Vic Wild
(Виктор Иванович Уайлд)
Gold Medal
Russian Federation
Vic Ivan Wild (Russian: Виктор Иванович Уайлд, Viktor Ivanovich Wild; born 23 August 1986) is an American-born Russian snowboarder.
He won a bronze medal in the parallel giant slalom at the 2013 FIS Snowboarding World Championships and gold medals in the parallel slalom and parallel giant slalom at 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
Wild originally competed for the United States, but due to his marriage to Russian snowboarder Alena Zavarzina, Wild applied for Russian citizenship in 2011.
In 2013 Wild was appointed Strategic Director of the Watch factory Raketa, to experiment the application of winning sportive strategies to the business world.
After winning gold for Russia at the Sochi Olympics, Vic commented, "Russia is a country that made it possible for me to win. Had I stayed in the US, I'd probably be still sitting at home, doing some ordinary job, doing something banal, and not interesting. I always wanted something different." "It is just amazing that I won this gold for Russia. Some may think, 'This guy still stays American.' But that is not true! I am not some American guy that decided it would be easier to get to Olympics in a country where snowboarding is not developed that well. I have chosen a difficult path, and I have walked it to the end."
Justin Reiter
Disqualified
USA
Justin Reiter (born February 2, 1981) is an American snowboarder. He won a silver medal in the parallel slalom at the 2013 FIS Snowboarding World Championships.
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