/R E P E A T -- Media Advisory/Photo and Interview Opportunity - TO2015 Hosting Canadian Athletes at Athlete Summit on May 2/

TORONTO, April 29, 2013 /CNW/ - Alexandre Bilodeau, Rosie MacLennan, Tracey Ferguson, Mary Spencer, Mark Oldershaw, Paul Rosen and Carol Huynh will be among the 60 Canadian athletes attending the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games Organizing Committee (TO2015) first-ever Athlete Summit, hosted by the TO2015 Athlete Advisory Council on Thursday, May 2.

The TORONTO 2015 Games will be a rare opportunity for Canada's top summer athletes to compete at home against some of the best competitors from the Americas and the Caribbean.

Bilodeau, the first Canadian to win an Olympic gold medal on home soil, will give a special keynote address at the summit. Bilodeau will speak on the thrill of competing in front of a hometown crowd and how it contributed to his success at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games.

The summit will also consist of a visit to the CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Athletes' Village for both athletes and media.

Event:	TORONTO 2015 Athlete Summit
Date:	Thursday, May 2, 2013
Time:	Reception and keynote address: 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Athletes' Village visit: 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Who:	Ian Troop, TO2015 chief executive officer
	Alexandre Bilodeau, freestyle skiing, Olympic gold medallist
	Rosie MacLennan, trampoline, Pan Am Games and Olympic gold medallist
	Tracey Ferguson, wheelchair basketball, five-time Paralympian, three-time Paralympic gold medallist and Parapan Am Games silver medallist Mary Spencer, boxing, Pan Am Games gold medallist and three-time world champion
	Carol Huynh, wrestling, Pan Am Games, Commonwealth Games and Olympic gold medallist
	Paul Rosen, ice sledge hockey, Paralympic gold medallist and Parapan Am bronze medallist Mark Oldershaw, canoe (sprint), Olympic bronze medallist
Location:	TO2015 head office
	Corus Quay 25 Dockside Drive Toronto, Ontario
	*Transportation to the village will be provided for all athletes and media.

Please check-in at the media registration table in the lobby. Metered parking is available in the lot outside the front entrance of the Corus Quay building.

Media will have an opportunity to interview athletes and officials during the reception and the Athletes' Village tour.

SOURCE: Toronto 2015 Pan/Parapan American Games

Teddy Katz
Director, Media Relations and Chief Spokesperson
TO2015
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