Eric Gillies (born August 19, 1952) is a former

Canadian Canadians () are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''C ...

ice dancer Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. A ...

. With partner Susan Carscallen, he competed at the

1976 Winter Olympics The 1976 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XII Olympic Winter Games (, ) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1976 (), were a winter multi-sport event celebrated in Innsbruck, Austria, from February 4 to 15, 1976. The games were awarded to Inn ...

and won the gold medal at the 1977

Canadian Figure Skating Championships The Canadian National Skating Championships () are an annual figure skating competition organized by Skate Canada to crown the List of national championships in figure skating, national champions of Canada. While the first official Canadian Champ ...

. Gillies was born in

Moncton Moncton (; ) is the most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of New Brunswick. Situated in the Petitcodiac River Valley, Moncton lies at the geographic centre of the The Maritimes, Maritime Provinces. Th ...

New Brunswick New Brunswick is a Provinces and Territories of Canada, province of Canada, bordering Quebec to the north, Nova Scotia to the east, the Gulf of Saint Lawrence to the northeast, the Bay of Fundy to the southeast, and the U.S. state of Maine to ...

. He has 3 children, Jean-Simon Désy-Gillies, Ferris Désy-Gillies and Lurick-Alexandre Désy-Gillies. As well as has 2 step-daughters, Coralee Allaert and Rochelle Allaert.

Results

With Susan Carscallen:

References

1952 births Canadian male ice dancers Figure skaters at the 1976 Winter Olympics Living people Olympic figure skaters for Canada Sportspeople from Moncton 20th-century Canadian sportsmen 21st-century Canadian sportsmen {{Canada-figure-skating-bio-stub