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Athletes

Jim Bernard Wins 2018 Rick VanderSloot Winter Sports Award

By Rachel Pardun, March 09, 2018
Jim joined Special Olympics Michigan in 1973 at just 12 years old. Learn what advice this veteran athlete offers others.
Athletes

Albania’s President Joined Special Olympics on Momentous Day

By Martha Jo Braycich, April 11, 2018
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President H.E. Ilir Meta helped celebrate the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace on April 6, 2018 in Tirana.
Community Impact

The Joy of Athletes Is Priceless to Swaziland National Director

By Babazile Langa, June 13, 2017
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Babazile Langa oversaw Swaziland's win of the annual President’s Award for outstanding work among the Africa Region’s 21 programs.
Community Impact

How Kester Edwards Has Had a Major Impact

By Special Olympics Staff, July 10, 2017
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The longtime Special Olympics athlete is a member of the very first class of Sargent Shriver International Global Messengers.

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Community Impact

Innovating Fitness and Wellness at the Nazareth College Golisano Training Center

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On 21 October 2019, Nazareth College, Special Olympics New York, and the Golisano Foundation announced the grand opening of the Golisano Training Center at Nazareth College—the first of its kind collaboration on inclusion, fitness, and wellness for athletes of all abilities.
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Special Olympics Russia Holds Logo Design Competition for 2022 Winter Games

Special Olympics Russia Holds Logo Design Competition for 2022 Winter Games
The logo for the Special Olympics World Winter Games Kazan 2022 will be determined by a design contest hosted by the Ministry of Sport of the Russian Federation in cooperation with Special Olympics Russia.
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Special Olympics Announces Historic 1 Billion US Dollars Fundraising Milestone from Law Enforcement

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For nearly 45 years thousands of law enforcement officers around the world have raised money for local Special Olympics programs
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Special Olympics is a global organization that serves athletes with intellectual disabilities working with hundreds of thousands of volunteers and coaches each year. Since the establishment of Special Olympics in 1968, the number of people with and without intellectual disabilities who are involved with the organization has been growing, but the unmet need to reach more people with intellectual disabilities is staggering.

It’s at the local level—right here—where interested volunteers meet the athletes. That’s where the perceptions start to change and where the miracle of transformation takes place.

Special Olympics provides year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. Those activities give them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship.

Download the Special Olympics Finland Fact Sheet.
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