Twelve athletes from British Columbia are bringing home eight medals from the Rio 2016 Olympic Summer Games, including team medals in sports such as swimming, soccer, cycling, rugby and rowing.

A total of 142 athletes with a connection to B.C. competed at the Games in 18 different sports. Of those, provincially-affiliated athletes earned 50% of the Canadian Olympic Team’s total medal count: one gold, one silver and nine bronze medals.

Athletes from British Columbia who earned medals at the Games include (in chronological order of achievement):

•Taylor Ruck, Kelowna – swimming – bronze x2
•Kayla Moleschi, Williams Lake – rugby – bronze
•Emily Overholt, Vancouver – swimming – bronze
•Lindsay Jennerich, Victoria – rowing – silver
•Patricia Obee, Victoria – rowing – silver
•Hilary Caldwell, White Rock – swimming – bronze
•Laura Brown, Vancouver – cycling, track – bronze
•Jasmin Glaesser, Vancouver – cycling, track – bronze
•Georgia Simmerling, West Vancouver – cycling, track – bronze
•Sophie Schmidt, Abbotsford – women’s football (soccer) – bronze
•Christine Sinclair, Burnaby – women’s football (soccer) – bronze
•Catharine Pendrel, Kamloops – women’s mountain bike – bronze

In total, Canada won 22 medals: •4 Gold •3 Silver •15 Bronze