Meet your B.C. Olympians heading to Rio

The countdown to the Summer Olympics is on with the opening ceremonies set for August 5 in Rio. B.C. will be well represented by athletes competing in everything from athletics to wrestling.

The West Coast will be well represented in Rio when the Summer Olympics begin August 5

Karin Larsen · CBC News · Posted: Jul 05, 2016 8:53 PM EDT | Last Updated: July 26, 2016

Tory Nyhaug of Coquitlam, B.C., soars off a ramp in the men's BMX cycling event at the BMX Track. (Harry How/Getty Images) (Harry Howe/Getty Images)

The countdown to the Summer Olympics is on with the opening ceremonies set for August 5 in Rio de Janeiro.

68 of Canada's 313 athletes call British Columbia home — a full 22 per cent of the team — competing in everything from athletics to wrestling.

Athletics

Lucas Bruchet, Vancouver 5000m; Evan Dunfee, Richmond, Race Walk; Liz Gleadle, Vancouver, Javelin; Iñaki Gomez, Vancouver, Race Walk; Mike Mason, Nanoose Bay, High Jump; Christabel Nettey, Surrey, Long Jump; Hilary Stellingwerff, Victoria, 1500m; Ben Thorne, Kitimat, Race Walk; Alyxandria Treasure, Prince George, High Jump; Chris Winter, North Vancouver, Steeplechase: Natasha Wodak, Vancouver, 10,000m

Christabel Nettey, Surrey, long jump (Franck Robichon/European Pressphoto Agency)

Ben Thorne, Kitimat, race walk (Andy Wong/The Associated Press)

Liz Gleadle, Vancouver, javelin (Canadian Olympic Committee)

Basketball

Kim Gaucher, Mission; Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe, Penticton

Kim Gaucher, Mission (Ozan Kose/AFP/Getty Images)

Beach Volleyball

Victoria's Jamie Broder will team with Ontario's Kristina Valjas on the sand at Copacabana Beach. (Jordan Mansfield/Getty Images)

Cycling

Laura Brown, Vancouver; Jasmin Glaeser, Vancouver; Tory Nyhaug, Coquitlam; Catharine Pendrel, Kamloops; Georgia Simmerling, West Vancouver

Catharine Pendrel, Kamloops, mountain bike (photo courtesy of Catharine Pendrel)

Tory Nyhaug, Coquitlam, BMX (Harry Howe/Getty Images)

Jasmin Glaesser, Vancouver (Alex Livesey/Getty Images)

Equestrian

Tiffany Foster, North Vancouver (tiffany-foster-tumblr.com)

Field Hockey

Gymnastics

Scott Morgan, North Vancouver (Kristy Wigglesworth/The Associated Press)

Brittany Rogers, Vancouver (UGA Sports Communications)

Shallon Olsen, Surrey (Gymnastics Canada)

Rowing

Caileigh Filmer, Victoria; Brendan Hodge, Delta; Lindsay Jennerich, Victoria; Kai Langerfeld, North Vancouver; Maxwell Lattimer, Delta; Patricia Obee, Victoria; Lisa Roman, Langley; Antje von Seydlitz, Smithers; Lauren Wilkinson, North Vancouver; Will Dean, Kelowna

Will Dean, Kelowna, quad sculls (olympics.ca)

Victoria's Lindsay Jennerich (left) and Paticial Obee (right), lightweight double sculls (Alexandra Wey/The Associated Press)

Rugby 7s

Kayla Moleschi, Williams Lake (Ian Muir/Rugby Canada)

Sailing

Vancouver's Luke Ramsay (left) and West Vancouver's Nicola Girke (right) compete together in the mixed Nacra 17 class (Sail Canada)

Shooting

Soccer

Burnaby's Christine Sinclair (left) and Abbotsford's Sophie Schmidt (ici.radio-canada.com)

Swimming

Ryan Cochrane, Victoria; Hilary Caldwell, White Rock; Emily Overholt, West Vancouver; Kierra Smith, Kelowna; Noemie Thomas, Richmond; Richard Weinberger, Vancouver; Marcus Thornmeyer, Tsawwassen