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All The Awesome Canadian Women Bringing Home The Medals At The Winter Olympics

Kaetlyn Osmond's bronze medal in figure skating pushed Canada's Olympic medal haul to a record 27.
2018 Winter Olympics Canadian women medallists Kelsey Serwa Photo, Ryan Pierse/Getty.

The last time athletes repped the maple leaf on an Olympic stage, Canadian women didn’t just earn their share of the medal haul — they dominated the standings. Of the 22 medals Canada picked up at the 2016 Summer Games in Rio, 16 were won by women.

Now, at the 2018 Winter Olympics, Canadians are expecting an even bigger medal tally. One data analytics company projected that Canada will take home a record 33 medals, and the Canadian Olympic Committee expects to vie for the top spot in the medal standings.

So which women have contributed to Canada's medal haul so far in Pyeongchang? Take a look.

Canadian Women Olympic Medallists

Kaetlyn Osmond

Kaetlyn Osmond won bronze in women’s figure skating on Feb. 23, adding to her gold in the team event. The 22-year-old, who nearly quit skating after suffering a broken leg in 2014, now has a complete set of Olympic hardware — she earned a silver medal in the team event in Sochi.

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2018 Winter Olympics Canadian women medallists Kaetlyn OsmondPhoto, Maddie Meyer/Getty.

Kelsey Serwa

At the 2014 Games in Sochi, Kelsey Serwa won a silver medal in ski cross while fellow Canadian Marielle Thompson took gold. This time around, Serwa found herself on the top of the podium after leading the final race from start to finish. “Everything today went perfect,” the 28-year-old told reporters after her gold medal win.

2018 Winter Olympics Canadian women medallists Kelsey SerwaPhoto, Ryan Pierse/Getty.

Brittany Phelan

In her second Olympic appearance, Brittany Phelan earned her first Olympic medal — a silver in the women’s ski cross. The 26-year-old from Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Que., came second behind her training partner and best friend, Kelsey Serwa.

2018 Winter Olympics Canadian women medallists Brittany PhelanPhoto, Ryan Pierse/Getty.

Kim Boutin

Racing in her first Olympics, Canadian speedskater Kim Boutin crossed the finish line of the 500-metre short-track final in fourth place. But when South Korea’s Minjeong Choi was disqualified for impeding another racer, Boutin was bumped up to the bronze medal — not bad considering the 500 is, according to Canadian women’s team coach Frederic Blackburn, “her worst distance.”

The 23-year-old added two more medals in Pyeongchang — a bronze in the 1,500-metre race and a silver in the 1,000.

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2018 Winter Olympics Canadian women medallists Kim BoutinPhoto, Harry How/Getty.

Canadian women’s hockey team

After earning four consecutive Olympic gold medals, Canada’s women’s hockey team came oh-so-close to a record fifth straight gold. They lost a riveting battle with Team USA — heartbreakingly, in an overtime shootout — and as the Canadians received their silver medals, many of them wept. “I’m proud of this whole team,” said defenceman Jocelyne Larocque, “but we were chasing that gold medal.”

2018 Winter Olympics Canadian women medallists women's hockeyPhoto, Maddie Meyer/Getty.

Phylicia George and Kaillie Humphries

Kaillie Humphries won gold in the two-woman bobsled in both Vancouver and Sochi. In Pyeongchang, she picked up her third consecutive medal — this time a bronze — with new brakeman Phylicia George, a former hurdler and sprinter who only took up the sport about six months ago. While Humphries wasn’t able to defend her gold, she told reporters that the third-place finish was her most emotional Olympic medal win. “I know how hard Phylicia and I have really had to work and how hard our team us had to work to get to this position,” she said, “and we earned our bronze tonight.”

2018 Winter Olympics Canadian women medallists Kaillie Humphries Phylicia GeorgePhoto, Alexander Hassenstein/Getty.

Tessa Virtue

Tessa Virtue picked up her second medal of the Games alongside partner Scott Moir, winning gold in the ice dance. Virtue and Moir are now the most-decorated figure skaters in Olympic history, with five medals total.

