Now that proper winter temperatures have finally arrived, folks will want to hit the ski slopes for the three-day holiday weekend.
We've tracked down some of the top ski racers who are now working on Wall Street.
We've found folks who competed in the Olympics and others who were World Cup medalists. We found many skiers who were captains of their college teams.
These skiers have swapped running gates for putting together financial models and analyst reports — but they can still hit the slopes on the weekends. One of the skiers on our list happens to own a ski area, too.
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Hedge fund manager Patrick Blott was the top Canadian at the US Nationals in 1989 and 1990 at Crested Butte, finishing the downhill just behind the legendary Bill Johnson.
Finance Job: After a decade in takeovers and private equity at JPMorgan, Bank of America, and Borealis (OMERS), Blott founded New York special-situations hedge fund Blott Asset Management in 2006.
Education: University of Western Ontario, Ski Team Member, Division 1 (aka OUAA) three-time National Champions 1987 to 1990, Ontario Scholar and Columbia Business School, MBA 1997.
Ski Highlights: Blott was the top Canadian at the US Nationals two years in a row in 1989 and 1990 at Crested Butte, finishing the downhill just behind the legendary Bill Johnson. He was also a member of Canada's Junior Team (under 15) and national-development team (Southern Ontario Division) and raced in FIS competition throughout North America and Europe, including in the Junior Olympics, National Championships, Eastern Cup, Western Cup, Provincial Cup (Sealtest), and Nor-Am. He was ranked in the top 250 in downhill and top 20 nationally, placing fourth in the 1986 Junior Nationals in Bromont, Quebec. In addition, Blott is a certified Level 3 ski coach (US Level 300), and was head coach of the Columbia Ski Team while at business school.
RBC Capital Markets director Ed Podivinsky won the bronze medal in Lillehammer in 1994.
Finance Job: Ed Podivinsky is a director in the institutional-equity division of RBC Capital Markets.
Ski Highlights: He represented Canada in three Olympic games. He won the bronze medal at the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer.
Bank of America director Stephany Thompson was ranked in the top 10 of the Women's World Pro Tour.
Finance Job: She's a director of wealth management and client solutions at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
Education: University of New Mexico.
Ski Highlights: Thompson was a member of the Junior National Team and the Senior National Team. She received a full athletic scholarship to ski for the University of New Mexico, where she was the team's Most Valuable Player. She skied on the Women's World Pro Tour, where she was ranked in the top 10. She was later the women's head ski coach at the University of Minnesota with an undefeated regular season. She was also a Masters National Champion with an undefeated regular season.
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