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Community Impact

Special Olympics Great Britain Athlete, Matthew Brough, Takes Us Through His Experiences as a Tennis Champion, Coach, and Motivational Speaker

Graphic includes Inclusion Revolution Radio logo and a photo of Matthew Brough hitting a tennis ball with a tennis racket with text that reads “Season #6 Episode 1 Matt Brough Special Olympics Great Britain Athlete.”
On this week’s episode of Inclusion Revolution Radio, podcast host Novie Craven spoke with Special Olympics Great Britain athlete, Matthew Brough, about his success around the sport of tennis as both an athlete and as a coach.
In the News

Watch Live: Education Experts Call for Greater Commitment to Inclusion in Education

Text Reads: Symposium Live Stream | Logos include: Brookings Institute, Special Olympics Global Center for Inclusion in Education, and GPE Transforming Education.
Experts from the Brookings Institution, Special Olympics International and the Global Partnership for Education will explore how policymakers can overcome current obstacles to make schools and communities more inclusive for learners with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).
Community Impact

More Than Spectators: The Unseen Power of Family Support

By Samire Hoxha, March 14, 2025
A woman and man sitting side by side.
Every athlete’s journey is shaped by those who believed the most in them—family.

Brandon M. Fitzgerald

Brandon Fitzgerald, Chief Legal Officer
Chief Legal Officer; Secretary, Board of Directors

Gail Hamamoto

Gail Hamamoto - International Advisory Committee North America Representative; Chief Executive Officer of Special Oly
International Advisory Committee North America Representative; Chief Executive Officer of Special Olympics Canada
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Guadeloupe

Athletes playing basketball on a court.
Special Olympics Guadeloupe 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.

Download the Special Olympics Guadeloupe Fact Sheet
Athletes

Danish Athlete Addresses Experts at Council of Europe Seminar

By Martha Jo Braycich, December 19, 2017
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Martin Nielsen spoke to disability experts during a seminar organized by the Council of Europe and Danish Ministry of Social Affairs.
Community Impact

Europe Eurasia Athletes Got Big Homecomings After Winter Games

By Ecem Acar, May 08, 2017
Meeting with the First Lady Agata Kornhauser-Duda
Just under 1400 triumphant athletes from the Europe Eurasia region arrived back as heroes following the World Winter Games in Austria.
In the News

A Powerful Example of Inclusion

Special Olympics El Salvador athlete wears the limited-edition soccer shirt designed by Special Olympics athletes.
The partnership between Special Olympics El Salvador and the Santa Tecla Soccer Club made for a powerful World Down Syndrome Day commemoration.
Press Releases

Young Athletes Make History at Special Olympics World Winter Games Turin 2025

Young athletes playing with a parachute.
[Turin, Italy, 12 March 2025] An unforgettable celebration of inclusion and joy united 2,000 children across Italy through Young Athletes, an early childhood play program.
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