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Mario Fraioli's avatar

In Japan the sponsorship model for professional runners (i.e. marathoners/road racers) is quite different as the corporate teams are mostly non-endemic, but the athletes are employees of the company and provided a path to a career once their competitive running days are done. Seems to be a win for everyone involved.

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Alex Bond's avatar

Clare Gallagher at Patagonia is a great example of an athlete/employee.

Also Marianne Hogan (Canadian) is another Salomon North American, but I agree the ranks there are pretty thin.

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