Boccia Canada Sending Six Athletes to Curitiba World Cup
Danik Allard and Lance Cryderman in action
Ottawa, ON (August 5, 2025) – Boccia Canada is pleased to announce the official roster for the Canadian team that will compete at the 2025 Curitiba World Boccia Cup.
The team will feature six athletes: Lance Cryderman (Val Caron, ON), Kristyn Collins (St. John’s, NL), Olivier Roy (Quebec, QC), Danik Allard (Bois-des-Filion, QC), Alexandre Lemaire (Kingsay Falls, QC) and Marco Dispaltro (Montréal, QC). National Coaches Simon Larouche and Tiffany Gaudette will accompany the team in Brazil.
Roy, Collins, and Cryderman will compete in both the individual and BC1/2 Team events, while Dispaltro, Allard, and Lemaire will compete in the individual event only.
The athletes are heading to Curitiba with intentions to perform but also to prepare for the 2025 Regional Championships in Cali, Colombia in early October.
“After Beijing, I was highly motivated to get back at it and prepare for this upcoming event in Brazil,” says Cryderman. “I’m excited to implement some of the tactical adjustments that I’ve been working on. I am ready not to just compete, but I’m ready to win some meaningful matches in Curitiba. Overall, I’m excited for the challenge!”
“We’re really looking forward to taking part in this competition. It’s a great opportunity for the team to test themselves against their Americas rivals and continue their preparations for the Americas Regional [Championships],” says Larouche. “It will also be a special moment for [National Assistant] Coach Tiffany, as it will be her first international experience as a coach – an important and well-deserved step.”
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Boccia Canada is the boccia delivery arm of the Canadian Cerebral Palsy Sports Association (CCPSA), the National Sport Organization for the Paralympic sport of boccia. Boccia Canada is focused on providing athletes and individuals of all ages and skill with the chance to play a unique Paralympic sport. CCPSA leads, develops and grows boccia from grassroots to producing World Champions, and we collaborate with partners to increase participation of Canadians with physical disabilities in sport.
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Boccia is a Paralympic sport of precision and strategy similar to lawn bowling or curling, played by athletes with Cerebral Palsy, Muscular Dystrophy, and related disabilities. It is one of only two Paralympic sports that do not have an Olympic counterpart. Athletes compete in one of six sport classes based on their level and type of disability: BC1, BC2, BC3, BC4, BC5, and Open. For more information on boccia, visit www.bocciacanada.ca.
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