Tokyo 2020: How many medals does Canada has won in Olympics?

Who is in charge of the world? Girls, particularly Canadian female athletes who have dominated the Tokyo Olympics.

Canada has won 16 medals thus far, all of them have been won by women. Squad Canada’s rowing team won gold in the Women’s Eight race, earning the latest Olympic medal.

Team Canada is made up of 317 athletes, with 60 percent of them being female or identifying as such. However, just 37% of Team Canada was made up of women in 1984; currently, more than ever, Team Canada is headed by women.

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Women from Canada are creating history.

Team Canada celebrated the women’s rowing team’s gold medal in the Women’s Eight race on July 30. Penny Oleksiak, a swimmer, has won two medals in the pool — a bronze in the 200-meter freestyle event and a silver in the women’s 4×100-meter relay – establishing history.

Jessica Klimkait became the first Canadian woman to win an Olympic medal in the 57-kg class in judo. Klimkait was named to Team Canada’s bronze medalists.

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Here is the full list of Canadian athletes who have won medals in Tokyo so far:

• Margaret Mac Neil, Swimming in the Women’s 100m Butterfly
• Maude Charron,  Weightlifting in the Women’s 64kg
• Margaret Mac Neil, Penny Oleksiak, Kayla Sanchez, Rebecca Smith, Taylor Ruck, Swimming in the Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay
• Jennifer Abel, Mélissa Citrine-Beaulieu, Diving in the Women’s 3m Synchronized Springboard
• Kylie Masse, Swimming in the Women’s 100m Backstroke
• Jessica Klimkait, Judo in the Women’s 57kg
• Danielle Lawrie, Emma Entzminger, Erika Polidori, Janet Leung, Jenn Salling, Jenna Caira, Jenny Gilbert, Joey Lye, Kaleigh Rafter, Kelsey Harshman, Larissa Franklin, Lauren Regula, Natalie Wideman, Sara Groenewegen, Victoria Hayward, Softball
• Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard, Judo
• Penny Oleksiak, Swimming in the Women’s 200m Freestyle
• Caileigh Filmer, Hillary Janssens, Rowing
• Christine Roper, Lisa Roman, Kasia Gruchalla-Wesierski, Andrea Proske, Susanne Grainger,  Madison Mailey,  Sydney Payne, Avalon Wasteneys, Kristen Kit, Rowing in Women’s Eight