OLYMPIA, Wash. — Olympia has its own Olympian again.
Amy Murry, a licensed massage therapist with an office in Olympia, is spending two weeks in Paris supporting Team USA’s wrestlers.
”It's a pretty special honor to be able to support people who have been working for something pretty much their whole life, and to be there at that moment," Murry said. "I don't take it lightly."
Murry gives athletes pre and post-match massages but said it's an "all hands on deck" approach for the support staff.
"I have done some crazy things to have to just like say, 'This is my job? This is bizarre,'" Murry said. "Where I've been literally in hotels after weigh-ins microwaving food because they didn't have a dietician at that event to help them with that. And they're hungry."
She worked with the swimming teams during the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and the 2021 games in Tokyo.
Murry also worked as a massage therapist in two Paralympic games.
“It’s an honor to have been selected five times, and it’s a rare thing,” Murry said. “And I will go through this experience like it’s my last.”
Other than travel and living expenses, Murry does not get paid for her work. She does not get much sleep either, or time for sightseeing.
”I always tell people it's like the circus,” Murry said. “I stick my head out the tent and go, ‘Ok, we're here. And then I get back in and I get to work.’”
Murry is extending her stay in France by a few days to make the most of her trip.
She said she’ll be eager to return to her home office, Human Body Works, where she likes to joke, everyone is an Olympian.
“My everyday Olympians,” Murry said.