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U.S. Olympic Training CenterPLEASE NOTE THIS IS NOT THE OFFICIAL SITE OF THE CHULA VISTA OLYMPIC TRAINING CENTER. Visit the official Web site at USOlympicTeam.com The Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista is the first United States Olympic Committee training facility to be master-planned and built from the ground up, dedicated to the development of U.S. Olympic athletes. The USOC also has training centers in Colorado Springs, CO, and Lake Placid, NY. The Chula Vista training center is the USOC’s only warm-weather, year-round, multi-sport training facility. The facility supports many sports, including archery, bobsledding, canoeing/kayaking, cycling, field hockey, luge, rowing, rugby, skiing/snowboarding, soccer, softball, tri-athlon, and various Paralympic sports. An estimated 4,000 athletes a year come to the 155-acre complex to receive the coaching, support, and facilities necessary to compete against the world’s best.
The U.S. Olympic Training Center:
Come see where Olympic athletes are made! The 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, were monumental for the Chula Vista Olympic Training Center, as they sent 86 athletes to Athens.
Women’s Softball Team Men’s Rowing Team Women’s Soccer Team
Silver medals were won by:
Bronze medals were won by: The training center also served as the home base for one of the top Paralympic athletes in the U.S., Marlon Shirley. At the 2004 Paralympic Games, Marlon continued his reign as the fastest amputee in the world, winning a gold medal in the 100m, a silver medal in the 200m and a bronze medal in the Long Jump.
Bronze medals were won by:
The training center also served as the home base for one of the top
Paralympic athletes in the U.S., Marlon Shirley. At the 2004 Paralympic
Games, Marlon continued his reign as the fastest amputee in the world,
winning a gold medal in the 100m, a silver medal in the 200m and a
bronze medal in the Long Jump.
Visit the U.S. Olympic Training Center For more information about the programs and events occurring at the Olympic Training Center, please call (619) 656-1500. The Olympic Training Center is located at 2800 Olympic Parkway. To visit the training center, take I-805 to the Olympic Parkway exit. Travel eight miles east to the Copley Visitors Center.
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