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gether competing in the Pan American Games, World Eques- trian Games and multiple four- and five-star competitions around the world. The Olympics feels like a culmination of all of our years together.” Phoenix is joined on the
Team Canada roster by her Lima 2019 teammate, Colleen Loach. Paired with Qorry Blue d’Ar- gouges, Loach has represented the maple leaf at the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am Games, the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and the Tryon 2018 World Equestrian Games. While each dressage athlete
will be making their Olympic debut in Tokyo, there is no lack of major Games experience on the team. Chris von Martels earned individual bronze and team silver at TORONTO 2015 while Lind- say Kellock was part of the gold medal-winning team that earned Canada’s Olympic berth at Lima 2019. Brittany Fraser-Beaulieu and her partner All In, who have been the highest placed Canadian combination on the FEI Dressage World Ranking since 2017, were also the highest placed Canadians at the Tryon 2018 World Eques- trian Games. The trio boasts a collective
10 medals from dressage FEI Na- tions Cup competitions and have all posted scores over 79% in in- ternational competition in 2021. “This has been a dream of
mine since I was a young child,” said von Martels. “Of course I feel like it is a big accomplishment but my focus is to be my very best and represent our great country at the highest level.”
Representing Canada in
jumping will be Olympic veteran Mario Deslauriers and Bardolina 2, his partner at the Tryon 2018 Word Equestrian Games. To- gether, the duo have recorded im- pressive finishes
in 2021,
including third place in the Lugano Diamonds Grand Prix CSI 5* and second in the Cap- tiveOne Advisors 1.50m Classic CSI 4*, both held at the Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, Florida. Deslauriers previously competed at Los Angeles 1984 and Seoul 1988. Equestrian will take place
July 24 to August 7 (Days 1 to 15) at the Equestrian Park. “Like everyone who has
been targeting the Olympics, our equestrian team has had a lot to deal with this year,” said Team Canada’s Tokyo 2020 Chef de Mission, Marnie McBean. “On top of a global pandemic that af- fected people, they have had to manage another that affected the horses. These horse-rider teams have jumped, turned, sidestepped and high stepped their way to Tokyo with incredible talent. I’m so excited for them to continue Canada’s winning ways in the equestrian events.” James Hood, Equestrian
Team Leader, added, “Team Canada’s equestrian athletes will be ready to compete in Tokyo as they have spent almost 18 months managing the challenges of two pandemics, COVID-19 for our human athletes and Equine Viral Herpes for our equine partners. The whole world has been facing adversity but this is an opportu- nity for our Canadians to rise to the challenge; each athlete has the opportunity rise to the occasion and we look forward to cheering all Canadians at the Games.”
The athletes nominated are: Dressage
Athlete
Brittany Fraser-Beaulieu Lindsay Kellock Chris von Martels
Reserve - Travelling: Naima Moreira Laliberté Outremont, QC
Eventing Athlete
Brooke Massie Jessica Phoenix
Colleen Loach
Hometown Dunham, QC
Reserve - Non-Travelling: Hawley Bennett-Awad Aldergrove, BC
Reserve - Non-Travelling: Karl Slezak
Jumping Athlete
Mario Deslauriers
Reserve - Non-Travelling: Tiffany Foster
Support Team Position
Dressage Team Manager/Chef d’Équipe Equestrian Media Attaché Eventing Team Manager
Equestrian Team Leader & COVID-19 Compliance Officer Dressage Equine Therapist Jumping Chef d’Équipe Dressage Veterinarian
Jumping Team Manager Eventing Veterinarian Personal Dressage Coach
Reserve - Non-Travelling: Amy Millar
Tottenham, ON
Hometown Bromont, QC
Perth, ON Cannington, ON
Reserve - Travelling: Jill Irving
Hometown
Saint-Bruno, QC Toronto, ON
Ridgetown, ON Moncton, NB
Horse All In
Sebastien Eclips
Arthur Statesman Horse Owner(s)
Barbara Soederhuizen & Chris von Martels
Windhaven KLM Inc.
Owner(s)
Qorry Blue d’Argouges Pavarotti Jollybo
Fernhill Wishes Horse Bardolina 2 Truman North Vancouver, BC Northern Light Name
Dr. Alan Manning Christine Peters Caroline Soble Fleur Tipton
Karen Hendry-Ouellette Dr. Jan Henriksen Ashley Holzer James Hood Usha Knabe Mark Laskin
Jessica Phoenix
Hawley Bennett-Awad & JollyBo Syndicate LLC
Kirk Hoppner & Karl Slezak Owner(s)
Mario Deslauriers & Wishing Well Farm LLC
Enterprise Farm Equestrian, LLC & Lindsay Kellock
Groom
Brittany Fraser-Beaulieu, Craig Fraser & Marc-Andre Beaulieu Katherine Hess
Meghan Donovan Hannah Beaulieu -
Coraline Thibault Groom Peter Barry Jamie Kellock
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Groom Megan Grabowski
Millar Brooke Farm Ltd. & Overlund - Artisan Farms, LLC & Tiffany Foster -
Hometown
Wellington, FL Ottawa, ON Mono, ON Langley, BC Orton, ON Ottawa, ON Ottawa, ON Ottawa, ON
Kemptville, ON Oldwick, NJ
lection Committee following its receipt of nominations by all National Sport Organisations. The latest Team Canada Tokyo 2020 roster can be found here -
https://olympic.ca/team-canada-roster/and the qualification tracker can be found here -
https://olympic.ca/tokyo- 2020-team-canada-qualification-tracker/
Prior to being named to Team Canada, all nominations are subject to approval by the Canadian Olympic Committee’s Team Se-
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