diff --git a/api/types/events/metadata.go b/api/types/events/metadata.go
index 8103f5ab7e94d..03ed89cab5471 100644
--- a/api/types/events/metadata.go
+++ b/api/types/events/metadata.go
@@ -102,3 +102,8 @@ func (m *ServerMetadata) SetServerNamespace(ns string) {
 func (m *SessionMetadata) GetSessionID() string {
 	return m.SessionID
 }
+
+// GetUser returns event teleport user
+func (m *UserMetadata) GetUser() string {
+	return m.User
+}
diff --git a/lib/events/athena/consumer_test.go b/lib/events/athena/consumer_test.go
index 69246ee3a11f5..e226981d7619f 100644
--- a/lib/events/athena/consumer_test.go
+++ b/lib/events/athena/consumer_test.go
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ func TestErrHandlingFnFromSQS(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
-// TestConsumerWriteToS3 is writing parquet files per date works.
+// TestConsumerWriteToS3 checks if writing parquet files per date works.
 // It receives events from different dates and make sure that multiple
 // files are created and compare it against file in testdata.
 // Testdata files should be verified with "parquet tools" cli after changing.
diff --git a/lib/events/athena/integration_test.go b/lib/events/athena/integration_test.go
index 3f0a407e2d0ba..9463eda0d00c7 100644
--- a/lib/events/athena/integration_test.go
+++ b/lib/events/athena/integration_test.go
@@ -387,6 +387,7 @@ CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE %s (
 	session_id string,
 	event_type string,
 	event_time timestamp,
+	user string,
 	event_data string
   )
   PARTITIONED BY (
diff --git a/lib/events/athena/testdata/events_2023-04-01.parquet b/lib/events/athena/testdata/events_2023-04-01.parquet
index 4c9b9f481e019..2a9f304ff2322 100644
Binary files a/lib/events/athena/testdata/events_2023-04-01.parquet and b/lib/events/athena/testdata/events_2023-04-01.parquet differ
diff --git a/lib/events/athena/testdata/events_2023-04-02.parquet b/lib/events/athena/testdata/events_2023-04-02.parquet
index 86ebff17303f0..96fd361151e2a 100644
Binary files a/lib/events/athena/testdata/events_2023-04-02.parquet and b/lib/events/athena/testdata/events_2023-04-02.parquet differ
diff --git a/lib/events/athena/types.go b/lib/events/athena/types.go
index db08d3b70ebbc..2bfc4a3b448d6 100644
--- a/lib/events/athena/types.go
+++ b/lib/events/athena/types.go
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@ import (
 	"github.com/gravitational/teleport/lib/utils"
 )
 
-// TODO(tobiaszheller): pass user at some point.
 type eventParquet struct {
 	EventType string `parquet:"name=event_type, type=BYTE_ARRAY, convertedtype=UTF8"`
 	// TODO(tobiaszheller): what precision of timestamp we want. AWS supports micros, maybe we can use it instead of mili?
 	EventTime int64  `parquet:"name=event_time, type=INT64, convertedtype=TIMESTAMP_MILLIS"`
 	UID       string `parquet:"name=uid, type=BYTE_ARRAY, convertedtype=UTF8"`
 	SessionID string `parquet:"name=session_id, type=BYTE_ARRAY, convertedtype=UTF8"`
+	User      string `parquet:"name=user, type=BYTE_ARRAY, convertedtype=UTF8"`
 	EventData string `parquet:"name=event_data, type=BYTE_ARRAY, convertedtype=UTF8"`
 }
 
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ func auditEventToParquet(event apievents.AuditEvent) (*eventParquet, error) {
 		EventTime: event.GetTime().UnixMilli(),
 		UID:       event.GetID(),
 		SessionID: events.GetSessionID(event),
+		User:      events.GetTeleportUser(event),
 		EventData: string(jsonBlob),
 	}, nil
 }
diff --git a/lib/events/dynamic.go b/lib/events/dynamic.go
index edb6032811dd3..8885cc23026c2 100644
--- a/lib/events/dynamic.go
+++ b/lib/events/dynamic.go
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func FromEventFields(fields EventFields) (events.AuditEvent, error) {
 		return s
 	}
 
-	var eventType = getFieldEmpty(EventType)
+	eventType := getFieldEmpty(EventType)
 	var e events.AuditEvent
 
 	switch eventType {
@@ -354,6 +354,18 @@ func GetSessionID(event events.AuditEvent) string {
 	return sessionID
 }
 
+// GetTeleportUser pulls the teleport user from the events that have a
+// UserMetadata. For other events an empty string is returned.
+func GetTeleportUser(event events.AuditEvent) string {
+	type userGetter interface {
+		GetUser() string
+	}
+	if g, ok := event.(userGetter); ok {
+		return g.GetUser()
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
 // ToEventFields converts from the typed interface-style event representation
 // to the old dynamic map style representation in order to provide outer compatibility
 // with existing public API routes when the backend is updated with the typed events.
diff --git a/lib/events/dynamic_test.go b/lib/events/dynamic_test.go
index 01c964ea14944..7bda40ab1e482 100644
--- a/lib/events/dynamic_test.go
+++ b/lib/events/dynamic_test.go
@@ -68,3 +68,31 @@ func TestDynamicKnownType(t *testing.T) {
 	printEvent := event.(*events.SessionPrint)
 	require.Equal(t, SessionPrintEvent, printEvent.GetType())
 }
+
+func TestGetTeleportUser(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name  string
+		event events.AuditEvent
+		want  string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:  "event without user metadata",
+			event: &events.InstanceJoin{},
+			want:  "",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "event with user metadata",
+			event: &events.SessionStart{
+				UserMetadata: events.UserMetadata{
+					User: "user-1",
+				},
+			},
+			want: "user-1",
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			require.Equal(t, tt.want, GetTeleportUser(tt.event))
+		})
+	}
+}