Samsung Announces European Team Samsung Galaxy Athletes for Paris 2024

To coincide with 100 days to go until the Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony Samsung announces their largest ever group of partner athletes.

PARIS, France – April 17, 2024 – Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. a Worldwide Olympic and Paralympic Partner, today announced the European Team Samsung Galaxy athletes to celebrate 100 days until the Games.

In total, 57 Team Samsung Galaxy athletes, including 44 from Europe, will be supported by Samsung throughout the Olympic Games Paris 2024. This is the largest ever gathering of Team Samsung Galaxy members. These athletes, representing their respective countries at Paris 2024, will receive additional support from Samsung to maximize their potential this year.

“Samsung believes strongly in the Olympic spirit, and the meaningful connections between athletes and viewers of the games that are brought to life during the Games every four years”, said Benjamin Braun, CMO, Samsung Europe. We hope that this community of athletes, that Samsung is supporting, will be the beginning of long standing relationships, between Samsung and also each other.”

Team Samsung Galaxy will serve as the primary voices for ‘Open always wins,’ and by sharing their journeys, they will demonstrate how Samsung is helping athletes and fans open up to new opportunities through its technologies. Each athlete on Team Samsung Galaxy knows firsthand that an open mindset drives you to victory, in sport and beyond.

For Paris 2024 Samsung is working with 57 athletes, which, like Samsung, share core values of open-mindedness and self-expression.

For more about how Samsung is involved in the Olympic Games please visit Samsung.com

About Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
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About Samsung’s Involvement in the Olympic Games
Samsung has been a Worldwide Olympic Partner since the Olympic Winter Games Nagano 1998. For over 25 years, athletes and fans have trusted Samsung’s transformative mobile technology to share the Olympic spirit globally and continue to shape the digital future of the Olympic Games for Paris 2024 and beyond. The company’s commitment to the Olympic Movement soon faces its fourth decade of partnership and extends through Los Angeles 2028. Samsung’s purposeful innovations in the wireless communications and computing equipment category, including equipment that features artificial intelligence, virtual reality, augmented reality and 5G will change the way the world experiences the Olympic Games.

About Samsung’s Involvement in the Paralympic Games
Samsung is a Worldwide Partner of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) in the wireless communications and computing equipment category. Starting from Paralympic Winter Games Torino 2006, the company has proudly supported the Paralympic Movement and enabled athletes and fans around the world to share the excitement and inspiration of the Games through Samsung’s transformative mobile technology. Samsung’s commitment to the Paralympic Games will extend through to Los Angeles 2028 and be celebrated through innovative mobile and computing experiences powered by purposeful innovations in the wireless communications and computing equipment category, including equipment that features artificial intelligence, virtual reality, augmented reality and 5G.

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European Team Samsung Galaxy for Paris 2024 (Listed in alphabetical order by country, then name):

BG National Rhythmic Gymnastics Team
Country: Bulgaria
Sport: Gymnastics

Barbora Seemanová
Country: Czech Republic
Sport: Swimming

Anne-Marie Rindom
Country: Denmark
Sport: Sailing

Viktor Axelsen
Country: Denmark
Sport: Badminton

Wilma Anna Helena Murto
Country: Finland
Sport: Athletics

Aurélien Giraud
Country: France
Sport: Skateboarding

Johanne Defay 
Country: France
Sport: Surfing

Marine Johannès
Country: France
Sport: Basketball

Mejdi Schalck
Country: France
Sport: Sport Climbing

Sarah Bee
Country: France
Sport: Breaking

Ugo Didier
Country: France
Sport: Para swimming

Yvan Wouandji 
Country: France
Sport: Blind Football

Johannes Floors
Country: Germany
Sport: Para athletics

Sanja Jilou Rasul
Country: Germany
Sport: Breaking

Lara Lessmann
Country: Germany
Sport: BMX

Evangelia Platanioti
Country: Greece
Sport: Artistic Swimming

Lefteris Petrounias
Country: Greece
Sport: Gymnastics

Marcell Jacobs
Country: Italy
Sport: Athletics

Alessandro Mazzara
Country: Italy
Sport: Skateboarding

Mattia Furlani
Country: Italy
Sport: Athletics

Alessandra Chillemi
Country: Italy
Sport: Breaking

Leonardo Fioravanti
Country: Italy
Sport: Surfing

Dominika Banevič
Country: Lithuania
Sport: Breaking

Siffan Hassan
Country: Netherlands
Sport: Athletics

Grace Bullen
Country: Norway
Sport: Wrestling

Karsten Warholm
Country: Norway
Sport: Athletics

Amelia Brodka
Country: Poland
Sport: Skateboarding

Ewa Swoboda
Country: Poland
Sport: Athletics

Joao Almeida
Country: Portugal
Sport: Cyclin

Patricia Mamona
Country: Portugal
Sport: Athletics

Richar Tury
Country: Slovakia
Sport: Skateboarding

Janja Garnbert
Country: Slovenia
Sport: Climbing

Carolina Marín
Country: Spain
Sport: Badminton

Danny Leon
Country: Spain
Sport: Skateboarding

Desiré Vila
Country: Spain
Sport: ParaAthletics

Juan de la Torre
Country: Spain
Sport: Breaking

Hedda Hjertberg
Country: Sweden
Sport: Skateboarding

Oskar Rozenberg
Country: Sweden
Sport: Skateboarding

Bethany Shriever
Country: United Kingdom
Sport: BMX

Joe Hinson
Country: United Kingdom
Sport: Skateboarding

Kadeena Cox
Country: United Kingdom
Sport: Para-Cycling

Karam Singh 
Country: United Kingdom
Sport: Breaking

Lola Tambling
Country: United Kingdom
Sport: Skateboarding

Sky Brown 
Country: United Kingdom
Sport: Skateboarding