Kraatz began to skate in 1980. In 1993, Bourne and Kraatz came in 14th place at the
World Championships. A year later, at the 1994 Winter Olympics, they came in "a respectable" 10th place. In 1995, they came in fourth place at
Worlds. For the 1996—1997 season, "in response to suggestions that they increase the complexity and danciness of their free skate", They won the
Grand Prix Finals in 1997. At the
1998 Winter Olympics, they came in fourth place. They missed the
2000 Four Continents and
2000 World Championships due to Bourne's knee surgery. In spring 2000, they changed coaches, moving to
Tatiana Tarasova and
Nikolai Morozov in
Newington, Connecticut. They returned to competition in 2001, and came in first place at
Four Continents and fourth place at
Worlds. Bourne and Kraatz withdrew from their 2002 Grand Prix events due to Bourne's injury. They won their tenth Canadian national title and their third Four Continents title. They competed at the Olympics for the third time in
2002 and came in fourth place. They also won the gold medal at the
Grand Prix Finals and came in second place at
Worlds that year. Bourne and Kraatz went on to win the gold medal at the
2003 Four Continents and become the first World champions in ice dance from North America, winning gold at the
2003 World Championships in
Washington, D.C. They retired from competition at the end of the season. On October 21, 2003, they announced the end of their partnership; while Bourne enjoyed show skating, Kraatz said he wanted "to experiment with other things and follow up on other dreams that I have". In January 2007, they were inducted into the Skate Canada Hall of Fame. Kraatz represented CPA Boucherville in
Boucherville,
Quebec.
Later career After retiring from skating, Kraatz studied marketing and began working at a marketing agency in
Yaletown,
British Columbia. In 2005, Kraatz joined the B.C. Centre of Excellence. He went on to coach
Allie Hann-McCurdy /
Michael Coreno,
Carolina Hermann /
Daniel Hermann, and
Danielle O'Brien /
Gregory Merriman. In the winter of 2012–13 season, he switched to coaching hockey players. == Programs ==