Klaus Roth
... that Fields Medal-winning mathematician Klaus Roth performed so poorly on the Mathematical Tripos that his tutor suggested he take "some commercial job with a statistical bias"?
... that <a href="./Fields_Medal" id="mwAfM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Fields Medal">Fields Medal</a>-winning mathematician <b id="mwAfQ"><a href="./Klaus_Roth" id="mwAfU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Klaus Roth">Klaus Roth</a></b> performed so poorly on the <a href="./Mathematical_Tripos" id="mwAfY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mathematical Tripos">Mathematical Tripos</a> that his tutor suggested he take "some commercial job with a statistical bias"?