The brakeman on Canada’s women’s bobsleigh team, Heather Moyse, doubles as a fullback and wingback in the national rugby program. The bobsleigh team is expected to break start records in the World Cup on the way to the 2010 Winter Olympics with Heathers help. Her athletes don’t stop at with being a brakeman. The national rugby team is holding a spot for her as well with plans for the Olympic debut of women’s rugby in 2016.
“The only time I think about it is when I think, why is not in 2012 instead of 2016?” Heather said. “London. How perfect would that be? But, you know, I barely know what I’m doing next year. The thought is super-exciting, but I will not be staying in elite level athletics until then. I’d like to have time to, you know, develop a relationship and maybe have a family. If I feel like I need to test myself ….. maybe I would come out of retirement. It just depends where I am in life.”
For now, Canada will have to settle for an amazing brakeman, and 2010 rugby World Cup player. Heather was the leading scorer in the 2008 Hong Kong Rugby Sevens tournament and Canada’s only all-star in the 2006 women’s rugby World Cup. She is dealing with a shoulder injury that she says will have little impact on her bobsleigh ability, and the women’s rugby World Cup isn’t until August, so she will have time to heal before she needs to make tackles.