The results of the past, present and future Blues athletes that represented the University of Toronto and their respective countries at the 2012 Olympic Games in London (July 27-August 12).
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Athletes |
Date(s) of Competition |
Results |
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Zsofi Balazs
Canada
Open Water Swimming
Swimming Canada Bio |
10km swim - August 9 |
18th
(2:01:17.8) |
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Josh Binstock
Canada
Beach Volleyball
Beach Volleyball Bio |
July 28 - August 9 |
July 28 prelim:
Binstock/Reader (CAN) def
Garcia-Thompson/Growtoski (GBR) 2-0
July 30 prelim:
Skarlund/Spinnangr (NWY) def
Binstock/Reader (CAN) 2-0
Aug. 1 prelim:
Santos/Cunha (BRZ) def
Binstock/Reader (CAN) 2-0
Aug. 2 Lucky Losers match:
Nicola/Lupo (ITA) def
Binstock/Reader (CAN) 2-0 |
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Michael Braithwaite
Canada
Rowing
Rowing Canada Bio |
Men's 2x - July 28 - August 3 |
Men's Double Skulls
Heat 1 - 6th
Repachage - 3rd
Semifinal 2 - 6th
Final B - 6th
12th Overall |
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Crispin Duenas
Canada
Archery
Archery Canada Bio |
July 27 - August 3 |
8th after ranking round.
Fell 6-2 to El-Nemr (Egypt) in 1/32 round. |
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Grace Gao
Canada
Badminton
Bio |
July 28 - August 4 |
Results |
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Luke Hall
Swaziland
Swimming
Varsity Blues Bio |
50m freestyle heats - August 2 |
Heat 4 - 4th (23.48)
36th overall |
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Michelle Li
Canada
Badminton
Varsity Blues Bio |
July 28 - August 4 |
Women's Doubles
Quarter-Final:
Li/Bruce (CAN) def. Choo/Veeran (AUS) 21-9, 18-21, 21-18
Semifinal:
Fujii/Kakiwa (JPN) def. Li/Bruce (CAN) 21-10, 19-21, 13-21)
Bronze Medal Match:
Sorokina/Vislova (RUS) def. Li/Bruce (CAN) 21-9, 21-10 |
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Elodie Li Yuk Lo
Mauritius
Beach Volleyball
Varsity Blues Bio |
July 28 - August 8 |
July 28 Prelim:
Franca/Silva (Brazil) def.
Li Yuk Lo/Rigobert (Mauritius)
2-0
July 30 Prelim:
Hajeckova/Klapalova (CZE) def. Li Yuk Lo/Rigobert (Mauritius
2-0
Aug. 1 Prelim:
Holtwick/Semmler (GER) def. Li Yuk Lo/Rigobert (Mauritius)
2-0 |
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Tobias Oriwol
Canada
Swimming
Swimming Canada Bio |
4x200 freestyle heats - July 31
200m back heats - August 1 |
4x200 - 14th
200m back
heats - 11th overall
semi#2 - 7th
15th overall |
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Colin Russell
Canada
Swimming
Swimming Canada Bio |
4x100m freestyle heats - July 29
4x200 freestyle heats - July 31 |
4x100 - 9th
4x200 - 14th |
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Donna Vakalis
Canada
Modern Pentathlon
www.thisisdonna.com |
August 12 |
29th |
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Sarah Wells
Canada
Athletics
Athletics Canada Bio |
400m hurdles heats - August 5-8 |
Heat 1: 4th (56.47)
Semifinal: 24th (56.71) |
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Staff Members |
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Dr. Julia Alleyne
Canada
Chief Medical Officer
Sport Physician at U of T's David L. MacIntosh Clinic |
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Ed Drakich
Beach Volleyball
Technical Official
Blues alumni and former men's volleyball head coach |
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George Gross Jr.
Water Polo
TV Commentator
Varsity Blues women's water polo head coach |
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Linda Kiefer
Canada
Swim Coach
Luke Hall (Swaziland), Zsofi Balazs (Canada)
Varsity Blues swimming assistant coach |
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Joan Mlynarczyk
Canada
Therapist - Canadian women's basketball team
Alumna & former David L. MacIntosh Clinic employee |
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Andrea Prieur
Canada
Therapist
Diving Plongeon
Head Therapist at U of T's David L. MacIntosh Clinic |
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Jolan Storch
Canada Olympic Committee
Blues volleyball alumna |
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