There are 142 athletes, 45% of the national team, with a connection to B.C. on the Canadian Olympic team heading to Rio. This is the largest percentage of national team athletes with an affiliation to B.C. in recent history.

viaSport, Canadian Sport Institute Pacific, the BC Games Society, and SportMedBC are all lead organizations in the sport sector and formed a partnership in the name of fun and physical activity for over 3,500 children celebrating Olympic Day at the Richmond Olympic Oval.

12 BC Games and Team BC alumni took home top honours at the 50th annual Athlete of the Year Awards.

Kristi Richards’ path to the Olympics was paved by competing in the BC Winter Games.  “It was that little spark of what’s to come,” said Richards, who will the keynote speaker at the BC Winter Games Opening Ceremony in Penticton, Feb. 25.

10 BC Games and Team BC alumni will compete for Team Canada at the 2016 Youth Olympic Games in Lillehammer, Norway.

Multiple-time BC Winter Games wheelchair basketball coach and former BC Games Society Board Member, Marni Abbott-Peter, has been named to the Paralympic Hall of Fame.