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PARIS — One of the lasting memories of Salt Lake City's 2002 Olympics was the overwhelming number of volunteers who helped make the Winter Games a success. And a Utah woman is doing the same, thousands of miles away, in Paris for the ongoing Summer Games.
Viviane Vo-Duc, news production manager at KSL.com, is originally from Paris and knows the city well.
"I was about 8 when I left, but I have always studied French. I kept it up," she said.
Vo-Duc said she couldn't wait to volunteer for the 2024 Summer Games when her home city was announced as the host. She also volunteered in her adopted city during the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City.
She is one of 45,000 volunteers chosen for the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics.
"When they picked me, I was shocked. I put it on Facebook. I was like, 'Oh my gosh, I got picked! Can't believe it,'" Vo-Duc said. "This is heaven for me. I mean, you can't beat this experience. You really can't."
Not only does she get to keep the green volunteer uniforms, but Vo-Duc also said she gets a sense of pride working at an Olympics in her home city.
"Being able to help put on this amazing show, it's just, any part of it ... I will do it," she said.
This is heaven for me. I mean, you can't beat this experience. You really can't.
–Viviane Vo-Duc, 2024 Paris Olympics volunteer
Vo-Duc said she hopes this isn't her last Olympic service opportunity — she plans to volunteer at the 2034 Winter Games in Salt Lake City.
