CBC Sports Online : 2002 Winter Olympics, Salt Lake City, Utah : Hometown Heroes

Team Canada 2002 is made up of athletes from every corner of the country, maybe even some from your hometown. Use Petro-Canada's Hometown Heroes to send a message of support to your favourite Canadian Olympians -- they're all here! Just click on a name you'll be taken to their personal message page.
EVENT	MEN'S	WOMEN'S

Alpine Skiing	David Anderson -Rossland, BC Thomas Grandi -Bolzano, Italy Darin McBeath -Calgary, AB Edi Podivinsky -Edmonton, AB Jean-Philippe Roy -Rimouski, PQ	Sara-Maude Boucher -St-Denis de Brompton, PQ Emily Brydon -Fernie, BC Allison Forsyth -Nanaimo, BC Anne-Marie Lefrancois -Charlesbourg, PQ Genevieve Simard -Montreal, PQ Melanie Turgeon -Alma, PQ

Biathlon	Robin Clegg -Ottawa, ON

Bobsleigh	Pascal Caron -Cap-de-la-Madeleine, PQ Ken LeBlanc -Ottawa, ON Mark LeBlanc -Ottawa, ON Pierre Lueders - Edmonton, AB Ahmed Marshall -St. Lucia/Calgary AB Yannik Morin -Montreal, PQ John Sokolowski -Miramichi, NB Giulio Zardo -Montreal, PQ	Christine Fraser -Calgary, AB Paula McKenzie -Brooks, AB Christina Smith -Montreal, PQ

Cross Country	Donald Farley -Montreal, PQ	Amanda Fortier -Edmonton, AB Jaime Fortier -Edmonton, AB Sara Renner -Canmore, AB Beckie Scott -Vermilion, AB Milaine Theriault -St. Quentin, NB

Curling	Don Bartlett -Gander, NF Kevin Martin -Killam, AB Carter Rycroft -Grande Prairie, AB Don Walchuk -Melville, SK	Kelley Law -Maple Ridge, BC Diane Nelson -Burnaby, BC Julie Skinner -Calgary, AB Georgina Wheatcroft -Nanaimo, BC

Figure Skating	Emanuel Sandhu -Toronto, ON Elvis Stojko -Newmarket, ON Victor Kraatz -Berlin, Germany/Ottawa ON Patrice Lauzon -Montreal, PQ Lenny Faustino -Toronto, ON David Pelletier -Sayabec, PQ Patrice Archetto -Montreal, PQ	Shae-Lynn Bourne -Chatham, ON Marie-France Dubreuil -Montreal, PQ Jacinthe Lariviere -Montreal, PQ Jennifer Robinson -Goderich, ON Jamie Sale -Calgary, AB Anabelle Langlois -Grand-Mere, PQ

Freestyle Skiing	Jeff Bean -Ottawa, ON Scott Bellavance -Prince George, BC Jean-Luc Brassard -Valleyfield, PQ Andy Capicik -Toronto, ON Nicolas Fontaine -Magog, PQ Ryan Johnson -Mississauga, ON Steve Omischl -North Bay, ON Stephane Rochon -Laval, PQ Pierre-Alexandre Rousseau -Drummondville, PQ	Veronika Bauer -Toronto, ON Tami Bradley -North Vancouver, BC Veronica Brenner -Scarborough, ON Deidra Dionne -North Battleford, SK Jennifer Heil -Edmonton, AB Kelly Ringstad -North Vancouver, BC

