The delegation from Utah scheduled to travel to Paris for the expected awarding of the 2034 Winter Olympics to the state includes several people with ties to the Park City area.
According to the Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games, the delegation will include Olympic champion skier Lindsey Vonn and Paralympic champion Chris Waddell, who live in the Park City area. The two will complement Mayor Nann Worel with her representing the political side of the effort.
While many of the others traveling as part of the delegation have involvement at some level in Park City, Vonn, Waddell and Worel have the closest links to the community.
The Park City area is critical to the overall plan to stage a second Games in the state, with three competition venues identified on the concept map. The community would also be crucial to the transportation, security and celebration planning.
The broader delegation includes elected officials led by Gov. Spencer Cox, Olympic executives and youth athletes.
The delegation is preparing a presentation to the International Olympic Committee in the days before the opening of the Summer Olympics. The IOC is widely expected to award the 2034 event to the state on July 24.
“This is a remarkable team that recognizes the positive impact of sport in our state and nation, along with the preparedness we bring in our quest to return the 2034 Olympic and Paralympic Games to Utah,” Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games President and CEO Fraser Bullock said in a prepared statement.
The Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games said Vonn “will highlight an athlete-centric plan that includes an initiative to create a family village to better support families of athletes.
The delegation, as provided by the Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games:
Presentation Team
- Utah Governor Spencer Cox
- Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall
- Gene Sykes, President, U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee
- Fraser Bullock, President & CEO, SLC-UT 2034
- Catherine Raney Norman, SLC-UT 2034 Board Chair, SLC-UT 2034
- Lindsey Vonn, Olympic Champion, Park City
- Dani Aravich, Paralympian, Salt Lake City
Elected Officials
- Stuart Adams, President, Utah Senate
- Mike Schultz, Speaker, Utah House of Representatives
- Jenny Wilson, Mayor, Salt Lake County
- Nann Worel, Mayor, Park City
- Jon Hawkins, Utah House of Representatives
Olympic & Paralympic Athletes
- Brittani Coury, Paralympic Medalist
- Jimmer Fredette, Paris 2024 Olympian
- Erin Jackson, Olympic Champion
- Kaysha Love, Olympian & World Championship medalist
- Derek Parra, Olympic Champion
- Chris Waddell, Paralympic Champion
Youth Athletes
- Orson Colby, Luge, Riverton
- Emma De Bock, Speedskating, Farmington
- Kate Pressgrove, Figure Skating, Heber City