Media Archive
Thank you for visiting my new site! It’s been very busy since winning the first Gold Medal for the U.S.A. in 62 years in 4-man Bobsledding. Team Night Train and I have been traveling the country sharing the victory with everyone we meet and the reception has been overwhelming.
From dropping the puck at a Buffalo Sabres game, to flying in an F-16, to meeting President Obama it has been one amazing ride! Well, one more if you count the ride down the Whistler Bobsled Track going over 95 mph.
Take a look at what I currently have going on:
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March 18, 2011
U.S. Olympic Committee selects Steve Mesler to attend International Olympic Academy International Session for Olympic Medalists
Event to be held in Athens and Olympia, Greece, June 21-27, 2011
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) has selected Steve Mesler (Buffalo, N.Y.), 2010 Olympic bobsled champion, to attend the International Olympic Academy (IOA) International Session for Olympic Medalists, June 21-27, 2011, in Athens and Olympia, Greece. Mesler will be joined by 49 Olympic medalists from around the world at this
I’ve got a new phone now, here at the highlights from the old phone. You may have seen some of these on Twitter or Facebook, or if you are a good friend some of these may have been texted to you. I can’t believe these were all taken by me with my phone, what a crazy year!
Click here to check out Steve’s latest blog on the US Olympic Team Site titled “Inspiration, Travel, Camaraderie, Travel”
(Aug. 25, 2010) Click here to check out Steve’s latest blog titled “Inspiration From Unexpected Places…”
Steve Mesler goes Back to School
Riley Steinmetz August 20, 2010
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ameron Spencer/Getty Images
Bobsleigh gold medalist Steve Mesler of the United States during the Closing Ceremony of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics
As a child, one of Steve Mesler’s fondest memories was the Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games. Along with his sister Leigh, he watched the track and field athletes and ran up to them after their events, trying to get an autograph or a picture.
Years later, Mesler found those roles reversed—instead of being the one chasing Olympians for autographs… (read more)
(Aug. 12, 2010) Click here to check out Steve’s latest blog titled “Be the Activity You’ve Given Yourself”
(August 9, 2010) Steve was recently notified he will be inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame during next year’s induction ceremony on March 27, 2011 in Suffolk, NY. “It’s an honor for me to be recognized by the Jewish community for what my team and I accomplished this past February, as well as for my entire athletic career,” Steve said. “I can not wait to have my family there with me and know how proud my grandparents would have been.”
To learn more about the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, click here.
Click here to check out Steve’s latest blog titled “Selfishness Evolving” (July 26,2010)
2010 Empire State Games Opening Ceremonies
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Mesler at Empire State Games (click for video)
“It gives the athletes a feeling of competition of people that they’re not used to competing against. It gets them outside of their comfort zone and makes them push themselves further because they’re not just competing against western New York athletes or southern athletes, all of a sudden it’s people from all over the state,” said Steve Mesler, Olympic gold medal winner in the men’s bobsled competition in the 2010 Vancouver Games.
Find Steve’s latest blog for the USOC here
Olympians play backyard games
Today Show Cha
nnel – U.S. gold medalists Steve Mesler and Anna Goodale, along with two-time Paralympian Kelly Underkofler introduce “Backyard Games.” The United States Olympic Committee came up with the program to provide Americans with the opportunity to celebrate the Olympic spirit with giveaways, information and instructions on how to adapt Olympic and Paralympic sports for the backyard. (Today Show)
Check out the video here
Be Active Florida is proud to partner up with new Be Active Ambassador, American Gold Medalist Steve Mesler, to promote physical activity to all Floridians. Be Active Florida, Inc is a 501c3 nonprofit organization making strides to fight childhood obesity and make active adulthood the norm. Executive Director, Fitz Koehler, says “Steve Mesler is an excellent ambassador for our cause. He’s an American hero due to his athleticism as an
Mesler shares life lessons with Jewish students
Steve Mesler, a member of the 2010 gold medal-winning U.S. men’s bobsled team spoke to students at the High School of Jewish Studies about their common faith, setting goals and his journey to gold. Photo by Jim Smerecak Purchase color photos at www.BeeNews.com Hometown hero Steve Mesler, a member of the 2010 gold medal-winning U.S. men’s bobsled team, made
Members of the gold medal winning USA bobsled team pose for a photo before throwing out ceremonial pitches before a baseball game between the Oakland Athletics and Cleveland Indians Saturday, July 3, 2010, in Cleveland. From left: Curt Tomasevicz, Justin Olsen, Steve Mesler and Steve Holcomb.
Western New York native Steve Mesler recently spoke to Kenmore East freshman students during their monthly “Brown Bag Speaker’s Series” and met fellow Olympians during a tour of the high school. The man who struck gold during the 2010 Winter Olympics as a member of the United States bobsled team stopped by the special education classes of teachers Linda Miller and Mike Roy and met many students who won ribbons during Special Olympics competitions.
BATAVIA — Rubbing shoulders with his former Buffalo Bills idols was just the latest thrill of this spring for U.S. Olympian Steve Mesler. Mesler, the gold-medal-winning bobsledder from Buffalo, was one of the celebrities at Jim Kelly’s 24th annual golf tournament Monday at Terry Hills Golf Course.
Steve talks about how his life has changed since winning gold
Two months after bringing home the gold in the Winter Olympics, Buffalo bobsledder Steve Mesler stood Wednesday in the East Room of the White House and heard a man’s voice calling.
“Hey, it’s the bobsled team!” cried the voice, from 40 feet away. Turning and looking toward who was calling him, Mesler saw President Obama.
Four members of the U.S. Olympic team who medaled in the recent Winter Games in Vancouver visited Luke Air Force Base April 15 and 16. The trip brought the Olympians to the West Valley to meet Luke’s Airmen and see activities the base performs each day.
Mayor Byron W. Brown today honored Steve Mesler, United States Olympian and champion bobsledder, for his gold medal achievement in the 2010 Olympic Games by presenting Mesler with a Key to the City and declaring March 10, 2010 as Steve Mesler Day in the City of Buffalo.
On Thursday 4/4/10, the U.S. Men’s Olympic Four-Man Bobsled Gold Medalists present the ‘Top Ten Things You Don’t Want to Hear from a Guy in your Bobsled’ like “We’re Lost”
The members of the gold medal-winning U.S. Men’s Olympic Four-Man Bobsled team, Steve Holcomb, Justin Olsen, Steve Mesler and Curt Tomasevicz, present the “Top Ten Things You Don’t Want to Hear from a Guy in Your Bobsled” on the LATE SHOW with DAVID LETTERMAN, Thursday, March 4.
