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1984 Olympic cycling gold-medalist, Mark
Gorski is CEO and Managing Director of Tailwind
Cycling. Gorski was formerly General Manager
of Montgomery Sports in San Francisco, which
has become part of Tailwind Sports.
Among his responsibilities, Gorski oversees
one of the world’s top cycling teams
- the U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team,
the only American team to win the prestigious
Tour de France and the team viewed around
the world as “America’s Team.”
Since 1982, Gorski has worked extensively
in corporate sponsorship development, negotiation,
management and representation. He has served
as a corporate spokesperson and representative,
motivational speaker, television commentator
and writer. At Montgomery Sports, Gorski
recruited top athletes and negotiated and
managed all corporate sponsorship relationships,
which include the U.S. Postal Service, VISA
U.S.A. and VISA International, Yahoo!, Coca-Cola,
Volkswagen of America, Trek Bicycles, Bank
of America, and Montgomery Securities.
Gorski has a 17-year competitive career
in the sport of cycling and has participated
in three Olympic Games. Following his retirement
from competitive cycling in 1989, Gorski
joined Wells Fargo Bank’s Trust and
Investment Division, where he became a Vice
President, before returning to the sports
marketing arena in 1993. Among his other
distinctions, Gorski was named to the U.S.
Bicycling Hall of Fame in 1995.
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