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Sport and Competition

A Day in the Life of a Special Olympics Program at the Unified Cup

A Day in the Life of a Special Olympics Program at the Unified Cup
Ever wondered what it would be like to be a team at the Unified Cup or other Special Olympics competitions? Follow three of our programs on their daily schedules in Detroit while competing at the 2022 Unified Cup.
Sports

Equestrian

Equestrian Lead
This page draws together equestrian-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.
Tributes

A Letter from Jean and Steve Case

This is pure Eunice; hands-on, passionate and well humored.
Tributes

A Letter from Susan Saint James Ebersol

She is and will always be my Role Model.
Tributes

A Letter from President Mary McAleese

Eunice Kennedy Shriver was a visionary who founded the Special Olympics and devoted her life to creating a better and more inclusive world for people with disability.
Tributes

A Letter from Lindy Boggs

We all know Eunice Shriver's landmark work with the Special Olympics, but she was also a great politician and a great "gal."
Programs

Cameroon

Young women running on a track with her arms raised in victory.
Special Olympics Cameroon provides empowerment, acceptance and joy. But for every Special Olympics athlete, there are many people with intellectual disabilities we haven’t reached yet.
Tributes

A Letter from Lowell Weicker, Jr.

What you have made possible for so many people defies all reason!

Godspower I. Udokang

Godspower Udong, Special Olympics Africa.
Special Olympics Africa
Special Olympics Asia Pacific

Nauru

Athletes playing basketball on a court.
Special Olympics Nauru provides empowerment, acceptance and joy. But for every Special Olympics athlete, there are many people with intellectual disabilities we haven’t reached yet.

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.
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