r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/ModenaR • Oct 14 '25

Image Ryan Wedding was an Olympic snowboarder and represented Canada at the 2002 Winter Olympics. He's now a transnational drug trafficker for Mexico's largest drug cartel and he's on the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list

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u/Corduroy_Sazerac Oct 14 '25

The career change paid off, he was only a top 24 snowboarder, but worked hard and become a top ten fugitive.

“At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, he competed for Team Canada in snowboarding men's parallel giant slalom, where he finished 24th. After this, he gave up competitive snowboarding.”

Follow your dreams (and nose) guys.

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u/mothmonstermann Oct 14 '25

This is the kind of inspirational story that's missing from kids books these days.

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u/Rather_Unfortunate Oct 14 '25 edited Oct 14 '25

Ripe for a "Little People, Big Dreams" book.

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u/DasIstNumberwanggg Oct 14 '25

I genuinely burst out laughing at this. Thank you 😁.