SALT LAKE CITY, July 19, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- USANA Health
Sciences is a proud sponsor of more than 1,000 of the world's
elite athletes — known as Team USANA — and offers them its
high-quality and NSF-tested nutritional products. The global
nutrition company is even more proud to announce that over 70 of
those elite athletes are making their way to Brazil over the coming weeks for a chance to
represent their respective countries on the podium.
"We are honored and proud to be able to work alongside these
superior athletes as they look to make history in their respective
fields on the global stage," said USANA Chief Communications
Officer Dan Macuga. "We wish them all the best as they focus on the
competitions ahead of them and look forward to cheering them along
every step of the way."
Competing in everything from tennis to track and field, swimming
to shooting, and boxing to badminton, Team USANA athletes will
represent 12 nations as they compete in 15 of the 42 sports over
the 17-day period.
Team USANA Brand Ambassadors heading to the Games include tennis
star Caroline Wozniacki
(Denmark), sailor Nikola Girke (Canada), swimmer David
McKeon (Australia) and
rugby seven's Alev Kelter
(United States), who will make her
official debut in this year's historic inclusion of the
sport.
Full list of qualified athletes.
"As an athlete, my body is one of the greatest tools to help me
succeed," said Kelter. "I need it to be as healthy as possible to
compete at my best, and USANA and its products help me stay
healthy. USANA's support is greatly important to me as I prepare
for next month and beyond."
Learn more about the 1,000+ athletes who trust their health to
USANA at usanaathletes.com.
*The mentioned athletes are either distributors or dedicated
USANA product users who have received compensation and/or
complimentary USANA products for their partnership with USANA.
About USANA
Founded in 1992, USANA Health Sciences (NYSE: USNA) is a
U.S.-based nutritional company that manufactures high-quality
supplements, personal care and healthy products in its
FDA-registered facility in Salt Lake City. Learn more
about USANA by visiting our website http://www.usana.com or the
official USANA blog http://whatsupusana.com.
Media Contact: Ashley Collins
Executive Director of PR and Social Media
(801) 954-7629
media(at)us.usana(dot)com
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