Spokespeople: Athletes

	Michael Epp GERMANY - For several years, Michael Epp has been a successful athlete practicing various endurance sports. The multiple Nordic Walking world champion and German champion set a 24-hour Power Nordic Walking world record in 2009, as well as a 6-hour world record in the same discipline in 2011.
	Stan Cottrell UNITED STATES - Imagine running around the world. Now imagine doing it eight times. That's the kind of distance Stan Cottrell has covered in his astonishing career as an ultra distance runner. Stan has logged more than 200,000 miles, and thanks to Tahitian Noni Bioactives there's no sign of stopping.
	Amy Cox IRELAND - Touted as the best female rally car driver around, she is the only female to win the Irish Junior Championship three times, and be voted The Ulster Herald Newspaper 2010‟s “Sports Personality of the Year”.
	Chia-Wei Kou TAIWAN - Chia–Wei Kuo won a Silver and Gold Medal in the 2009 National Athletic Festival. Then in 2010, he won the Gold Medal at the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games and the 2010 China International Cup tournament. He has been recognized as a new star in Soft Tennis. And he is only 21 years old.
	Sheng-Fa Yang TAIWAN - Soft tennis player, Sheng-Fa Yang has won the Gold Medal several times in international competition. He won the men’s team Gold Medal, men’s doubles Gold Medal, and men’s individual Bronze Medal in the 2010 Guangzhou Asian games and won the men’s doubles Gold Medal and men’s team Silver Medal in the 2006 Doha Asian Games.
	Piu Miettinen FINLAND - Piu Miettinen is the current European Champion in TaeKwon-do (TKD). She won Gold and Silver medals at the European Championship in Barletta, Italy in April 2010. She was also a European Champion in 2009, after she won Gold in Slovenia.
	Johan Van Der Velde NETHERLANDS - Dutch cyclist Johan van der Velde is a living legend in the Netherlands. He has worn the yellow jersey at the Tour de France, has twice been the Dutch National Road Race Champion and is a three time winner of the Purple Points jersey in Giro d`Italia.
	Paul McCreery IRELAND - Paul McCreery first picked up a table tennis bat at the age of 8 after watching his dad who used to play in a local league. He’s never looked back. Now the 18 year old from Crossgar, Northern Ireland, is competing on a world level, with ambitions to represent the UK in the Olympics in 2 years in London and again in 2016.
	The Race Club UNITED STATES - Training Olympic swimmers is their passion and their history. Making you a better swimmer is their business. Life is worth swimming!
	Lang Ping CHINA - Nicknamed the “Iron Hammer,” Lang Ping is considered by many to be a national hero in China. She was a member of the Chinese Women's National Team—winners of an Olympic gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics, a World Championship crown in 1982, and World Cup titles in 1981 and 1985.
	Chauncey Billups UNITED STATES - Chauncey is a guard for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association. Prior to playing for the Nuggets he led the Detroit Pistons to the 2004 NBA Finals, where he averaged 21 points and 5.2 assists per game and was named Finals MVP.
	Isa Phillips JAMAICA - A native of Kingston, Jamaica, and a graduate of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Isa competed in distance medley relays, 4x400 meter relays, and 800 meters competitions during his college years.
	Takahide Seki JAPAN - Hailing from the Niigata prefecture, this 28-year old is no stranger to the Japanese snowboarding community. Recently he has won two straight victories in the All Japan Intercollegiate Snowboarding Games (intercollegiate and inter-technical school), and 5th place in All Japan championship.
	Yen-Ni Wu TAIWAN - Yen-Ni Wu is a world-renowned Black Belt Taekwondo champion. She has been competing at international, national, and domestic competitions for years and has received countless honors and awards. Her highest honor was winning the World Championship Gold at the 2002 Asian Taekwondo Competition.
	Simone Denkinger Hauswald GERMANY - Simone Denkinger is a successful biathlon athlete from Schönwald. Born in 1979, Simone started cross-country skiing when she was six years old.
	Angie Koops AUSTRALIA - Born in Kaikoura, New Zealand, Angie has enjoyed surfing from a young age, as well as gymnastics and snow boarding. In 2008, Angie was awarded the title of Open Women’s New Zealand National Champion and she is regularly featured in magazines like Curl and Surfing.
