SAN MATEO, Calif., March 28, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- GoPro, Inc.
(NASDAQ:GPRO) is excited to welcome champion swimmer Missy Franklin to its elite roster of athletes.
Missy Franklin is the first swimmer
to join the GoPro team and will be featured in a GoPro original
series called "Finding Missy," offering a personal portrait of
Missy the daughter, the student and as the world-class athlete.
"We are stoked to welcome Missy to the GoPro family," said
Todd Ballard, Vice President, Global
Sports Entertainment Marketing at GoPro. "In addition to being one
of the world's most amazing athletes, Missy's spirit is infectious.
We know that Missy's fans are a huge part of her journey, and we
are excited to be able to give her a platform where she can connect
with her fans on a new level from a perspective that is entirely
her own."
After exploding onto the international scene in 2012,
Missy Franklin became a countrywide
sensation at just 16 years old. As a four-time Olympic gold
medalist, world record holder in the 200-meter backstroke,
eleven-time World Championships gold medalist and the winner of
three NCAA individual titles in 2015 alone, Missy now prepares for
perhaps her biggest summer yet. GoPro has enabled her to tell her
story in her own words with the "Finding Missy" series. The
two-part series, premiering April 11,
will take viewers on Missy's journey from Hawaii for mental conditioning to Berkeley, California for a glimpse at her
college life, and finally to Colorado for elite training.
"GoPro works with some really incredible athletes, and I love
how they are able to capture the integrity and dedication of every
single athlete they work with," said Missy
Franklin. "As someone who cares so deeply about my fans,
GoPro has enabled me to connect with them in new, different ways
and show them what I do on a daily basis. I want them to feel like
they are on this journey with me."
For more information and to view the "Finding Missy" trailer
visit GoPro's news blog, The Inside Line.
About GoPro, Inc. (NASDAQ:GPRO) GoPro,
Inc. is transforming the way people visually capture and share
their lives. What began as an idea to help athletes self-document
themselves engaged in their sport, GoPro has become a
standard for how people capture themselves engaged in their
interests, whatever they may be. From extreme to mainstream,
professional to consumer, GoPro enables the world to capture and
share its passion in the form of immersive and engaging
content.
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