In a typical year, Dahria Beatty’s atypical job took her to Finland, Sweden, Norway, Austria, Italy, Germany and Switzerland.
And through it all she won exactly 1,100 Swiss Francs in prize money. That’s equivalent to $1,700. So how did she manage to turn cross-country skiing into a job for more than a decade? It took a village. Or, rather, a city, a territory and a country.
After 95 World Cup races, 19 more at the world championships and 11 at the Olympics, she turns her attention now to education. She plans to finish a business management degree, with a major in marketing. And then, she isn’t sure. The prospect of the unknown is exciting and daunting. “But in terms of satisfaction and happiness and experiences, if I did it all over again, I’d take the same path. I’m super grateful for the career I had. And I definitely am not worried about having to finish up my school now. I turned 29 a couple of days ago, so when I think of it that way, it’s oh I’m still finishing up my undergrad. But at the same time, school will be there for me next year.
“It was a little bit of a surreal feeling. Skiing has been part of my life since I was a kid and I’ve been racing full-time, representing Canada for the last 10-plus years. So it’s been really intertwined with my identity and it felt kind of strange to know that was my last race on the international stage, yet it also felt very much the same as every other race, but maybe a little more gratitude for what racing has given me and brought me over the past decade.
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