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Freda Fung

Freda Fung, Special Olympics Regional President & Managing Director, East Asia
Regional President & Managing Director, East Asia

Sam Shriver

Sam Shriver, Special Olympics Founders Council Member
Council Member
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The Gambia

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Special Olympics is a global organization that serves athletes with intellectual disabilities working with hundreds of thousands of volunteers and coaches each year. Since the establishment of Special Olympics in 1968, the number of people with and without intellectual disabilities who are involved with the organization has been growing, but the unmet need to reach more people with intellectual disabilities is staggering.
Community Impact

Changing Hearts and Minds Starts in Schools

One adult and a group of young kids in a circle hugging one another wearing Special Olympics El Salvador neon jerseys.
Special Olympics believes that in order to create lasting attitudinal change across the world, the focus must begin on today’s youth.
Tributes

A Letter from Kathie Lee Gifford

Very few individuals in history have had the impact on as many lives as Eunice Kennedy Shriver.

Vince Egan

Colorado, USA

Mara Oprea

Mara Oprea, Special Olympics Europe Eurasia.
Special Olympics Europe Eurasia

Claudia Echeverry

Claudia Echeverry, Special Olympics Regional President and Managing Director, Latin America
Regional President & Managing Director, Latin America

Kilifi’s Quiet Shift

For more than 20 years, Coach Kai has shown up the same way, early, consistent, and quietly committed. And over that time, he has quietly shifted the mindsets of the community in Kilifi.
Athletes

Bronze Victory for Krystian Fąfara and Team Poland!

By Karini Viranna , October 09, 2025
Krystian Fąfara and team Poland happily hold their bronze medals up at the awards ceremony
The arena in Katowice roared as Team Poland clinched bronze on home soil, defeating Iraq in the duel for third place at the Special Olympics Unified Volleyball World Cup Poland 2025.
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