Maine: Home to Olympians
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Joan Brower / Janet Bartucci Public Relations for Maine Office of Tourism Phone: (212) 922-0900 E-Mail: mainetourism@dgi-nyc.com Carolann Ouellette Maine Office of Tourism E-Mail: Carolann.Ouellette@maine.gov Tuesday, January 28, 2014 Maine: Home to Olympians AUGUSTA, Maine — Russell Currier, 26, of Stockholm, Maine, has earned a berth on the U.S. Men’s Olympic Biathlon team (a combination of cross country skiing and rifle shooting) during the upcoming February 2014 games in Sochi, Russia. The first-time Olympic athlete represents the best of the Maine Winter Sports Center in Aroostook County, which has trained dozens of Olympic hopefuls from around the country. But he isn’t the first athlete to represent the state in the Olympics. Seth Wescott won gold at the 2006 and 2010 Olympic Games in the snowboard competition. Today he is part-owner of The Rack restaurant near Sugarloaf Mountain and ski resort, dubbed by Outside Ski Magazine as its “favorite après bar in the East.” Olympic athlete Julie Parisien was one of three siblings from Maine to compete as an Olympic skier nearly a decade ago. And many other famous Olympians from Maine have achieved some of the highest honors in sports history, including: Julia Clukey (luge); Anna Goodale (gold medalist rowing); Anna Willard Pierce (middle distance running); Bill Swift (baseball); Dan Bolduc (hockey); Ian Crocker (gold, silver and bronze medalist swimming); Jeff Turner (basketball); Joan Benoit (gold /first-ever women’s Olympic marathoner);...
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