Benjamin Raich at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver. ©IOC/KASAPOGLU

Benjamin Raich at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Torino.

Benjamin Raich at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver. ©IOC/KISHIMOTO

Benjamin Raich at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Torino. ©IOC/KISHIMOTO

The Austrian Alpine ski racer and Olympic champion Benjamin Raich will be a Winter Youth Olympic Games Ambassador for Innsbruck 2012, which will take place from 13 to 22 January 2012.

Half-pipe specialist Kevin Rolland embraced his role as ambassador for the first Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in Innsbruck in 2012 with energy and passion, and now the Frenchman is set to play a starring role as his sport makes its full Olympic debut in Sochi.