2018 Winter Olympics Canadian women medallists Tessa VirtuePhoto, Jean Catuffe/Getty.

Cassie Sharpe

A native of Comox, B.C., Cassie Sharpe was unbeatable in the women’s ski halfpipe final on Feb. 20, earning a score of 95.80 to win gold after qualifying in first place. 

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2018 Winter Olympics Canadian women medallists Cassie SharpePhoto, Ian MacNicol/Getty.

Alex Gough

Alex Gough knows the agony of just missing out on an Olympic medal. The 30-year-old Calgary native finished fourth in Sochi in both the women’s singles luge and the team relay. On Feb. 13, Gough finally picked up her first piece of Olympic hardware, winning bronze in the singles event. She picked up her second medal two days later, earning a silver in the team relay alongside Sam Edney, Justin Snith and Tristan Walker.

2018 Winter Olympics Canadian women medallists Alex GoughPhoto, Clive Mason/Getty.

Meagan Duhamel

Meagan Duhamel and partner Eric Radford won a bronze medal in pairs figure skating. The two now boast Olympic medals in each colour — a gold in the team event in Pyeongchang, along with a silver in the team event in Sochi four years ago.

2018 Winter Olympics Canadian women medallists Meagan DuhamelPhoto, Richard Heathcote/Getty.

Gabrielle Daleman, Meagan Duhamel, Kaetlyn Osmond & Tessa Virtue

Canada’s first gold medal of these Games was a group effort, with a first-place finish in the figure skating team event that came thanks to standout performances from everyone involved — including Patrick Chan, who put up a season’s best performance to win the men’s free skate. Meagan Duhamel crushed the pairs short program and free skate alongside partner Eric Radford, while Tessa Virtue and partner Scott Moir stole the show in the ice dance competition. Kaetlyn Osmond skated the women’s short program, while Gabrielle Daleman nailed a clean free skate, finishing third — thereby clinching gold for Team Canada.

Duhamel and Radford earned a second medal at the Games on Feb. 15, winning bronze in the pairs event.

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2018 Winter Olympics Canadian women medallists Team figure skating gold medalPhoto, Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty.

Kaitlyn Lawes

Lawes and teammate John Morris dominated the field in mixed doubles curling, which made its debut as an Olympic event in Pyeongchang. The two lost just once — to Norway in the round robin — before capturing the gold medal with a 10–3 win over Switzerland. Lawes is the first Canadian curler to earn a medal in back-to-back Olympics — she won gold in Sochi as part of the team skipped by Jennifer Jones.

2018 Winter Olympics Canadian women medallists Kaitlyn LawesPhoto, Dan Istitene/Getty.

Laurie Blouin

After suffering a nasty crash in training earlier in the week, Blouin picked up a silver medal in women’s slopestyle snowboarding. The 21-year-old from Stoneham, Que., battled fierce winds — and sported a black eye — while nailing her second run of the competition. 

Laurie Blouin 2018 winter olympics canadian women medallistsPhoto, Cameron Spencer/Getty

Justine Dufour-Lapointe

At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Dufour-Lapointe won gold in the women’s moguls while her sister Chloé picked up silver. The pair held hands as they stood on the podium in what became an iconic image from those Games. This time around, the 23-year-old Montreal native won a silver in the event — earning the first medal by a Canadian woman in Pyeongchang. “I’m prouder of this medal than gold in Sochi, because I worked even harder to get there,” she said.

2018 Winter Olympics Canadian women medallists Justine Dufour LapointePhoto, Andreas Rentz/Getty.
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Naoko Asano is a freelance writer and a deputy managing editor at The Athletic. She has also worked at Sportsnet, Chatelaine and the Literary Review of Canada. She lives in Vancouver with her partner and two children.

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