Hockey	Ed Belfour -Carman, MB Martin Brodeur -Montreal, PQ Curtis Joseph -Keswick, ON Rob Blake -Simcoe, ON Eric Brewer -Vernon, BC Adam Foote -Toronto, ON Ed Jovanovski -Windsor, ON Al MacInnis - Inverness, NS Scott Niedermayer -Edmonton, AB Chris Pronger -Dryden, ON Theoren Fleury -Oxbow, SK Simon Gagne - Ste-Foy, PQ Jarome Iginla -Edmonton, AB Paul Kariya -Vancouver, BC Mario Lemieux -Montreal, PQ Eric Lindros -London, ON Joe Nieuwendyk - Oshawa, ON Owen Nolan -Thorold, ON Mike Peca - Toronto, ON Joe Sakic -Burnaby, BC Brendan Shanahan -Mimico, ON Ryan Smyth -Banff, AB Steve Yzerman -Cranbrook, BC	Charline Labonte -Boisbriand, PQ Sami Jo Small -Winnipeg, MB Kim St. Pierre -Chateauguay, PQ Therese Brisson -Dollard-des-Ormeaux, PQ Isabelle Chartrand -Anjou, PQ Geraldine Heaney -Weston, ON Becky Kellar -Hagersville, ON Cheryl Pounder -Mississauga, ON Colleen Sostorics -Kennedy, SK Dana Antal -Esterhazy, SK Kelly Bechard -Sedley, SK Jennifer Botterill -Winnipeg, MB Cassie Campbell -Brampton, ON Lori Dupuis -Cornwall, ON Danielle Goyette -St-Nazaire, PQ Jayna Hefford -Kingston, ON Caroline Ouellette -Montreal, PQ Cherie Piper -Scarborough, ON Tammy Lee Shewchuk -St. Laurent, PQ Vicky Sunohara -Scarborough, ON Hayley Wickenheiser -Shaunavon, SK

Luge	Grant Albrecht -Red Deer, AB Kyle Connelly -Ottawa, ON Chris Moffat -Calgary, AB Mike Moffat -Calgary, AB Eric Pothier -Calgary, AB Tyler Seitz -Calgary, AB Jeff Christie -Vancouver, BC	Regan Lauscher -Saskatoon, SK

Short Track	Eric Bedard -St-Thecle, PQ Jean Francois Monette -Montreal, PQ Marc Gagnon -Chicoutimi, PQ Jonathan Guilmette - Montreal, PQ Francois-Louis Tremblay -Alma, PQ Mathieu Turcotte -Sherbrooke, PQ	Isabelle Charest -Rimouski, PQ Marie-Eve Drolet -Chicoutimi, PQ Alanna Kraus -Abbotsford, BC Amelie Goulet Nadon -Montreal, PQ Annie Perreault -Windsor, PQ Tania Vicent -Montreal, PQ

Skeleton	Duff Gibson -Toronto, ON Jeff Pain -Anchorage, AK/Calgary, AB Pascal Richard -Montreal, PQ	Lindsay Alcock -Calgary, AB Michelle Kelly -Fort St. John, BC

Snowboarding	Jasey Jay Anderson -Montreal, PQ Brett Carpentier -St-Jerome, PQ Mark Fawcett -St. John, NB Mike Michalchuk -Calgary, AB Daniel Migneault -Baie-Comeau, PQ Guillaume Morisset -Quebec City, PQ Jerome Sylvestre -Bromont, PQ Ryan Wedding -Vancouver, BC	Natasza Zurek -Zakopane, Poland/North Vancouver, BC

Speed Skating	Patrick Bouchard -Cap-Rouge, PQ Eric Brisson -Greenfield Park, PQ Arne Dankers -Ottawa, ON Steven Elms -Red Deer, AB Mike Ireland -Mississauga, ON Mark Knoll -Regina, SK Philippe Marois -Ste-Foy, PQ Kevin Marshall -Victoria, BC Dustin Molicki -Calgary, AB Jeremy Wotherspoon -Humboldt, SK	Susan Auch -Winnipeg, MB Kristina Groves -Ottawa, ON Clara Hughes -Winnipeg, MB Cindy Klassen -Winnipeg, MB Catriona Le May Doan -Saskatoon, SK Cindy Overland -Toronto, ON

Since 1988, Petro-Canada's Olympic Torch Scholarship Fund has been helping amateur athletes and coaches achieve their dreams in competition and in school. Petro-Canada has partnered with the COA to develop this fund, which has generated more than $5.1 million in annual scholarships for over 1,750 athletes and coaches.
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	COUNTRY	G	S	B
1	GER	12	16	7
2	NOR	11	7	6
3	USA	10	13	11
4	RUS	6	6	4
5	CAN	6	3	8
6	FRA	4	5	2
7	ITA	4	4	4
8	FIN	4	4	4
9	NED	3	5	0
10	SUI	3	2	6

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