Team Canada

2026 Team Canada Athletes and Event Specific Selections Announced

Orienteering Canada is pleased to announce the athletes who will make up the 2026 Team Canada Program and will compete for Canada at 2026 events. We express our gratitude to the selection committees.

Team Canada Program Athletes

National Elite Squad

  • Women: Robyn Astridge, Nora Schuessler, Emma Waddington
  • Men: Isak Fransson, Robert Graham, Eric Kemp, Damian Konotopetz, Andrew McLaren, Christian Michelsen, Jan Erik Naess, Vegard Jarvis Westergård

National Development Squad

  • Women: Ingrid Hagberg, Sophie Kent-Purcell, Ekaterina Menshova
  • Men: Tomas Graham, Darius Konotopetz, Graeme Rennie

Junior Elite Squad

  • Women: Grace Mahoney, Lia Fransson, Mia Smith
  • Men: Daniel Mahoney, Dylan Revells, Étienne Jacques, Gavan Winn, Hayden Smith

Junior Development Squad

  • Women: Emilia Smith, Holly Smith, Kaylee Mahoney, Saskia Edmunds-Boerschke, Sofia Smith
  • Men: Adam Jacques, Gabriel Smith, Jordan McIntosh, Woodrow Connell

2026 Event Specific Selections

World Orienteering Championships (WOC) 2026

  • Women: Robyn Astridge, Ingrid Hagberg, Nora Schuessler, Emma Waddington
  • Men: Isak Fransson, Damian Konotopetz, Andrew McLaren, Christian Michelsen

Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC) 2026

  • Women: Grace Mahoney, Holly Smith, Lia Fransson, Kaylee Mahoney, Mia Smith, Sofia Smith
  • Men: Daniel Mahoney, Dylan Revells, Étienne Jacques, Gavan Winn, Hayden Smith, Jordan McIntosh

World University Orienteering Championships (WUOC) 2026

  • Women: Robyn Astridge, Sophie Kent-Purcell, Nora Schuessler, Grace Mahoney
  • Men: Isak Fransson, Andrew McLaren, Hayden Smith, Jordan McIntosh

2026 World Cup 1

  • Women: Robyn Astridge, Nora Schuessler, Emma Waddington
  • Men: Isak Fransson, Damian Konotopetz, Andrew McLaren, Christian Michelsen (declined)

2026 World Cup 2

  • Women: Robyn Astridge, Ingrid Hagberg, Nora Schuessler, Emma Waddington
  • Men: Isak Fransson, Damian Konotopetz, Andrew McLaren, Christian Michelsen

2026 World Cup 3

  • Women: Sophie Kent-Purcell
  • Men: Isak Fransson, Robert Graham, Damian Konotopetz, Andrew McLaren, Jan Erik Naess, Graeme Rennie

2026 World Cup 4

  • Women: Sophie Kent-Purcell, Nora Schuessler
  • Men: Isak Fransson, Robert Graham, Damian Konotopetz, Andrew McLaren, Christian Michelsen, Jan Erik Naess, Graeme Rennie, Vegard Jarvis Westergård, Tomas Graham (Relay only and reserve for individual races).

Thank you to the Selection Committees

  • SENIOR MEN: Adam Woods, Mike Waddington, Ted de St. Croix
  • SENIOR WOMEN: Tracy Smith, Katta Smith, Marketa Graham
  • JUNIOR MEN & WOMEN: Afan Jones, Oivind Naess, Magali Robert, Pam James
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