Athletes will be competing at the 2024 Paris Olympics from July 26 to Aug. 11. Of the approximately 10,500 athletes travelling to compete for Olympic glory, over 20 athletes and one coach are past members of the Queen’s athletics community.
Chloe Daniels and Taylor Perry (Rugby Sevens)
Chloe Daniels, Comm ’25 and Taylor Perry, ArtSci ’24 will be travelling to Paris together, both having played for the Queen’s Women’s Rugby team.
Chloe Daniels will serve as the vice-captain for the sevens squad. She made her debut with the senior sevens team in 2021 at the age of 18. Since then, she has only added to her international playing experience in numerous series including as a reserve at the Women’s Rugby World Cup in 2022, and by scoring 131 points for Team Canada during the 2024 HSBC SVNS Series.
In her one season played for the Gaels in 2021, she was named the OUA Rookie of the Year and an OUA All-Star. Taylor Perry will serve as the team’s travelling alternate. She also has experience representing Canada on the international stage, being selected for the 2021 Rugby World up team before an injury forced her to withdraw.
Perry had an abundant career with the Gaels, being named an OUA Second Team All-Star last season, and a U SPORTS Second Team All-Canadian in 2019.
Women’s Rugby Sevens will compete from July 28 to 30 with their next match against China on July 29.
Will Jones (Sailing)
Will Jones, Sci ’18 was a member of the Queen’s Sailing team from 2013-17 where he helped the team win the Canadian Intercollegiate Sailing Association National Championship every year he was a member.
He will be competing in the Men’s 49er sailing event, in his second straight Olympics, after having competed in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic games and finishing nineteenth with his partner Evan DePaul.
The Men’s 49er sailing event runs from July 28 to Aug. 1.
Jackie Boyle (Cycling–Track)
Jackie Boyle, ArtSci ’19, will be travelling to Paris as an alternate for Team Canada’s Cycling–Track team.
She was a member of the Queen’s Women’s Volleyball team from 2016-19, playing as an outside hitter. After graduating, she took part in the RBC Training Ground program, which led her to be recruited by the women’s national cycling and bobsleigh teams.
Since choosing cycling, she has competed for Canada at numerous international events, winning silver in the team sprint at the 2023 Pan American Championships, and bronze in the team sprint at the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games.
Cycling–Track events will run from Aug. 5 to 11.
Cassidy Deane (Rowing)
Cassidy Deane, PheKin ’19, will be making her Olympic debut as part of Team Canada’s
Women’s Eight Rowing team.
In her three seasons at Queen’s from 2016-19 with the Women’s Rowing team, she
earned a total of three OUA gold medals, two silver medals, and one bronze medal, along with two bronze medals in the Canadian University Rowing Championship.
She will be a part of a team that looks to defend its Olympic gold medal from the 2020
Tokyo Olympics.
The Women’s Eight Rowing competition runs from July 29 to Aug. 3.
Claire Meadows (Basketball)
Claire Meadows, ArtSci and PheKin ’07 will be making her way to Paris as part of the bench of the German Women’s Basketball team, after being named an Assistant Coach for the team.
She began her career with the Gaels in 2002 as a member of the Queen’s Women’s Basketball team. In her five seasons with the team, she was named the OUA East First Team All-Star in 2006-07 and OUA East Second Team All-Star in 2005-06.
Meadows finished her career as the Gael’s second all-time leading scorer
She returned fourteen years later to coach the Queen’s Women’s Basketball team and has led the team to their most successful seasons in program history, winning a U SPORTS silver and bronze medal in her first two seasons while taking home an OUA Coach of the Year award in 2022-23.
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Numerous other Queen’s Alumni, and current full- and part-time students will be competing alongside members of the Gaels community. A full list of Queen’s community members that will be competing can be found online on the Queen’s Alumni website. Livestreams and past broadcasts of all events can be accessed for free on CBC Gem.
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