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Athletes

Special Olympics Minnesota Athlete Danielle Liebl Thrives in Both Sports and Academics to Become Lawyer at Amazon

By RJ Nealon, October 06, 2021
Athlete Loretta Claiborne and Danielle Liebl (speaking) accompanied by Kenny Brown.
Surrounded by the magnificent architecture showcased at the White House, Danielle Liebl was experiencing a life-changing event.
Athletes

SO USA Skier Alexandrea Rutledge Shares Her Experience From Turin 2025

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Alexandrea Rutledge trained hard for Turin 2025. Now she's excited to show off her skills to friends back home.
Sports

Open Water Swimming

Open Water Swimming Sport Center
This page draws together open water swimming-related information for all of Special Olympics. The coaching materials and other links will help you get a good sense of how this sport contributes to Special Olympics.
What We Do

Leadership

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Special Olympics is shaping a new understanding of leadership, inspired by our athletes, and unleashing leadership potential in people of all abilities.
Press Releases

Seven Groups Honored for Pioneering Global Health Work

Honorees were announced at Special Olympics World Winter Games in Austria.

Rimi Ando

Rimi Ando, Special Olympics Nippon athlete
Special Olympics Nippon
Special Olympics Europe Eurasia

Inclusive Health

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Special Olympics Europe Eurasia (SOEE) works to deliver measurable improvements in healthcare access, early detection, and quality of care - key steps toward reducing preventable health disparities for one of the most underserved populations in the SOEE region.

Athletes

Sports Help Me “Be Myself” Taylor’s Story

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Taylor MacKenzie sees sports as a great equalizer: when she’s in the water she doesn’t feel any different from other people.

Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF) Partnership

LCIF has been one of the movement’s longest standing and most global of partners. Since 2000, LCIF has brought generous financial support, volunteer engagement and youth development to over 100 nations around the world. Under the global partnership’s Mission: Inclusion banner, Special Olympics and LCIF have scaled key programs and services that bring lasting support to individuals with intellectual disabilities, including eye health and vision care (Opening Eyes), inclusive sports programming (Unified Sports), family health education (Family Health Forums), community leadership training (Leadership Academies), refugee support (Unified with Refugees), national partnership development and much more.  

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