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Olympic
Stars with Winning Hearts
by
the Social Diary Columnist
David Mirisch
Column #4, February 16th, 2006
After
meeting Scott Hamilton at The Victor Awards, I've had the pleasure
of having him play in a number of my charity golf tournaments.
And, whenever he brought his skating show to either Los
Angeles or San Diego, he would get me front row seats and whichever
of my six grandchildren I would have with me he would instruct
the skaters to always look for my family member and bring them
on the ice with another 6-10 children that they pushed around
on wheelbarrows on the ice. That's the kind of nice man that he
is. The image that the public sees on television is exactly what
he is like off the ice. I know that he has gone through two tough
medical situations but being the champion that he is he has overcome
them to show people in the same situations that "if there
is a will there is a way."
During the past 32 years I have been responsible for booking over
600 world-class athletes to attend The City of Hope Victor
Awards which is the longest running sports award show
on television. It has been held at The Las Vegas Hilton
and has raised millions of dollars for The City of Hope. These
great athletes donate their time to be honored at this wonderful
black-tie event.
(pictured here
- Olympic Star Picabo Street with Margo Schwab)
During
the years I have had the pleasure of having in attendance the
following great athletes, many of whom have remained friends through
the years.
Figure Skating - Scott Hamilton, Kristi Yamaguchi, Brian
Boitano
Speed Skating - Bonnie Blair, Apolo Anton, Ohno, Casey
FitzRandolph, Derek
Parra, Cathy Turner
Women's Hockey - Cammi Granato
Skiing - Bill Johnson, Picabo Street
Bobsled - Vanetta Flowers, Jill Bakken
Snowboarding - Ross Powers, Kelly Clark
Skelton - Tristan Gale, Jimmy Shea, Jr.
Aerial Skiing - Nikki Stone, Eric Bergousi
It
has been my honor to have personally met these 19 Olympic Gold
Medal Winners and we hope that many of the young men and women
competing in the Games at Turin, Italy may also bring home an
Olympic medal to proudly have in their possession the rest of
their lives.
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David Mirisch - David Mirisch is a Celebrity
Producer (David Mirisch Enterprises) for numerous charitable events.
Part of a remarkable Hollywood lineage, Mirisch's family
produced "Some Like it Hot,""The
Pink Panther Series" and more, for
a total of 72 motion pictures, and 24 Academy Awards.
Mirisch also discovered Farrah Fawcett. Mirisch's
celebrity knowledge is personable and unique. You can reach Mirisch
at:
www.davidmirisch.com
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