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Athletes

Cooking Up Inclusion with Special Olympics Youth Leaders

Special Olympics Argentina Youth Leader shows her fruit skewers.
Special Olympics athletes are known for their athleticism, determination, and all-around inclusion. However, their skills go way beyond the fields and into places like kitchens!
Athletes

My Journey in Athlete Leadership

By Kristine Hughes, August 12, 2020
Kristine poses with her Special Olympics USA World Games trading card and smiles.
On and off the field, Kristine Hughes is a champion of inclusion. She’s a Special Olympics athlete, an athlete leader, a certified coach, and an official. She is also the Athlete Leadership Manager and a Sargent Shriver Global Messenger for Special Olympics North Carolina.
Athletes

Athletes Celebrate Loretta Claiborne’s Birthday

By RJ Nealon, August 14, 2020
A picture of Loretta with text that reads: Happy Birthday Loretta Claiborne. The text is illustrated with streamers and balloons.
Loretta Claiborne has traveled the world with Special Olympics since starting to compete in 1970 with Special Olympics Pennsylvania. Over the past 50 years, she’s grown into one of Special Olympics’ most influential voices.
Latin America

#CampeonesDeLaInclusión—Juan Carlos Contreras Guízar

Juan Carlos Contreras Guízar en torneo de fútbol inclusivo.
Los #CampeonesDeLaInclusión contribuyen a un mundo más digno, justo e inclusivo para personas con discapacidad intelectual, celebrando la fortaleza que hay en un mundo en donde todos gocemos de los mismos derechos.
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All Things Health

Special Olympics Sargent Shriver International Global Messenger and host of Special Chronicles Daniel Smrokowski (left) and Special Olympics Chief Health Officer Dr. Alicia Bazzano, MD, PhD, MPH, (right).
Special Olympics Sargent Shriver International Global Messenger Daniel Smrokowski is the founder and host of the podcast Special Chronicles Show, which he started in 2008 to give voice to people with special needs.
In the News

Special Olympics Chief Inspiration Officer Makes USA Today’s Inspiring Woman of Pennsylvania List

Loretta speaking onstage.
Loretta Claiborne, Special Olympics Vice Chair of the Board of Directors and Chief Inspiration Officer, was recognized by USA Today in the Women of the Century USA TODAY 100 project.
In the News

Special Olympics Hour on SiriusXM

SiriusXM Graphic: Tune In: Channel 126, Inside the Issues with Wilmer Leon
Wilmer Leon, host of Inside the Issues on SiriusXM radio’s Urban View – Channel 126 dedicated an entire hour to Special Olympics on Saturday, August 15, 2020.
In the News

BBC Sports Covers Delay of Special Olympics Great Britain National Games

Athlete giving a thumbs up at a games event.
COIVD-19 is one of the reasons the city of Liverpool will not be able to host the Great Britain National Games in 2021.
Community Impact

Inaugural Global Virtual Torch Run

Group of athletes on the street running with the Flame of Hope.
Join members of law enforcement on September 20th
Latin America

#CampeonesDeLaInclusión - Ana Aloe

Ana Aloe (centro), Directora de Programas Innovadores, Olimpiadas Especiales Argentina.
Los #CampeonesDeLaInclusión contribuyen a un mundo más digno, justo e inclusivo para personas con discapacidad intelectual, celebrando la fortaleza que hay en un mundo en donde todos gocemos de los mismos derechos.
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