Visa Celebrates the Olympic & Paralympic Games Paris 2024 With Expanded Team Visa Roster and Ways for Fans to Engage
2024年7月12日 - 4:59AM
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Team Visa’s most diverse roster ever includes
147 athletes from 67 countries across 40 Olympic and Paralympic
sports
Visa will bring the Olympic and Paralympic
Games to life for fans on the ground in Paris and around the
world
With the Opening Ceremony in Paris about two weeks away, Visa
(NYSE: V), the Worldwide Payment Technology Partner of the Olympic
and Paralympic Games, today announced its final roster of 147 Team
Visa athletes for Paris 2024. Visa also shares ways to connect fans
to the spirit of Paris 2024, both for those in attendance and those
who want to participate at home.
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Team Visa Olympic and Paralympic Games
Paris 2024 (Photo: Business Wire)
“As the Worldwide Payment Technology Partner of the Olympic and
Paralympic Games, we’re excited to integrate Visa products and
platforms that create value for both the athlete and fan experience
during Paris 2024,” said Frank Cooper, CMO, Visa. “The Team Visa
athletes preparing to compete in the Olympic and Paralympic Games
Paris 2024 have consistently taken small steps over many years to
reach this goal. We have supported these incredible athletes in
their quest and want to help share their journeys with the
world.”
Introducing Team Visa for Paris 2024
Founded in 2000, Team Visa has championed nearly 700 athletes
over the last quarter century – each selected because of their
athletic achievements, community involvement, and alignment with
Visa’s core values of equality, access, and inclusion. Team Visa
for Paris 2024 includes decorated Olympians and Paralympians like
Simone Biles (USA, Gymnastics), Sky Brown (Great
Britain, Skateboarding), Noah Lyles (USA, Athletics -
Sprint) and Raissa Rocha Machado (Brazil, Para Athletics -
Javelin) as well as first-timers like Shigeyuki Nakarai
(Japan, Breaking) and Goodness Nwachukwu (Nigeria, Para
Athletics - Discus). Team Visa also welcomes refugee athlete
Dina Pouryounes (Taekwondo), forced to flee her homeland in
the North of Iran to find refuge in The Netherlands.
“Visa has always been committed to empowering athletes on and
off the track and it is great to see that in action,” said Noah
Lyles. “I’m looking forward to getting in the blocks in Paris and
putting it all out there. I have so much gratitude for my support
system who has been with me every step of the way, including Team
Visa.”
Team Visa by-the-numbers
- 147 athletes representing 67 countries,
40 sports, including the new Breaking competition, making
this Visa’s largest, most diverse roster yet, and with 46
Paralympic athletes and hopefuls, our largest Paralympic
roster to date
- 80 female and 67 male – underscoring Visa’s
commitment to inclusion in sport
- Record breakers and world #1s like Iga Świątek (Poland,
Tennis), PV Sindhu (India, Badminton), and Simone
Biles (USA, Gymnastics)
- Newcomers and veterans alike, such as first-timers Qingyi
Liu (China, Breaking) and Alexia Putellas (Spain,
Football) and returners Kanoa Igarashi (Japan, Surfing) and
Adam Peaty (Great Britain, Swimming)
Engaging fans in Paris and around the world
In the spirit of the theme “Pas Sans Vous,” or “Not Without
You,” Visa is taking action to ensure everyone, everywhere can
participate in Paris 2024:
- Visa Go, a new mobile application for Visa cardholders visiting
the Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024, offers access to
unique experiences and exclusive content, spotlights Team Visa
athletes and shares their progress during Paris 2024. The app will
also offer a curated selection of discounts and offers from
official partners and local shops and restaurants. Fans can
purchase a virtual Visa prepaid card through Visa Go, if
needed.
- Blending sports with culture, Visa has commissioned six global
artists to create works of art to appear on billboards throughout
Paris and other nearby host cities celebrating Paris 2024 and
highlighting local commerce. In a tribute to Paris, the global
capital for street art, pieces will appear on billboards in train
stations, airports, the metro, and elsewhere around the cities to
help support and promote local small businesses, who contribute to
the city’s vitality. Participating artists include leading street
artist from Seine-Saint-Denis Marko 93 (France); influential
street artist and activist Swoon (USA); pioneering graffiti
artist JonOne (USA); native Parisian artist Olivia De
Bona (France); prolific colorblind street artist Alex
Senna (Brazil); and multidisciplinary artist Vexta
(Australia).
- A custom payment services solution that Visa has implemented
for Paris 2024 will bring seamless contactless payment acceptance
to 3,500 points of sale across 32 Olympic venues and 16 Paralympic
venues.
- In recognition of Visa’s long-standing partnership with the
Olympic and Paralympic Games, Paris 2024 proudly accepts only Visa
for card and mobile payments, along with cash, at Olympic and
Paralympic venues as well as the flagship Paris 2024 Megastore on
Paris’ iconic Champs-Élysées and other official merchandise shops
around France. Visa is also the Official Way to Pay for official
merchandise online at the Olympic Shop.
- Fans can join the fun on Roblox at Olympic World presented by
Visa, a new immersive experience that features a unique collection
of sports-themed activities, quests, and fun facts.
In the Paris metro area, “Pas Sans Vous” will come to life
through Visa’s commitment to giving back to local youth and small
business. Visa has partnered with youth sports program Sport Dans
La Ville, providing hundreds of tickets to Paris 2024 for program
participants, funding new sports centers and a girls mentorship
program, as well as a development program for young journalists
with Le Monde, one of France’s top news platforms. Additionally,
Visa invited small businesses across France to participate in the
“Les Paiements Gagnants,” or “Winning Payments” national promotion,
in which more than 25,000 small businesses opted in to offer Visa
cardholders a chance to win Paris 2024 tickets, helping small
businesses to benefit more from the commercial opportunities that
the Olympic and Paralympic Games bring.
Learn more about Visa’s commitment to the Olympic and Paralympic
Games here.
About Visa
Visa (NYSE: V) is a world leader in digital payments,
facilitating transactions between consumers, merchants, financial
institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries
and territories. Our mission is to connect the world through the
most innovative, convenient, reliable and secure payments network,
enabling individuals, businesses and economies to thrive. We
believe that economies that include everyone everywhere, uplift
everyone everywhere and see access as foundational to the future of
money movement. Learn more at Visa.com.
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