{"id":275927,"date":"2017-08-30T11:54:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T18:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=275927"},"modified":"2017-09-28T09:32:09","modified_gmt":"2017-09-28T16:32:09","slug":"finis-inc-signs-2016-olympic-gold-medalist-world-champion-olivia-smoliga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/finis-inc-signs-2016-olympic-gold-medalist-world-champion-olivia-smoliga\/","title":{"rendered":"FINIS Inc Signs 2016 Olympic Gold Medalist &#038; World Champion Olivia Smoliga"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FINIS, Inc., the worldwide leader in technical swimming innovation, is announcing the signing of 2016 Olympic Gold Medalist and World Champion <strong>Olivia Smoliga<\/strong>.\u00a0 The Illinois native signed a long-term deal with the leading swim brand that extends through the 2020 Olympic Games.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am very excited to finally be joining team FINIS! They understand swimmers&#8217; needs above all else- it isn&#8217;t \u2018just business.\u2019 They strive to make their athletes happy and a happy athlete is a successful one,\u201d says Smoliga glowing with excitement.<\/p>\n<p>Smoliga has been working with the brand over the past few months in development of their new technical racing swimwear, alongside other FINIS professional athletes, such as Olympic champion <strong>Anthony Ervin <\/strong>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/275834-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/finisinc.cmail20.com\/t\/r-l-jliyuhdd-kjthjkwut-u\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1504205337990000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGmJh2DDrkPCy2zRbhLvKG7AnPHtg\">recently signed World Champion <strong>James Guy<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI remember watching Olivia swim at the 2016 Olympic Trials when she was still in college,\u201d recalls Sports Marketing Manager <strong>CJ Fiala<\/strong>, \u201cAnd although she was already a bona-fide superstar, I think she has barely scratched the surface of her potential.\u00a0 She was the person we wanted for our team unquestionably and I couldn\u2019t be happier that she is joining us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOlivia is going to be one of the faces of our brand moving towards the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo,\u201d says CEO and Cofounder <strong>John Mix<\/strong>, \u201cShe has been working diligently behind the scenes with us to develop the best technical race wear on the market and we believe she is going to be a key player in the future development of our products and our company.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_275928\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-275928\" data-attachment-id=\"275928\" 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