Sport: Tennis
Age: 36
Hometown: Toronto Ontario

Medal Potential: Good- Men’s Doubles

Daniel Nestor is a rarity among the Canadian contingent at the Beijing Olympics. He has actually won an Olympic medal, Gold at the 2000 Sydney Games where he was doubled with Sebastien Lebrun. For several years, he has been among the top doubles player in the world. He won the 2008 Wimbledon doubles with Serbian Nenad Zimonjic giving him a career Grand Slam of all of the major tennis tournaments. His double pairing this year is currently ranked as number one.

Of course, the problem is that he needs a Canadian partner to actually play with and for this go around, he is paired with Frederic Niemeyer who is a decent singles player in his own right and has played with Nestor in several Davis Cup matches.

Nestor has the potential to win a medal in the event but that depends heavily on the seeding and draws. There are two potential road blocks in the Bryan brothers of the United States and the Serbian pair of Zimonjic and Novak Djokovic. Yet, it is such his skill and experience that he should be able to reach the semi-finals and possibly win his second Olympic medal.