	Anders Olsson SWEDEN - Anders Olsson knows the meaning of dedication, and all of Sweden knows him as a powerful role model for setting goals and overcoming obstacles. In 1996 and 1997, Anders endured a series of unfortunate events in the hospital system that left him paralyzed from the waist down.
	Jennifer G. Petterson SWEDEN - Jennifer has been involved with martial arts since she was five years old. Now, 22 years later she is one of the top competitors in Brazilian Jiu-Jutsu and submission wrestling, winning titles, world cups, and more all over the world.
	Ian Adamson UNITED STATES - Ian Adamson is a seven-time World Champion Adventure Racer, boasting three Eco-Challenge and three Primal Quest wins. He is also the only athlete in the world to also win Primal Quest, Raid Gauloises, and Southern Traverse, the “big four” major international adventure races.
	Rocky Tilson UNITED STATES - Rocky Tilson is a world class weightlifter who has competed—and dominated—in events such as the American Powerlifting Committee National Championships America's Cup, held at the University of Georgia campus. At that particular event, he lifted over 800 kilos (almost 2,000 lbs!).
	Josh Guinness AUSTRALIA - Josh Guinness is involved in almost every aspect of surfing in New Zealand. He competes, operates a chain of surf stores in New Zealand, gives the radio surf report, and acts as a surfing commentator—sometimes for the same events he's competing in!
	David Hunt UNITED STATES - In addition to a long list of impressive runs, Hunt was recently one of ten people to complete the Wasatch 100 in less than 24 hours.
	Earl Taylor UNITED KINGDOM - Earl Taylor was born in Portadown, Northern Ireland in 1947. Having competed in athletics in his youth, Earl returned to competitive athletics at the age of 58 and now competes at the local, national and international level.
	Bruce Taylor AUSTRALIA - Bruce Taylor is one of Australia’s most competitive and dominant athletes of the country’s Surf Life Saving movement. He is the current reigning Australian champion in the open men’s board race event and holds the record for the most Queensland State titles won in this same event.
	Christina McMahon IRELAND - Kickboxing champion Christina McMahon followed her younger brothers and sisters into the sport of kickboxing at the age of 19. She immediately loved the competitive side of the sport and progressed quickly from competing nationally to entering the world games.
	Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle GERMANY - Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle is the core of Germany’s Olympic medal-winning cross country ski team. She recently turned in an incredible performance at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, Canada
	Simon Vroemen NETHERLANDS - Simon Vroemen has won nine national championships for the 3000 meter steeple chase and holds the European record for fastest time. He has also won two national championships for the 1500 meter steeple chase.
	Holly and Mike Semanoff UNITED STATES - Champion bodybuilders Holly and Mike Semanoff know the importance of being physically fit. They both believe in being active beyond the gym atmosphere, and prefer to use their physical abilities to enjoy life outside in nature.
	Josefine Lillhage SWEDEN - Josefin Lillhage, a Pisces, loves water. Swimming comes second to breathing, and in 2004 she was a finalist in the Olympics, won the World Championship, earned the European Championship title, and achieved the European record.
	Kathy Gregory Kathy Gregory is the only coach UCSB women's volleyball has ever known, guiding the program to a 744–307 (.708) record since taking the reigns in 1975.
	Emily Rosemond AUSTRALIA - Emily Rosemond is one of Australia’s top short track speed skaters and recently switched focus to cycling. She just won silver at the recent World Cup in the Keirin event. After tearing her anterior cruciate ligament in late 2004, her Olympic and World Cup performances are simply amazing.
	Chris Scott AUSTRALIA - Each week, Australian cyclist Chris Scott racks up more kilometers on his bike than he does driving his car. Known among fellow riders as “the Gecko”, Scott owns a handful of world records, has brought home medals from four Paralympic Games (Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, Beijing 2008), and has dominated cycling competitions all over the globe.
	Dru Adler AUSTRALIA - Competing against the world’s top 30 surfers, Dru Adler placed second at the 2004 Quicksilver Airshow World Series held at Roaring Beach in Tasmania.