Three days after Match Day and 11 years after Sochi, Walker was invited to speak on a panel about how her Olympic experience shaped her career in medicine. She joined two other Team USA athletes—Carissa Gump (Weightlifting, 2008) and Jennifer Kessy (Volleyball, 2002)—for a “Female Founders” series aimed at educating and empowering entrepreneurial women. The conversation centered on the Olympian mindset and touched on themes of perseverance, resilience, confidence, respect, and community.
Walker reflects, “Listening to the other panelists reminded me that while we were driven by different motivations and followed distinct paths after our athletic careers, the growth we experienced was similar. The timing felt serendipitous—it was a meaningful meditation on how character is cultivated as I prepared to graduate from medical school.”
Read Ty Walker’s blog post.
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Olympic snowboarder—and 2025 Larner graduate—Ty Walker, M.D.’25, pictured (left) early in her athletic career with the Team U.S.A. inaugural slopestyle team; (center) participating as a VCET Female Founders speaker; and (right) winning the first snowboard Big Air World Cup event in 2014.
From Team U.S.A. to Team M.D.
ShareJune 5, 2025
In her blog post, Ty Walker, M.D.’25, reflects on her post-athletic career choices since her time in Sochi on the U.S. Snowboard Team at age 16, and how Olympic training has translated to her medical career.