How an Olympic dream prepared this Latter-day Saint to assist with the Salt Lake Temple open house

Having attended 13 Olympic Games and worked at numerous major sporting events, David Zumbrennen is now applying his knowledge and experience to help plan the Salt Lake Temple open house celebration

Published: Feb 22, 2026, 8:11 p.m. MST

Latter-day Saint David Zumbrennen poses for a picture while attending the opening ceremonies of the Milan Cortina 2026 Olympic Games in Milan, Italy, on Feb. 6, 2026. Zumbrennen has volunteered at 13 Olympic Games in the last 30 years. Provided by David Zumbrennen

As a high school freshman, David Zumbrennen vividly recalls watching the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games opening ceremony in Spain on his grandmother’s television. He was especially captivated by Spanish archer Antonio Rebollo’s dramatic act of lighting the cauldron with a flaming arrow.

“That is so cool,” he thought to himself. “I want to go to the Olympics.”

The more Zumbrennen observed, the more he became fascinated by the grandeur of this global sporting event. Attending and being a part of the Olympics became his dream.

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