Below is the list of athletes named by Athletics Canada who will be competing in the 2015 Beijing IAAF World Track and Field Championships. There are links to articles and interviews with these athletes. In some cases there are more than one pages of stories and in some cases there are those with just a few entries, so far at Athletics Illustrated.
Female athletes
Fiona Benson, 800m, Dawson Creek, BC, Mark Bomba, Langley Mustangs
Khamica Bingham, 100m/200m/4x100m, Brampton, ON, Desai Williams, Brampton Track Club
Melissa Bishop, 800m, Eganville, ON, Dennis Fairall, Ottawa Lions
Crystal Emmanuel, 100m/4x100m, Toronto, ON, Desai Williams, Project Athletics
Isatu Fofanah, 4x100m, Edmonton, AB, Dwight Francis, Voleo
Sultana Frizell, Hammer, Perth, ON, Derek Evely, Ottawa Lions
Phylicia George, 100mH/4x100m, Markham, ON, Anthony McCleary, Unattached
Elizabeth Gleadle, Javelin, Vancouver, BC, Lawrence Steinke, Chinook Track & Field Club
Shaina Harrison, 4x100m, Aurora, ON, Charles Allen, Flying Angels
Nikkita Holder, 100mH, Pickering, ON, Anthony McCleary, Unattached
Kimberly Hyacinthe, 100m/200m/4x100m, Terrebonne, QC, Desai Williams, Vainqueurs Plus
Audrey Jean-Baptiste, 400m/4x400m, Montreal, QC, Clif Mitchell, Perfmax-Racing
Geneviève Lalonde, 3000mSC, Moncton, NB, Dave-Scott Thomas, Speed River TFC
Lanni Marchant, 10000m, London, ON, Dave Mills, London Western Track & Field Club
Carline Muir, 400m/4x400m, Edmonton, AB, Anthony McCleary, DFC
Christabel Nettey, Long jump, Surrey, BC, Dan Pfaff, Unattached
Jessica O’Connell, 5000m, Calgary, AB, Mike Van Tighem, University of Calgary Athletics Club
Nicole Sassine, 4x400m, Windsor, ON, Jesse Dupuis, University of Windsor Athletics Club
Rachel Seaman, 20km RW, Peterborough, ON, Tim Seaman, Peterborough Legion Track Club
Nicole Sifuentes, 5000m, Winnipeg, MB, Mike McGuire, Unattached
Aiyanna Stiverne, 4x400m, Laval, QC, Ronald Morency, Unattached
Erin Teschuck, 3000mSC, Winnipeg, MB, Andrew Carlson, Winnipeg Optimist Athletics
Brianne Theisen-Eaton, Heptathlon, Humboldt, SK, Harry Marra, Saskatoon Track & Field Club
Sage Watson, 400mH/4x400m, Calgary, AB, Ken Harnden, Calgary International
Natasha Wodak, 10000m, Vancouver, BC, Richard Lee, BCEP, Asics Canada, PIH
Jessica Zelinka, Heptathlon, London, ON, Cliff Rovelto / Daniel St-Hilaire, Vainqueurs Plus
Male athletes
Mohammed Ahmed, 5000m, St. Catharines, ON, Jerry Schumacher, Nike-Bowerman Track Club
Shawn Barber, Pole vault, Toronto, ON, George Barber/Milt Ottey, Project Athletics
Mathieu Bilodeau, 50km Race walk, Calgary, AB, Gilles Roca, AR
Aaron Brown, 100m/200m/4x100m, Toronto, ON, Dennis Mitchell, Phoenix
Jonathan Cabral, 110mH, Péribonka, QC, Jamie Cook, Kitchener-Waterloo
Andre De Grasse, 100m/4x100m, Markham, ON, Caryl Smith Gilbert, Speed Academy
Derek Drouin, High jump, Corunna, ON, Jeff Huntoon, Sarnia ASW
Evan Dunfee, 20km/50km Race walk, Richmond, BC, Gerry Dragomir, Race Walk West
Alex Genest, 3000mSC, Lac-aux-Sables, QC, Dave Scott-Thomas, Club d’athlétisme Zénix
Inaki Gomez, 20km Race walk, Vancouver, BC, Gerry Dragomir, Race Walk West
Akeem Haynes, 4x100m, Calgary, AB, Stuart McMillan, T-Thunderbirds
Matthew Hughes, 3000mSC, Oshawa, ON, Wynn Gmitroski, Athletics Toronto
Sekou Kaba, 110mH, Ottawa, ON, Andy McInniss, Ottawa Lions
Cam Levins, 5000m/10000m, Black Creek, BC, Alberto Salazar, Unattached
Michael Mason, High jump, Nanoose Bay, BC, Zbigniew Szelagowicz, Valley Royals
Brandon McBride, 800m, Windsor, ON, Chris Scarrow, Windsor Legion
Taylor Milne, 3000mSC, Callander, ON, Dave Scott-Thomas, Speed River
Tim Nedow, Shot put, Brockville, ON, Vestienn Hafsteinsson, Ottawa Lions
Paul Osland. Masters demonstration 800m, Toronto, ON, University of Toronto
Brandon Rodney, 200m/4x100m, Brampton, ON, Simon Hodnett/George Kerr, Unattached Ontario
Michael Sherar, Masters demonstration 800m, Toronto, ON, University of Toronto
Gavin Smellie, 4x100m, Brampton, ON, Desai Williams, Flying Angels
Benjamin Thorne, 20km race walk, Kitimat, BC, Gerald Dragomir, Racewalk West
Damian Warner, Decathlon, London, ON, Vickie Croley, London Western Track Club/Nike
Justyn Warner, 100m/4x100m, Markham, ON, Kevin Tyler, Unattached
At the last edition of the World Championships (2013) in Moscow, Russia the team won five medals; Dylan Armstrong (shot put bronze), Derek Drouin (high jump bronze), Brianne Theisen-Eaton (heptathlon silver), Damian Warner (decathlon bronze) and the men’s 4×100-metres relay team (bronze).
