#582 Breaking Barriers as an Aboriginal Olympian - Featuring Wendy Lumby

Wendy Lumby’s journey into active living began almost as soon as she could walk. Adopted as a baby in Saskatchewan, she found her passion early: skiing just under 18 months old, excelling in figure skating, alpine ski racing, and soccer, always drawn to speed, movement, and competition. That drive carried her all the way to the Canadian National Alpine Ski Team, World Championships, and the 1988 Winter Olympics, where she made history as the only Aboriginal person to ever compete in Olympic alpine skiing or even at the International level period. Wendy has been named in the Top 100 Canadian Professionals as owner of Faces of Wendy, a Calgary Based Talent Agency, and has become a world-class coach, trailblazer, mentor, and advocate for women in sport. She has won a Canadian Woman Of Inspiration Award, a Canadian Indigenous Leader Award, and four Alberta Achievement awards. Wendy continues to live the active aging mindset through her true love, soccer, playing four to five days a week, often multiple games a day.Send us Fan Mail