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Meet Citigroup's New Sales Trader: A Former World Cup Champion Rugby Player

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Josh Lewsey
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Josh Lewsey, a former England rugby star player who was a member of the 2003 World Cup championship team, now works for Citigroup.

According to Financial News, he joined the bank's London offices as European equities sales trader.

During his rugby career, Lewsey, 34, he won England 55 caps.

He alternated between fullback, wing and center positions for the Wasps.

He retired from the sport in 2009.  However, he briefly ended his retirement this year to join the Wasps for another season.

Now it appears he's hanging up his ruby cleats and it focusing on climbing the corporate ladder. 

Lucky for him, he already has numerous accomplishments under his belt off the rugby field.

In May 2010, Lewsey, an avid climber, and a friend unsuccessfully attempted to climb to the top of Mount Everest and came within 500 feet of the summit before aborting his attempt due to a breathing apparatus malfunction.

Prior to his professional rugby career, he served as an officer in the British Army for two years after graduating from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in 2001.

He has also written an autobiography called "One Chance: My Life and Rugby."

Check out this video of Lewsey playing rugby:

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Julia is formerly a senior reporter covering finance. She wrote for Business Insider from 2011 to 2016. She studied broadcast journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.While at UNC, she contributed to the award-winning student-run newscast "Carolina Week" as a reporter. She was a member of the university’s equestrian team competing in the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association. She is a member of the New York Junior League. She volunteers with Project Sunshine and is a mentor to an area high-school student via Futures & Options.Julia is a Half Ironman finisher and a New York City Marathon finisher. She was Miss New York United States 2014.