Olympic Encore: Rejecting Hayley Wickenheiser

About this episode

The episode reflects on the challenges faced by Hayley Wickenheiser, a celebrated Canadian hockey player, as she overcame gender-based rejection in her sports career.

The 2026 Winter Olympics have officially begun. In celebration we look back on a team favourite two-parter – the story of Hayley Wickenheiser.  She’s the longest-serving member of Canada’s national team with seven World Championships and four Olympic gold medals to her name. Many consider her the GOAT. But before becoming Canada’s women's all-time leader in international goals, assists and points, Wickenheiser was told hockey was for boys. She was rejected for teams, bullied on the ice and kicked off teams solely on the basis of sex. Hope you’ll join us – and let’s go Canada!  We don’t regret to inform you – you can now listen ad-free! Plus bonus episodes, chats with Sidney, Terry, Allison & more. Subscribe here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Apostrophe Podcast Network

Topics covered

• Olympics
• sports history
• gender equality
• hockey
• athlete achievements

Keywords

• Hayley Wickenheiser
• Olympics
• hockey
• gender equality
• sports rejection
• Canada
• athlete

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Canada's national team

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