Paul Hamm

New York, NY, July 20, 2010 – SHADE GLOBAL Inc, a sports marketing and athlete representation agency in New York, announces two-time Olympic gymnast Paul Hamm, the 2004 All-Around Gold Medalist, will come out of retirement to begin training in preparation for the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

Paul Hamm is a two-time Olympian and four-time National Champion gymnast with over 15 major titles to his name. 

Paul became the first American male to win the Olympic All-Around Gold medal in gymnastics in 2004 at the Athens Olympic Games.  He captured headlines around the world after suffering a fall on vault to pull off one of the greatest comebacks in Olympic gymnastics history with spectacular performances on the parallel bars and the high bar.  Paul won the Silver on high bar, and, along with his twin brother Morgan, led the U.S. Men’s team to the Silver medal in the team competition.

In 2003 Paul made history by becoming the first-ever U.S. man to win the World Championship All-Around title in gymnastics.  The U.S. Men’s Team won Silver and Paul also shared the floor exercise Gold.

In August 2007, Paul and his brother Morgan competed for the first time since the 2004 Olympic Games to begin their journey to compete in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.  Though Paul was named to the 2008 U.S. Olympic team, he was forced to withdraw prior to the Games due to injury.

Paul graduated from Ohio State University’s Fisher College of Business in June 2007, earning a degree in Accounting with a 3.9 overall GPA.   He spent the past two years working at a financial management firm in Chicago before giving into the gut feeling that his gymnastics career wasn’t done forever.

Now more determined than ever, the Olympic Champion is ready to hang up his suit and tie, and will come out of retirement to begin training in an effort to make the 2012 Olympic team. (read more)

Gold Medal Greetings Announces Launch of New Voice Greeting Service

Gold Medal Greetings (GMG) announces the launch of a new service offering custom telephone greetings from some of the most famous and decorated names in the sport of gymnastics. Customers can order a pre-recorded message from a gymnastics celebrity as a gift to be delivered via telephone on the day and time of their selection. World-class athletes who have triumphed at the highest levels of the sport are included in the program. Gold Medal Greetings has signed a world-class roster of charter athletes including Olympic Champions Shawn Johnson, Shannon Miller, Carly Patterson and Paul Hamm, Olympic medalist Jonathan Horton, World Champion and Olympian Chellsie Memmel, and three-time Olympian Blaine Wilson. In addition to standard messages, a CustomCall option will also be available for customers to personalize the celebrity greeting with a personal message. Greetings delivered in the U.S. are $8.99 and $9.99 for International and CustomCalls. A portion from each order goes to the charity of the athlete’s choosing. “Gold Medal Greetings helps spark the celebration of favorite days and occasions throughout the year,” said Tanya Jacoby, spokesperson for Gold Medal Greetings. (read more)

Chicago 2016, the City of Chicago and the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) spearheaded efforts encouraging cities around the United States to celebrate Olympic Day on June 23.

Olympic Day is the worldwide commemoration of the first International Olympic Committee meeting and the founding of the modern Olympic Games. In all, 158 cities from 43 states held Olympic Day celebrations, which included fun runs, lectures, sport competitions and demonstrations and were attended by more than 200 Olympic and Paralympic athletes.

An estimated 20,000 people attended the Olympic Day celebration and sports extravaganza. More than 30 Olympic and Paralympic athletes attended Chicago’s celebration, including Mike Day, Josh George, Paul Hamm, April Holmes, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Carli Lloyd, Connie Moore, Paul Moran, Matt Scott and Jason Wening. (read more)

The world’s top Olympic gymnasts bundle up during a visit to Mt. Rushmore before the NBC taping of Progressive Skating and Gymnastics Spectacular in Rapid City, SD. Facing the cold are (front row, from left) Samantha Peszek, Nastia Liukin, Shawn Johnson, and Justin Spring, (back row, from left), Ivan Ivankov, Paul Hamm, Steven Disson, show producer, and Raj Bhavsar. Disson Skating (read more)

Television Special And 36 City Tour To Bring The Country’s Greatest GymnastsTo Your Home Town For A Sports And Music Extravaganza That Pairs Spectacularly Choreographed Gymnastics Routines With Music From The Disney Music Group Including Live Performances By Hollywood Records Artist Jordan Pruitt And BuenaVista Records’ Artists KSM

New York, NY – Just back from China, the country’s most celebrated gymnasts including reigning World Champion Shawn Johnson, 9-time World Championship medalist Nastia Liukin, 2005 All-Around World Champion Chellsie Memmel, and Olympic medalist Morgan Hamm will join Paul Hamm, Shannon Miller, Blaine Wilson and the U.S. gymnastics team for The 2008 Tour of Gymnastics Superstars. A nationally televised special airing on MyNetwork TV on September 19th from 8:00-10:00pm (EST) will kick off the two month trek across the United States bringing world class gymnastics and music from Disney’s hottest young recording artists to an arena near you.

The 2008 Tour of Gymnastics Superstars will offer fans a unique opportunity to see some of their favorite gymnasts perform live in an extraordinary sports and music extravaganza. In addition to medal-worthy athletic routines the show will feature songs from the Walt Disney Records’ Disney Girlz Rock 2 CD and live performances from teen sensations Jordan Pruitt and KSM. Jordan's new album, Permission to Fly features the single "One Love" and is currently available exclusively at Limited Too stores.  KSM recorded the show’s theme song, “Hero in You,” a new pop/rock anthem written and produced by Matthew Gerrard and Robbie Nevil of “High School Musical” fame.  KSM’s debut album is set for release in 2009.  (read more)