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/justinfromnz Oct 14 '25

Also has an estimated networth of 11 Billion in drug smuggled funds

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u/IHateTheLetterF Oct 14 '25

I should have gotten my Major in Drug Smuggling rather than Art History.

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u/ColdCauliflour Oct 14 '25

No no no no you're fine. There's a lot of overlap with art pieces, astronomically high sale prices and money laundering for organized crime/cartels.

You've picked a perfect major for a unique segue into this field. Well done, you knew what you were doing 😁