From the Olympics to Wall Street - The athletes who become brokers

2016 Rio Olympics - Taekwondo - Preliminary - Men's -80kg Preliminary Round - Carioca Arena 3 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 19/08/2016. Mark Lopez cheers on his brother Steven Lopez (USA) of USA (not pictured). REUTERS/Issei Kato

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Emily Samuelson competed at the highest level as an ice dancer over the course of her 15-year career, retiring after skating in the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. But like many Olympians, she never earned enough to cover her expenses.

Her parents spent $50,000 a year on her sport, an investment she tried to pay back by giving them three-quarters of her winnings. She saved and invested the rest.