (Junior).
An additional Cal alumna, three-time Olympian Sydney Collins, qualified for the Canadian women’s soccer team but was unable to compete due to an injury. Other Bay Area Olympians on Team Canada this year include Stanford alumni Serena Browne (water polo), Malindi Elmore (track and field), Justin Lui (volleyball), Dwight Powell (basketball), Taylor Ruck (swimming); San José State alumna Rae Lekness (water polo); and University of the Pacific alumna Clara Vulpisi (water polo). |
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Royal Canadian Legion, US Branch #25 