Canada at the 2004 Summer Olympics
№ Name Pos Height Weight Date of birth 2004 club
1 Whynter Lamarre GK 1.73 m ( 5 ft 8 in ) 68 kg ( 150 lb ) 14 January 1979 Dollard Water Polo Club
2 Rachel Riddell GK 1.83 m ( 6 ft 0 in ) 66 kg ( 146 lb ) 5 September 1984 Pacific Storm Water Polo
3 Marianne Illing D 1.74 m ( 5 ft 9 in ) 67 kg ( 148 lb ) 12 February 1974 Ottawa Titans
4 Susan Gardiner CF 1.90 m ( 6 ft 3 in ) 95 kg ( 209 lb ) 13 April 1980 Pacific Storm Water Polo
5 Andrea Dewar CF 1.78 m ( 5 ft 10 in ) 66 kg ( 146 lb ) 9 July 1979 Dollard Water Polo Club
6 Marie Luc Arpin D 1.73 m ( 5 ft 8 in ) 68 kg ( 150 lb ) 4 July 1978 Sainte-Foy
7 Cora Campbell D 1.78 m ( 5 ft 10 in ) 62 kg ( 137 lb ) 28 May 1974 Calgary Renegades
8 Melissa Collins D 1.65 m ( 5 ft 5 in ) 61 kg ( 134 lb ) 25 September 1976 Dollard Water Polo Club
9 Ann Dow ( C ) CB 1.64 m ( 5 ft 5 in ) 59 kg ( 130 lb ) 1 May 1971 Club Aquatique de Montreal
10 Jana Salat CB 1.74 m ( 5 ft 9 in ) 67 kg ( 148 lb ) 6 April 1979 Sainte-Foy
11 Valérie Dionne D 1.73 m ( 5 ft 8 in ) 72 kg ( 159 lb ) 29 July 1980 Sainte-Foy
12 Christine Robinson CF 1.80 m ( 5 ft 11 in ) 80 kg ( 180 lb ) 17 May 1984 Dollard Water Polo Club
13 Johanne Bégin CF 1.80 m ( 5 ft 11 in ) 81 kg ( 179 lb ) 21 October 1971 Sainte-Foy
Water polo -- Women 's tournament
Main article : Water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women 's tournament Roster The following is the Canadian roster in the women 's water polo tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics . [ 8 ] viewtalk Head coach : Patrick Oaten
Canada competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. Canadian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games since 1900, except the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of the US-led boycott. The Canadian Olympic Committee sent a total of 263 athletes, 130 men and 133 women, to take part in 28 sports. This was the nation's smallest delegation to the Games, since the nation boycotted the games in 1980. This had become a result of the COC changing its qualification standards, after a reduced medal showing at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, with the aim of sending fewer athletes but focusing its energy on those who have the best chance at winning medals. It has been suggested that the logical response of winning fewer medals was diverting funding away from sports where Canadians struggled (track and field) to ones where Canadians excelled (kayak and diving). Athletes that qualified for the Olympics would not be sent to Athens unless they had finished in the top twelve worldwide, a policy that was widely criticized as numerous Canadian Olympic medalists in past Games would have been excluded by such criteria, plus it was seen as a cynical ploy for the COC to save costs. Over 50 Canadian athletes, including two-time Olympian marathoner Bruce Deacon, did not make the COC's draconian top 12 cutoff despite achieved the international qualifying standards in their respective sports. After 2004 the COC scrapped this policy but still maintains additional hurdles beyond international standards to ensure that athletes are in shape for the Olympics. Canada left Athens with a total of 12 medals (3 golds, 6 silver, and 3 bronze), the lowest in Summer Olympic history since 1988. Canada's overall medal count had been dropping in the recent editions of the Summer Olympics, along with the totals for most developed countries as the developing nations capture comparatively more medals. Many expected Canada to win a similar number of medals as they did in 2000.