Open always wins with Samsung Galaxy
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As we get ready to celebrate the Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024, Samsung is eager to partake once again in our greatest athletic heritage through innovation and creativity. Hosted in the city of love, Paris 2024 and Samsung share in the belief that open-mindedness can lay bedrock to new experiences and perspectives that can birth meaningful achievements and infinite possibilities.
Paris 2024 promises to become the most open, inclusive and sustainable Games ever. As a longtime Worldwide Olympic and Paralympic Partner, Samsung is at full throttle to help deliver on the Games' mindful promise with the cutting-edge in wireless communication and is proud to support the staging of the Games that will positively impact our society and planet. Bringing our greatest athletes and worldwide fans together, Samsung's technology will connect the globe and spread inspiration through the passion of athletics.
With the campaign message of "Open always wins," Samsung expresses how openness is at the core of the winning spirit. Samsung's innovation and Paris 2024's vision are alike in that they share the same root of openness. Behind anything new and astonishing is a different way to view an idea, a new path towards a solution. Samsung is honored to sponsor Paris 2024 as a partner, and by embracing openness, Samsung and Paris 2024 will take a meaningful new step together in claiming victory — both in sports and innovation.
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Olympic Games Paris 2024
Team Samsung Galaxy
Team Samsung Galaxy is stronger than ever. Revving up for Paris 2024 is an inspiring global roster of Olympic and Paralympic athletes and hopefuls who share Samsung’s belief that "Open always wins," and are making an impact both on and off the field. Not only are they at the top of their sport, but they also know that with an open mind, every new experience becomes a meaningful achievement that opens up new perspectives and infinite possibilities.
We are honored to support this incredible team of athletes and share their stories, perspectives and passions with fans around the world with hopes to encourage everyone in opening up to new possibilities in their everyday lives. Here’s to a "Games Wide Open," and the most open Team Samsung Galaxy ever. Thank you for helping us cheer them on.
Badminton
An Se-young
Awarded the Most Promising Player of the Year in 2019 by the Badminton World Federation (BWF), An won the gold medal at the 2023 World Championships and led Korea to a stunning team gold at the 2023 Asian Games.
Skateboarding
Aurélien Giraud
Aurélien is a two-time French national champion and current World Champion, who finished sixth in the Men’s Street competition at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. He now has his sights set on Paris 2024 – as one of the host country’s best hopes in the sport.
Soccer
Son Heung-min
A global sporting icon, Son Heung-min plays as a forward for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and captains the South Korean national team. A FIFA Puskas Award Winner in 2020 and Premier League’s Golden Boot Winner in 2022, he transcends sport in South Korea and drove headlines during the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
Breaking
Kim Yeri
One of the top breakers in South Korea, Yeri – a.k.a. B-girl Yell – is helping open her sport to the world as it gets set to make its Olympic debut. She won bronze at the Summer Youth Olympic Games Buenos Aires 2018.
Sport Climbing
Seo Chae-hyun
Seo is one of South Korea’s strongest young climbers — and already a World Champion and Olympic Games finalist. She was the only woman from South Korea to compete in Sport Climbing at Tokyo 2020, when the sport made its Olympic debut, and was also one of the youngest.
Table Tennis
Shin Yu-bin
Known as the “Ping Pong Prodigy,” Shin is an outstanding table tennis player and the youngest Korean table tennis player to ever compete at the Olympic Games.
Breaking
Sarah Bee
Based in Dijon, France, Sarah is a member of the all-female Zamounda crew. With a fast, dynamic and fearless style, she mixes everything into her own “Bee style,” which she hopes to showcase as breaking makes its Olympic Games debut in Paris.
Surfing
Johanne Defay
Johanne is a French professional surfer who competed at Tokyo 2020 and finished ninth overall in the women’s event. Career accomplishments also include five WSL Championship Tour event wins and first place at the US Open of Surfing in 2015. She will represent her home country at Paris 2024 after qualifying for the Olympic Games at the World Championships at Bells Beach, Australia, in 2023.
