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Ex-Olympian Ryan Wedding Named to FBI's Ten Most Wanted List

The former Canadian snowboarder is accused of leading a billion-dollar cocaine trafficking network and orchestrating multiple murders.

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14 Feb 2002: Ryan Wedding of Canada competes in the qualifying round of the men's parallel giant slalom snowboarding event during the Salt Lake City Winter Olympic Games at the Park City Mountain Resort in Park City, Utah. DIGITAL IMAGE. Mandatory Credit: Adam Pretty/Getty Images
FILE - An image of former Canadian Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding, who is a fugitive and been charged with allegedly running and participating in a transnational drug trafficking operation, is displayed on a video monitor along with bricks of cocaine, foreground, during a news conference at the FBI offices in Los Angeles, Oct. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Overview

  • Ryan Wedding, a 43-year-old former Canadian Olympic snowboarder, is now one of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives.
  • Authorities allege Wedding led a transnational drug trafficking ring that transported cocaine from Colombia through Mexico to the U.S. and Canada.
  • He is accused of orchestrating multiple murders, including a mistaken-identity double homicide in Ontario in 2023.
  • The FBI believes Wedding is being protected by the Sinaloa Cartel and is offering a $10 million reward for information leading to his capture.
  • Wedding's criminal activities mark a stark fall from grace after representing Canada at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.