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Originally Posted by Acajack
Generally speaking I think Québec produces just under 20% of Canada's medals at the summer games typically but 30% or more of the medals at the winter games.
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FWIW, at the 2022 Olympics, Canada won 26 medals - 18 individual and 8 team.
Of the individual medals, 8 were won by Quebec born athletes - 44%
Team medals are harder to decipher, but of the 8, 7 were small teams and 1 was hockey.
Of the smaller teams, 2 were exclusively made up of Quebec born athletes (shorttrack and free style), 3 had no Quebec born athletes, and the other 2 were a mix. As for the hockey team, funnily enough of the 23 athletes on the team, only 3 were born in Quebec.
Traditionally, Quebec does well in areas like short/long track, freestyle and other small mtn activities (moguls, snowboard, etc) - which makes sense since there are many places in Quebec to hone these skills. Bobsleigh, alpine - less so.
The hockey makeup did surprise me though ...