Olympiad ambassadors take part in a variety of events in the field of culture, education, ecology, which are held by the organizing committee of the Olympic Games. Every year, the official representatives of the Olympics promote a healthy lifestyle in Russia and around the world.
Who are the ambassadors of the Olympics
Famous and outstanding Russian athletes and actors, artists and show business stars were selected as ambassadors for the 2014 Winter Olympics and Paralympics. First of all, already held Olympic champions became the official representatives of the Games: figure skaters Evgeni Plushenko, Tatyana Navka and Irina Slutskaya, skater Ivan Skobrev, hockey player Alexander Ovechkin, gymnast Svetlana Khorkina and others.
Also among the official ambassadors of the Olympics were the winners and prize-winners of the past winter and summer Olympic and Paralympic Games from Russia: Olympic champions in speed skating Lidia Skoblikova and Svetlana Zhurova, figure skaters Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin, ice dancing and freestyle champions Ilya Averbukhl, Vladimir Lebedev, etc.
In addition, the Russian national ice hockey team together with the Russian women's curling team became the official ambassadors. Among the representatives of the Olympics from the field of art and show business, it is worth highlighting Yuri Vyazemsky, Natalia Vodianova, Iosif Kobzon, Andrei Makarevich, Dima Bilan and Fyodor Bondarchuk. A complete list of ambassadors for the Olympic Games in Sochi can be found on the official website of the Olympic Games.
Activities of the Ambassadors of the Olympics
In 2010, on the eve of the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, special events were held under the general title "Sochi 2014 Russian House". As part of the theatrical show and concert, the ambassadors of the Sochi Olympic Games - Dima Bilan, Andrey Makarevich, Valery Syutkin, Igor Butman and others - performed. They presented the city of Sochi and the colorful program of the upcoming Olympics to the whole world. Titled athletes and winners of past Olympics provided all kinds of assistance to Russian teams, supported the morale of the fans.
From 2010 to 2014, thousands of events were held on the territory of Russia under the general name "Cultural Olympiad". Each year was dedicated to a specific type of art: 2010 - cinema, 2011 - theater, 2012 - music and 2013 - museums. An important event for the whole of Russia was the concert "1000 days before the Olympic Games", broadcast all over the world. And again, Russian musicians, athletes, TV presenters and actors representing the Sochi Olympic Games took an active part in all the events.
The unique show Russia. Sochi. Park took place on the eve of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London. In a large-scale ice performance that told the whole world about the Sochi Olympics, the main roles were played by the official ambassadors of the future winter competitions: more than 20 Olympic and world figure skating champions, including Irina Slutskaya, Tatyana Navka, Ilya Averbukh and others. After this event, the whole world looked forward to the onset of 2014.
