Canoe Kayak Canada is proud to announce the Dragon Boat team representing Canada at the 2024 International Canoe Federation (ICF) Dragon Boat World Championships taking place in Puerto Princesa, Philippines from October 31st to November 3rd.
Canada will have athletes competing in the Junior, Senior and Masters (40+ and 50+) categories with Jerome Seremak as head coach and team leader.
The roster for this year’s championships has many returning athletes, including Trina Ross, recipient of the Tom Longboat Award at the 2023 Order of Sport Awards, who also brought home eight medals in the senior and masters categories at the 2022 Dragonboat World Championships in Racine, Czech Republic.
The Team Canada Dragonboat World Championships Roster includes:
Athlete City Province
| Aleksander Seremak | Winnipeg | MB |
| Alison Dowling | Edmonton | AB |
| Amber Hildebrandt | Winnipeg | MB |
| Amber Smale | Regina | SK |
| Andrea Wazney | Winnipeg | MB |
| Baer Robertson | Regina | SK |
| Barbara Magee | Winnipeg | MB |
| Beverly Anderson | Regina | SK |
| Brian Reece | Pilot Butte | SK |
| Byron Cronk | Regina | SK |
| Chantelle Probe | Regina | SK |
| Chris Schimnowski | Winnipeg | MB |
| Connie Constant | Pukatawagan | MB |
| Daryle Kalafut | Regina | SK |
| David Manby | Winnipeg | MB |
| Donald Anderson | Regina | SK |
| donna Harpe-Manby | Winnipeg | MB |
| Doreen Houston | Winnipeg | MB |
| Douglas Hunter | Kamloops | BC |
| Elizabeth Koopman | Ottawa | ON |
| Emmett Patterson | Regina | SK |
| Florian Haskerkehrer | Winnipeg | MB |
| Francis Untereiner | Regina | SK |
| Ginette Pelletier | Winnipeg | MB |
| Greg Laxdal | Winnipeg | MB |
| Isabel Lowry | Carleton Place | ON |
| Jennefer Larsen | Winnipeg | MB |
| Jerome Seremak | Winnipeg | MB |
| Joshua Reid | Kamloops | BC |
| Kathleen Lloyd | White City | SK |
| Kelly Ritchie | Winnipeg | MB |
| Linda Thomson | Winnipeg | MB |
| Martin Simmons | Winnipeg | MB |
| Mason Lowry | Carleton Place | ON |
| Milan Lovenjak | Selkirk | MB |
| Mischa Grover | Kamloops | BC |
| Nancy Lovenjak | Selkirk | MB |
| Patricia Ryan | Winnipeg | MB |
| Pauline Johnson | Winnipeg | MB |
| Roy Houston | Winnipeg | MB |
| Sabe Robertson | Regina | SK |
| Sharon Ackles | White City | SK |
| Tammy Mitchell | Winnipeg | MB |
| Taz Stuart | Winnipeg | MB |
| Ted Didora | Winnipeg | MB |
| Teresa Untereiner | Regina | SK |
| Trina Ross | Winnipeg | MB |
| Vladimir Hlas | Winnipeg | MB |
Best of luck to all of the athletes! Racing and results can be found at planetcanoe.com.