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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — Five-time Olympic medalist Bode Miller is auctioning his signed Olympic helmet on eBay to help raise money for Pam Warman, a South Lake Tahoe woman and former U.S. Ski Team technician, who was recently diagnosed with breast cancer.
The helmet, which was worn by Miller in the Olympic slalom, is being auctioned through eBay and can be found at www.tahoedailytribune.com/bodemillerhelmet. Bids close at 10:15 p.m. Wednesday.
Warman, originally from Portillo, Chile tuned skis for the U.S. Ski Team from 2001 to 2006 including Steven Nymanand and Bryon Friedman, according to the U.S. Ski Team.
She received her cancer diagnosis seven weeks ago following a routine mammogram.
She spends her winters working with Sierra at Tahoe Resort and her summers landscaping with Pete Lavin, the long-time start house hype-man for the men's World Cup team.
"I started with the Development Team then moved up to the Europa Cup program," Warman told www.usskiteam.com. "I was working with Steven Nyman and Bryon Friedman when they got their first World Cup starts. I kind of became the mom for all these guys when they were younger."
"Bode has always been an extremely generous guy. I remember him buying U.S. Ski Team jackets for the Development Team a while ago," she said. "No one knew where they came from. Bode didn't want the credit, he just wanted to help out."
Along with Miller, Warman struck a particular friendship with Jake Zamansky, who began spearheading the auctions, which will also include items from Nyman, Friedman and three-time Olympic medalist Julia Mancuso.
"Jake and I have always been really close because he and my oldest son share the same birthday, but all the guys know me really well," she said. "I just dropped them all a line asking if there was anything they could do to help and they immediately began putting things like this auction together."
"Pam is such a friend to so many members of our team," said Zamansky, a 2010 Olympian along with Miller and Nyman. "It was really easy for us to get moving on this. We are putting together what we can, but Bode's helmet was such a big item, we wanted to get that up right away. There will be more items that we'll auction down the line."
A separate fund raiser is planed for Warman at Sierra at Tahoe on April 13. The event will feature a dual giant slalom with current and former members of the U.S. Ski Team, plus an auction and live music by Friedman.
For more information, log on to http://pamwarman.webs.com/
The helmet, which was worn by Miller in the Olympic slalom, is being auctioned through eBay and can be found at www.tahoedailytribune.com/bodemillerhelmet. Bids close at 10:15 p.m. Wednesday.
Warman, originally from Portillo, Chile tuned skis for the U.S. Ski Team from 2001 to 2006 including Steven Nymanand and Bryon Friedman, according to the U.S. Ski Team.
She received her cancer diagnosis seven weeks ago following a routine mammogram.
She spends her winters working with Sierra at Tahoe Resort and her summers landscaping with Pete Lavin, the long-time start house hype-man for the men's World Cup team.
"I started with the Development Team then moved up to the Europa Cup program," Warman told www.usskiteam.com. "I was working with Steven Nyman and Bryon Friedman when they got their first World Cup starts. I kind of became the mom for all these guys when they were younger."
"Bode has always been an extremely generous guy. I remember him buying U.S. Ski Team jackets for the Development Team a while ago," she said. "No one knew where they came from. Bode didn't want the credit, he just wanted to help out."
Along with Miller, Warman struck a particular friendship with Jake Zamansky, who began spearheading the auctions, which will also include items from Nyman, Friedman and three-time Olympic medalist Julia Mancuso.
"Jake and I have always been really close because he and my oldest son share the same birthday, but all the guys know me really well," she said. "I just dropped them all a line asking if there was anything they could do to help and they immediately began putting things like this auction together."
"Pam is such a friend to so many members of our team," said Zamansky, a 2010 Olympian along with Miller and Nyman. "It was really easy for us to get moving on this. We are putting together what we can, but Bode's helmet was such a big item, we wanted to get that up right away. There will be more items that we'll auction down the line."
A separate fund raiser is planed for Warman at Sierra at Tahoe on April 13. The event will feature a dual giant slalom with current and former members of the U.S. Ski Team, plus an auction and live music by Friedman.
For more information, log on to http://pamwarman.webs.com/
