Many former Olympians fade into obscurity after their athletic careers are over, but not snowboarder Ryan Wedding. He reached new levels of notoriety by becoming one of the biggest drug traffickers in the world and making the FBI's Most Wanted list.
Wedding was finally apprehended by authorities on Friday after being on the run for 10 years.
Disappointingly, he didn't even try to escape the FBI by snowboarding away amid machine gun fire, James Bond-style.
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Wedding, 44, surrendered to authorities after a period of negotiations, sources confirmed to Fox News. While the specific terms of that agreement were not known, sources indicated that the one-time Olympian turned himself in after facing mounting pressure that left him unable to continue fleeing from U.S. authorities.
The FBI has described Wedding as an 'extremely violent criminal believed to be responsible for the murder of numerous people abroad.'
After representing Canada in the 2002 Salt Lake City games, Wedding retired from competition the way most Canadians do — by turning to a life of drug trafficking and murder.
Wedding was placed on the FBI Ten Most Wanted list in March 2025 and is accused of running a transnational drug trafficking network that 'routinely shipped hundreds of kilograms of cocaine from Colombia through Mexico and Southern California to Canada and other locations in the United States,' according to the FBI.
He is also accused of orchestrating multiple murders and attempted murder as a part of his drug trafficking operation.
This guy knows his powder!
Authorities believe Wedding trafficked up to $1 billion in cocaine over the years.
He will now face federal charges.
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