Four Outstanding Athletes Celebrate Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games With Coca-Cola on Ice and Snow

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Coca-Cola is popping the top on a new quartet of athletes, including two Olympic champions, a world-class legend and a Paralympic hopeful, who will represent the brand for the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games.

The foursome will have prominent roles in the Company’s marketing efforts leading up to the Games and will be featured, in part, in digital advertising, packaging and retail POS. Members of the Coca-Cola "Four Pack" also will serve as "Ambassadors of Active Living" to encourage and inspire fans to lead healthy, balanced lifestyles.

This week, the Coca-Cola "Four Pack" joined together in Boston to take part in a photo and video shoot to capture content and images that will be used in the Company’s marketing efforts. The collection of athletes includes:

Michelle Kwan – two-time Olympic medalist in women’s figure skating. Kwan also is a five-time World Champion, nine-time U.S. National Champion and is the most decorated figure skater in U.S. history.

Ted Ligety – gold medalist in men’s alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino and Sochi 2014 hopeful. Ligety also was a three-time Gold Medalist at the 2013 World Championships, and has won a World Championship (2011), two World Cup Overall Giant Slalom Championships and six U.S. National Championships.

Evan Lysacek – gold medalist in men’s figure skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and Sochi 2014 hopeful. Lysacek also has won a World Championship (2009) and two U.S. Championships (2007, 2008). His 10 major titles make him the most decorated U.S. male skater in the past decade

Amy Purdy – three-time World Cup champion in para-snowboarding and currently the top-ranked female adaptive snowboarder in the U.S. and a Paralympic hopeful for Sochi 2014.

This is the fourth consecutive Olympic Games in which Coca-Cola has featured a collection of athletes as part of its Olympic marketing program. The "Six Pack" that competed in Beijing in 2008 brought home 14 Olympic medals, the "Six Pack" from Vancouver won four and the "Eight Pack" from London earned 12.

Specific plans for how the "Four Pack" will be featured in the Coca-Cola 2014 Olympic program will be revealed later in 2013.

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