Canada's Senior Women's National Softball Team represents Canada in international softball. They are overseen by Softball Canada, the governing body of softball in Canada.
They are one of the top-ranked softball teams in the world. The team represents Canada at international competitions such as the ISF World Championship, World Cup and Pan-Am Games events and competed at the Summer Olympic Games since the sport was inaugurated at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. The team won bronze at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Tokyo; this was the fifth Olympics to include softball (no softball in 2012 nor 2016). The team won gold at the 1983 Pan American Games in Caracas and the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto. The team won bronze at the 2018 World Championship.
Team
The Canadian roster of 15 athletes was named on 12 May 2021, including four members of the last team that competed at the Olympics (Lawrie, Rafter, Regula and Sailing).[2][3]
Softball at the 2020 Summer Olympics –  Canada roster
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References
- Canada Senior Women's National Team
- Canadian Olympic Committee
- The Sports Network
- The Star – Beijing Olympics 2008
- CBC Olympics
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External links
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- ^ "The WBSC Women's World Ranking". WBSC. 10 November 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
- ^ Nichols, Paula (12 May 2021). "Team Canada reveals roster for softball's Olympic return". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
- ^ "Canada names Olympic women's softball team". www.cbc.ca/. CBC Sports. 12 May 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
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