Paul Hamm

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)

ESPN- After throwing out the first pitch Paul Hamm, right, and twin brother Morgan Hamm, both members of the U.S. gymnastics team, do back flips prior to the baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and the Arizona Diamondbacks Thursday, Sept. 18, 2008, in Phoenix. Several members of the United States gymnastics team were on hand for the game.

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)