Schweinsteiger becomes Ambassador

Bastian Schweinsteiger, member of the German National Soccer Team, becomes an ambassador for the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2011 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

The famous midfielder of the FC Bayern and member of the German National Team just agreed to join the organizing committee (OC) as an ambassador for the Alpine World Ski Championships 2011.
“I’m very pleased to represent the Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Before I became a professional soccer player, I was a keen ski racer. In the junior league I have even competed against Felix Neureuther”, explained Schweinsteiger.
The engagement of Bastian Schweinsteiger is a positive gesture and finally a result of a good cooperation between the German Soccer Federation (DFB) and the OC of the Alpine World Ski Championships 2011.

Therefore Bastian Schweinsteiger is the first ambassador beyond alpine skiing. The centre person of ambassadors of the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, even during the application, is of course Rosi Mittermaier. The ambassador-concept of the OC is directed to win more VIPs over different areas of public interest and different nationalities to gain the attention of this major event.