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By day, Bryan Larsen is a product marketer for Medtronic, a medical device company. After hours, he’s a master cyclist who’s headed to the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris.
Most Olympic and Paralympic athletes can’t afford to train full-time and won’t get a check from the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee unless they medal. Larsen recently told HR Brew how his employer has supported his dream of Paralympic gold.
Larsen always had dreams of being a Paralympian, but was quiet about them at work.
“I’ve had past organizations that haven’t been hyper-supportive,” he said, noting that he often tried to downplay his training