Gary di Silvestri (born February 3, 1967 in Staten Island, New York, United States) cross-country skier who unsuccessfully competed for

Dominica at the 2014 Winter Olympics Dominica competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia from 7 to 23 February 2014, in its Winter Olympics debut. The nation was represented by two cross-country skiers. Competitors Cross-country skiing In November 2012, the Internati ...

in the 15 kilometre classical race. Gary di Silvestri is a graduate of

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in Staten Island, New York, where he was a member of the football, wrestling and track & field teams. He has an

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degree from

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and a

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from

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. In 1997, di Silvestri founded Deutsche Suisse Asset Management. The Di Silvestris were accused in 2014 of evading paying taxes on the sale of their

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mansion in 2006, but were never indicted.

Olympics

With sights set on competing at the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, di Silvestri raced in five Olympic qualifiers leading up to the games. He and his wife

Angelica di Silvestri Angelica Morrone di Silvestri (born 25 November 1965) is a cross-country skier who competed for Dominica at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the cross-country skiing race. She and her husband Gary di Silvestri earned points by competing in qualifyin ...

earned points by competing in qualifying races in lower level tournaments in New Zealand and North America. Prior to the start of the games, Silvestri fell ill by contracting acute gastroenteritis, and was unable to finish the 15 km race. He was one of four competitors to not finish his 15km event (there was also one non-starter).

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1967 births Living people American male cross-country skiers Columbia University alumni Credit Suisse First Boston Cross-country skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Dominica male cross-country skiers Dominica people of Italian descent Georgetown University alumni Olympic cross-country skiers of Dominica Morgan Stanley employees People from Washington, D.C. Sportspeople from Staten Island Dominica people of American descent {{Dominica-sport-bio-stub

Olympics

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