Sport and Recreation
Past Events
2006 Paralympic Winter Games
The IX Paralympic Winter Games brought together more
than 1,000 athletes from 40 nations. With 13 medals,
(five golds, three silvers and five bronzes), this was
our best ever performance at a Paralympic Winter Games.
2006 Olympic Winter Games
More than 2,500 athletes from 87 different nations
competed at the Torino 2006 Olympic Winter Games.
British Columbia was well-represented, with more than 60 athletes, coaches and technical support members as part
of Team Canada. Canada sent its largest ever delegation
and entered in the highest number of events in its
Olympic Winter Games history.
With 24 medals, Canada had its best winter games
showing ever – which will inspire even greater success
when British Columbia hosts the 2010 Winter Olympic and
Paralympic Games.
2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games
The 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia
brought together more than 4,500 athletes from 71 nations. A total of 102 athletes from
British Columbia (born,
residing or training) participated, making up 40 percent
of the Canadian team.
Past Events Hosted by British Columbia
2006
| EVENT (LOCATION) |
DATE |
Northern BC Winter Games (100 Mile House)
|
February |
2006 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games
(Torino, Italy)
|
February |
Curling Canada Cup (Kamloops)
|
March |
World Athletics Masters Championships
(Vancouver)
|
May |
Pan Pacific Swimming (Vancouver - UBC)
|
August |
BC Seniors Games Abbotsford
|
August |
|
Canadian Legion Track and Field National
Championships (Vancouver - SFU) |
August |
2005
| EVENT (LOCATION) |
DATE |
Curling Strauss Canada Cup (Kamloops)
|
January |
World Snowboarding Championships (Whistler)
|
January |
IPC World Cup (Alpine) for Skiers with a
Disability (Kimberley)
|
January |
FIS Freestyle World Cup (Fernie)
|
January |
Freestyle Skiing – Canadian Series (VANOC
test event) (Vancouver)
|
January |
Hockey Women’s U-18 Nationals (Salmon Arm)
|
January |
Northern BC Winter Games (Dawson Creek)
|
February |
Women’s NorAm Super G Alpine Skiing
(Penticton)
|
February |
Snowboard NorAm (Vancouver)
|
February |
Biathlon North American Cup #7 (Courtenay)
|
February |
Cross Country (Athletics) Nationals (Prince
George)
|
February-March |
Snowboard Nationals (Kelowna)
|
March |
Alpine Sierra Wireless Whistler Cup
(Whistler)
|
March-April |
Speedskating (Short Track) Age-Class
Nationals (Surrey)
|
April |
World Curling Championships (Men) (Victoria)
|
April |
Canadian Gymnastics Championships
(Vancouver)
|
May |
Canadian Trampoline and Tumbling
Championships (Vancouver)
|
May–June |
Road Cycling Nationals (Kamloops)
|
June |
Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships
(Vancouver)
|
June |
Table Tennis Nationals (Burnaby)
|
July |
BC Disability Games (Nanaimo)
|
July |
WTA Vancouver Women’s Open (Tennis)
(Vancouver)
|
July–August |
|
BC Seniors Games (Cowichan Valley) |
August |
Grey Cup (Vancouver)
|
November |
Canadian World Cup Nordic Ski Festival
(Vernon) (Sovereign Lake)
|
December |
|
World Junior Hockey Championships
(Vancouver) (with pool games being played in
Kamloops and Kelowna) |
December-January |
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