1. The Power of Partnerships

2. No Gold Medals!!! += X

3. Creation of Own the Podium ++ $110M

4. It worked!!!

5. Top Down Approach

7. Olympic and Paralympic Games

8. Summer and Winter of Equal Importance

9. Future Medal Potential

10. Assessing Future Podium Potential

11. Evidence of Podium Potential?

12. Data Analysis = Evidence Based Decisions

13. Global Arms Race for Medals London 2012 Team Size: 300+ 100-299 30-99 10-29 4-9 1-3

14. Time and Money Poor

15. Value of Partnerships

16. Sport and Canadian Tire: A Proud Heritage

17. What do a bunch of Bankers know about Sports Analytics, anyway?

18. Sport Analytics: How do we do it? AnalysisExecution Performance Metrics Historical Trajectories Background Data Sources Collection Podium Pathway Research Analytics workflow process

19. Big, Ugly Data. Big, Ugly Problems. Smart Analysts

20. Patterns are supposed to be predictable?!

21. Data structure is equally as important as Data cleanliness

22. Data: Context Matters Photos from worldrowing.com 1st 2nd 1st

23. Mountain Bike Analysis: A Tale of Two Athletes

24. Men’s Cycling Team Pursuit: On The Cusp 2010/11 2011/12 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2014/15

25. Luge: Data and Analysis provide real insights On average, an improvement in start time by 0.01 seconds will improve finish time by 0.033 seconds, a ≈ 3:1 ratio