Ancaster's Brad Martin and Marianne Leeson of Burlington have been named to Canada's Olympic snowboard team.
It's Martin's third trip to the Winter Olympic Games. He finished 23rd in the Halfpipe event in Vancouver and 16th in Turino, Italy in 2006. Leeson will be competing in her first Olympics.
They are among 19 athletes added to Canada's Olympic snowboard team including defending Olympic gold medallist Jasey-Jay Anderson and 2010 Olympians Dominique Maltais and Caroline Calve.
Anderson, from Mont-Tremblant, Que., claimed gold in the men's parallel giant slalom at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics and is a four-time world champion.
Maltais, from Petite-Riviere-St-Francois, Que., won bronze in snowboardcross at the 2006 Turin Games and silver at the 2013 world championships. She'll be looking to rebound for a disappointing Olympics in 2010 where she failed to qualify for the snowboardcross final.
Calve, from Aylmer, Que., became the first Canadian to win a women's parallel giant slalom world cup event in 2011 at Carezza, Italy. She recently took gold there again in December.
"Going to Sochi is an once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and one that I am honoured to have been chosen for," Calve said. "I have been working on perfecting my game for such a long time now and am excited to be competing against the world's best.
"It will be an honour to be representing Canada at the Olympics."
Snowboard Olympic Roster:
Men's slopestyle
- Mark McMorris
- Sebastien Toutant
- Max Parrot
- Charles Reid
Ladies slopestyle
- Spencer O'Brien
- Jenna Blasman
Men's halfpipe
- Brad Martin
- Crispin Lipscomb
- Derek Livingston
Ladies halfpipe
- Mercedes Nicoll
- Alexandra Duckworth
- Katie Tsuyuki
Men's snowboard cross
- Chris Robanske
- Kevin Hill
- Rob Fagan
- Jake Holden
Ladies snowboard cross
- Maelle Ricker
- Dominique Maltais
Men's alpine
- Jasey-Jay Anderson
- Matt Morison
- Michael Lambert
Women's alpine
- Caroline Calve
- Ariane Lavigne
- Marianne Leeson
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