GB Winter Stars Selected forYouth Olympic Festival
04 Jan 2007
The British Olympic Association (BOA) today announced the athletes selected to represent Team GB at the 8th European Youth Olympic Winter Festival (EYOWF) in Jaca, Spain from 18th – 23rd February.
The 2007 EYOWF will see over 1200 athletes from 40 European countries assembled to compete in six different winter sports. The 20 strong British team will compete in four sports: Alpine Skiing, Cross-country Skiing, Figure Skating and Snowboarding.
To view the full list of athletes representing Team GB, please click here:
www.olympics.org.uk/JACA07/home.aspx
For almost all the competitors, aged between 14 and 17, it will be their first opportunity to experience a multi-sport event and a chance to savour the atmosphere of an Olympic Village and Olympic competition.
Mark England, Team GB’s EYOWF Chef de Mission, said:
“We recognize the importance of participating in these prestigious events for the development of future Team GB athletes. We are delighted to be taking such a promising squad to Jaca in February which demonstrates Great Britain developing strength across a range of winter sports.”
Notes to editors:
The EYOWF, the sister Summer version the European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) and the Australian Youth Olympic Festival (AYOF), which are held every two years, are the only events outside the senior Olympic Games and Winter Olympic Games recognised as official Olympic Games by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Team GB has won five medals at previous EYOWF's. Boy's curling team won a gold medal and the girl’s curling team won a bronze medal at the last EYOWF in Monthey, Switzerland. Jo Williams won a bronze medal in Sundsvall, Sweden at the 1997 European Youth Olympics in the 500m short track speed skating event and Chemmy Alcott won a silver and a bronze medal in Alpine Skiing at the 1999 EYOWF in Poprad-Tatry, Slovakia.
Any media enquiries including athlete interview requests, please contact Louisa Huddy on 020 8871 2677 ext 247 / 07789 658 798.
You will be able keep up to date with the latest news and results from Jaca on the BOA website: www.olympics.org.uk/JACA07/home.aspx