And neither she nor his second wife, Elsa, can compete on the program either.
Both these wives compete against each other in an ego struggle.
His wife, Maria, also competed as a sprint canoer in the 1970s.
Hell's wives competed in Auckland competition until the league grew popular enough to hold its own internal competitions.
How can a mere wife and family compete with all that?
Chapman and his future wife competed with the car in English Trials, a form of competition over rough terrain against time.
In one episode, for no obvious reason, the brothers and their wives compete, flipping two houses at once to see who can make more money.
Gusakov's wife, Maria, competed in the cross-country events, winning a gold and silver.
His wife, Doris, competed as a natural track luger for Italy in the early to mid-1990s.
Now that their daughters are grown, he said, he and his wife sometimes compete at the dinner table in word games or number puzzles.