Olympic Torchbearers

Kinder Ring’s Olympic Torchbearers

Since 1971, Kinder Ring has been honoring some very special people with the Torchbearer award. Torchbearers light our Olympic flame, signaling the start of the Olympic Games, a highlight of every KR summer. Current campers are in awe of the annual parade of KR’s best at Olympic Opening Ceremonies.

– 1971 Steve Gutstein
– 1972 Joel Hochheiser
– 1973 Dave Rosenthal
– 1974 Howie Chwatt
– 1975 Paul Vecker
– 1976 Helene Chwatt Unger
– 1977 Barbara Barlow Aron
– 1978 Gary Stern
– 1979 Gary Kaplan
– 1980 Carin Hochheiser Friedman
– 1981 Cindy Stolls Bigbie
– 1982 Esther Group Klein
– 1983 Barry Oxman
– 1984 Cathy Murphy
– 1985 Seena Klein Parker
– 1986 Stephen Propper
– 1987 Bill Dubin
– 1988 Steve Eichenbaum
– 1989 Kevin Uretsky
– 1990 Hillary Rosen Portnoy
– 1991 Eric Roth
– 1992 Michael Baran
– 1993 Todd Schwartz
– 1994 Carrie Seiden Geldert
– 1995 Vicki Windman
– 1996 Dr. Barnett Zumoff
– 1997 Joyce Bruck and Sari Oxman
– 1998 Allison Stone Gruberger
– 1999 Andy Silverman
– 2000 Keith Linzer
– 2001 Danny Alexander
– 2002 Briana Kravat Miller
– 2003 Josh Stone
– 2004 Ruth Baran-Gerold
– 2005 Marc Zelmanowicz
– 2006 Kayte McGinlay Hilder
– 2007 Barbara Levine
– 2008 Nancy Sackstein Campagna
– 2009 Lauren Friedlander Litzner
– 2010 Itai Penso
– 2011 Ricky Posner
– 2012 Marcia Tanzman
– 2013 Jackie Koenigstein Fried
– 2014 Ilene Kirschenbaum Joachim
– 2015 Jackie Wendel Rosenthal
– 2016 Carol Chudnoff Blass
– 2017 Amanda Kaufman
– 2018 Josh Wolin
– 2019 George Hutton
– 2021 Fara Komito Bono
– 2022 Ariel Kaplan
– 2023 Eli Roth
– 2024 Alisa Chafitz