Through our newly formed Pure Performance Team we have extended our commitment to world-class athletes. This group of elite athletes, led by 2008 Beijing Games competitor and pentathlete Eli Bremer, has been handpicked from a variety of highly competitive sports.

Over the years, Shaklee is proud to have fueled the dreams of many athletes. In fact, Shaklee-powered athletes have won over 100 medals at both the summer and winter Games.

At 5 feet 3 inches and 106 pounds, Mary Whipple may seem like the sweet, ordinary girl next door. But don't let her looks fool you. On the water, she's a relentless competitor with a reputation for winning and a voice that can move water. As the coxswain for the U.S. Rowing team, this California native has taken the country by storm.

New Jersey native Matt Emerson has been around guns his entire life—many of the men in his family were avid hunters, as was Matt. But it wasn’t until he was introduced to an FBI firearms instructor at age 14 that Matt’s hobby became his true passion.

Troy Dumais, three-time Olympian with 33 national titles, will team with brother Justin in the men’s 3m synchronized spring board event at the 2012 Games in London.

Michael Blatchford’s first true passion, at age 13, was a potentially dangerous and imposing force: the Olympic Velodrome in Los Angeles, a 250-meter oval track designed for high-speed cycling that was used during the 1984 Games. But since visiting that track as a young teen, Michael has become one of the most dynamic American sprinters on the track circuit today.

Margaux Isaksen found early success in pentathlon, competing in the Beijing Olympics at just 16 years of age. Last year she was crowned Champion of Champions in Sicily, Italy, and won gold at the Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, qualifying her for the 2012 Games in London.

For Corey Cogdell, making history is par for the course. At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Cogdell became the first American woman to medal in the sport of trap (shotgun) shooting—a mere two years after she began competing in 2006. She started earning medals in 2007, and placed first against many veteran shotgunners at the 2008 Women’s Trap Olympic trials.

After trying a number of other sports, “like basketball and kung fu,” Seth Kelsey tried épée fencing. Although he claims he was “terrible” his first year, Kelsey is now one of the most experienced and accomplished U.S. épée fencers of all time.

Caryn Davies was 13 years old when, “tagging along behind my father in a local grocery store, a large man walked up, pointed at me, and said ‘I want YOU for rowing!’” Tall and lanky, she had the potential to be a star rower, but it was her hard work and an unwavering pursuit of excellence that earned her success in the sport. The two-time Olympian is completing her final year at Columbia Law School as she trains for the 2012 Games in London.

In third grade, she won the 100-meter individual medley in swimming at the Maine State Championship. In high school, she led her basketball team to nationals—twice. So when one of Eleanor Logan's teachers at Brooks School suggested that she take up rowing for the spring semester, she did. And she's been "on a row" ever since—winning one gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Games and another at the 2012 London Games.

In 1996, Keith Sanderson was the type of U.S. Marine who wanted to be the best at everything—and the Marine Corps, he says, “puts a big emphasis on marksmanship.”

So he practiced. A lot.

Following the 2005 World Championships, Justin Dumais retired from diving to fly F-16 jets in the U.S. Air Force. After six years and a tour of duty in Iraq, Justin has returned to diving.

For weightlifting champ Zach Krych, Shaklee isn't just a company that sells nutritional supplements—it's a way of life. He's been taking Shaklee products for as long as he can remember. In fact, he's been taking them since before he was born.

"My mom started taking Shaklee products when she was pregnant with me and became a Shaklee Distributor," he says. "And growing up, I drank Meal Shakes and always took my vitamins."

Eli Bremer is amazing. He fences, swims, rides horses, runs, and shoots. It’s hard to believe that this top-ranking pentathlete went from being an overweight kid with limited athletic ability to competing among the world’s best in the Beijing Games in 2008. For him, it’s about setting goals and having something to work toward.

“Good luck. Ski fast. Shoot straight!”

Sage words to motivate and inspire a biathlete poised to compete on the world’s largest stage—the 2014 Games in Sochi, Russia.

“Typical Colorado kid” Lanny Barnes doesn’t seem to need any additional incentive, however. After representing her country at the 2006 and 2010 Games, 2014 will be her third chance to make history—and she hopes to share the podium with her twin sister, Tracy.

Although she’s technically five minutes younger than twin sister Lanny, Tracy Barnes has always played the role of “older sister.”

“She is truly great because she always puts things in perspective for me,” Lanny says. “She is tough as nails and nothing ever gets to her.”

Like his hero, Bill Koch, did when he became the first American skier to medal in a Nordic event at the 1976 Games, Kris Freeman is breaking new ice. Kris, aka “Bird,” has won multiple national championships, placed fourth at the 2009 World Ski Championship (missing the bronze medal by a mere 1.3 seconds), and competed in three events at the Vancouver Games.

Peter Frenette started ski jumping at age 6 and never looked back. Frenette, one of the youngest athletes at the 2010 Games in Vancouver, deferred his acceptance to the University of Denver to continue jumping full time. He holds the record in the 90m event at his hometown of Lake Placid, N.Y., and he hopes to continue improving for Sochi 2014.

He was too old for luge, too small for bobsled, and not exactly ready to be a grown-up. So when 5-foot-7 athlete Adam Moore graduated cum laude from the University of Colorado, Denver, he decided to put adulthood on hold to pursue his only other sliding opportunity—skeleton. As it turns out, it was the perfect fit for the former auto racing driver with the need for speed.

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