On today’s episode of the Let’s Talk About It podcast, we reflect on the remarkable career of Canadian ice dancer Tracy Wilson, who began skating at age six in Coquitlam before rising through the ranks of competitive skating. After winning the 1980 Canadian junior national title with Mark Stokes, she found lasting success with partner Rob McCall, capturing seven consecutive national titles and earning Canada’s first Olympic medal in ice dancing at the 1988 Calgary Games. The duo also made history as the first Canadian team to win Skate Canada International and went on to secure three World bronze medals.

Since retiring, Tracy Wilson has spent over three decades as a figure skating commentator for both American and Canadian networks and, since 2006, has coached elite international skaters—most notably two-time Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu—at the Toronto Cricket Skating and Curling Club. She and her late partner Rob McCall were inducted into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame in 1989 and the Skate Canada Hall of Fame in 2003.