Sport Climbing
Mejdi Schalk
Schalck is a French rock climber and rising star in sport climbing, which made its Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020. He won a bronze medal in the men’s lead event at the 2022 World Games and silver at the 2023 IFSC Climbing Boulder World Championships.
Basketball
Marine Johannes
Known as "Wizard" for her ballhandling skills, Marine is a basketball star who plays for the New York Liberty of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) in the United States. She aims to represent France at Paris 2024 in front of her home country crowd.
Surfing
Jack Robinson
Jack Robinson will represent Australia in the Surfing competition at Paris 2024. Considered one of the best barrel riders of the modern age, Jack was crowned Surfer of the Year at the Australian Surfing Awards in 2020 and 2021.
Skateboarding
Sky Brown
Skateboarding since the age of three, Sky became the first British female skateboarder to qualify for the Olympic Games and won a bronze medal at the age of 13 at Tokyo 2020. Now, she will represent Great Britain in skateboarding at Paris 2024, and at only 15, is already an icon in her sport.
Surfing
John John Florence
John John is known as “one of the most dominant pipe surfers of his era.” Born in Hawaii, he started surfing on his own at age five and became the youngest surfer to compete at the Triple Crown of Surfing at just 13. Fast forward to today, John John is a two-time World Champion, five-time Triple Crown of Surfing champion and eight-time World Surf League Champion.
Para athletics
Madison de Rozario
Madison is a Paralympic athlete and wheelchair racer from Australia who specializes in middle- and long-distance events. Madison has competed at four Paralympic Games, winning two gold medals, three silver and one bronze.
Athletics
Sifan Hassan
Sifan is an Ethiopian-born, Dutch middle- and long-distance runner who completed an unprecedented triple at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, winning gold medals in both the 5,000 meters and 10,000 meters and a bronze medal for the 1,500 meters.
Breaking
Karam Singh
Starting his journey in breaking in 2006 at the age of 8, Karam’s illustrious career saw its first major peak in 2019 after becoming solo champion of the UK B-Boy Championships World Finals.
Breaking
Grace “Sunny” Choi
Grace “Sunny” Choi is a B-Girl from Kentucky and now New York City who is set to compete for Team USA in the inaugural breakdancing competition at Paris 2024. Choi is currently the reigning USA B-Girl Champion and won the first-ever Pan American gold medal for the sport in November 2023.
Skateboarding
Jagger Eaton
Eaton is a two-time World Champion, five-time X Games medalist and an Olympic bronze medalist from the United States. He finished third, with a fractured ankle, in the men’s street event during the sport’s Olympic debut in Tokyo. Now, he’s aiming for double gold at Paris 2024, as he hopes to compete in both the street and park events at the upcoming Games.
Badminton
Carolina Marín
Carolina is a Spanish professional badminton player, an Olympic Champion, three-time World Champion, six-time European Champion and the former World No. 1 in BWF rankings for the women’s singles discipline, where she held the World No. 1 title for 66 weeks.
Skateboarding
Rayssa Leal
Rayssa became one of the youngest Olympic medalists in history, winning silver in the women’s street event at Tokyo 2020 at only 13 years old. Today, the Brazilian skateboarder is also a two-time World Champion, two-time X Games gold medalist and a mentor for other young girls in the sport.
Diving
Alejandra Orozco
Alejandra is a three-time Olympian and two-time Olympic medalist from Mexico. The decorated diver won silver at the Olympic Games London 2012 in the Synchronized 10m Platform event and bronze at Tokyo 2020.
Blind Soccer
Yvan Wouandji
Yvan is a French blind soccer star who won a silver medal at the London 2012 Paralympic Games and is a three-time Blind Soccer European Cup champion.
Para swimming
Ugo Didier
Ugo Didier is a French Paralympic swimmer who competed at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games and won silver in the men’s 400m Freestyle S9 and bronze in the men’s 200m Individual Medley SM9.
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Skateboarding Film
Concrete Dreams
Breaking Film
Breaking Boundaries
Surfing Film
The Next Wave
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