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Leadership Development

Fitness Captain

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To be a great athlete, you must be a healthy athlete. A focus on fitness through the lens of sport can help drive positive daily choices that support sports performance, injury prevention and improvement in overall health and wellbeing. Fitness Captains will work closely with their coaches to help ensure health and fitness is a key component of the sports experience.

The purpose of this training course is to provide Fitness Captains the required skills and knowledge that will allow them to lead their sports team in activities related to fitness and healthy lifestyle.

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Inside Inclusion: A Community of Inclusion

Inside Inclusion: A Community of Inclusion
During Spread the Word month, we strive to make strong communities of inclusion. What does a community of inclusion look like?
Press Releases

Nestlé Health Science becomes Global Partner to Special Olympics

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[Lausanne, Switzerland - 7 November 2025] Nestlé Health Science (NHSc) has announced a $2 million USD multi-year partnership with Special Olympics. The partnership will focus on Special Olympics Motor Activity Training Program (MATP), and the Special Olympics Healthy Athletes® screening protocol.

Myron Swimmer

Myron Swimmer - Washington Youth Ambassador
Washington
Athletes

Choose to Include: An End to Discrimination

Peter Kanzunguze Jr, a Leo from Blantyre, Malawi (left) with participants at the Special Olympics Global Youth Leadership Forum in Baku, Azerbaijan which took place from 24 to 28 September.
Peter Kanzunguze Jr. describes his experience of the Global Youth Leadership Forum and how it has empowered him to advocate for an inclusive society!
Athletes

Special Olympics Angola Wins Gold at Historic Basketball World Cup

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Special Olympics Angola has made history by winning gold at the first ever Special Olympics Unified 3x3 Basketball World Cup hosted in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Can you 'Keep up With the Girls'?

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Special Olympics and the European Union via Erasmus+ have joined forces to encourage and support all women and girls with and without intellectual disabilities to claim their place on the pitch through the ‘Keep Up With the Girls’ campaign.
Community Impact

Coaches Across the Special Olympics North America Region Recognized as Outstanding

By RJ Nealon, December 18, 2021
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For coaches nationwide, teaching and helping develop athletes is what drives them to continue making an impact. But for those who coach Special Olympics, it’s much more than just watching athletic success.
Press Releases

Electrifying and Inspiring Opening Ceremony Signals Start of Special Olympics World Games Abu Dhabi in Breathtaking Style

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His Highness Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan announced the start of Special Olympics World Games 2019.
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