Pan Am Games

Elise Marcotte, former Pan Am synchro champ, named assistant chef de mission

Two-time Olympian Elise Marcotte has been named assistant chef de mission for the Canadian team at this summer's Pan Am Games in Toronto.

Replaces Josee Grand'Maitre

Olympian Elise Marcotte has been named assistant chef de mission for the Canadian team at this summer's Pan Am Games in Toronto the team announced Friday. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press)

Two-time Olympian Elise Marcotte has been named assistant chef de mission for the Canadian team at this summer's Pan Am Games in Toronto.

She will replace Josee Grand'Maitre, who accepted a position with the Canadian Olympic Committee as team services manager.

"I am honoured to have been offered such an amazing opportunity to help lead my country on home soil," Marcotte said Friday in a release. "Having competed at both the Pan Am and Olympic Games, I know I can bring great experience to the Canadian team and help our athletes perform at their best against the Americas."

Marcotte won a pair of gold medals in synchronized swimming at the 2011 Pan Am Games in Guadalajara, Mexico. She will work with fellow assistant chef de mission Waneek Horn-Miller and chef de mission Curt Harnett at the July 10-26 Games.

The chef de mission serves as team leader and spokesperson for Canadian athletes at the Games.

"Congratulations to Elise on being selected as assistant chef de mission for the Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games," said COC president Marcel Aubut. "Elise was an outstanding athlete who has a wide-range of Games experience. She will be an excellent asset to our Canadian team and will help guide Canada's athletes in their efforts to reach the podium this July."