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Athletes

UAE Athlete Starts Bakery Business

Alia and Tim Shriver pose for a photo together.
“I Can Cookies” – baked with love!
Press Releases

iCoachKids and Special Olympics announce partnership to improve coaching and sports for people with intellectual disabilities

coach talking to an athlete while the athlete listens intently.
Tokyo, Japan - 1 November 2019: iCoachKids, a project to provide innovative learning and development opportunities for those coaching children and young people, today announced a partnership with Special Olympics, the global movement that unleashes the human spirit through the transformative power of inclusion through sport, leadership development, health, school engagement and youth leadership.
In the News

Southeast Asia Football Tournament for athletes with and without intellectual disabilities returns to Singapore 7 years after kick off

Group of four men and 1 women stand together for a photo.
Close to 140 delegates from 7 countries took part in the Special Olympics Southeast Asia Unified 5-a-side Football Tournament held in Singapore, on 7 and 8 December 2019.
In the News

'My Cause My Cleats' NFL Players Show Off Their Support for Special Olympics

Cleveland Browns Baker Mayfield's Special Olympic Cleats
The NFL celebrated its fourt annual "My Cause, My Cleats" campaign during Week 14 of the NFL season as a part of its commitment to supporting causes important to players. My Cause, My Cleats is a collaboration between the NFL and players that raises awareness and money for hundreds of charitable organizations of each players choosing.
Community Impact

Soccerex and Special Olympics: Bringing International Footballers Together

By Megan Jean, December 16, 2019
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Special Olympics and Soccerex signed a global partnership agreement during SoccerexUSA 2019 in Miami, Florida.
Press Releases

Dr. Károly Mirnics Named to Special Olympics International Board of Directors

Károly Mirnics, M.D., Ph.D., Director, Munroe-Meyer Institute; Hattie B. Munroe Professor of Psychiatry, Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Nebraska Medical Center
WASHINGTON, D.C. – December 12, 2019: Special Olympics International announced today that Károly Mirnics, M.D., Ph.D., from the University of Nebraska Medical Center, will join the Special Olympics International Board of Directors.
In the News

Special Olympics Athletes Can Heal the Nation

Mario Horn, Shadi Brightfield, and Tim Shriver at a Snowboarding Event
In a Washington Post Op-Ed, Timothy Shriver, Special Olympics Chairman of the Board, explains why athletes are role models when it comes to inclusion and acceptance.
Community Impact

First Ever Pan Africa Regional Games Scheduled to Make History in January 2020

Pan Africa Games Egypt 2020 logo surrounded by the descriptions about the image.
The first ever Special Olympics Pan African Games will take place in Cairo, 23-31 January, 2020 under the auspices of HE Abdel Fattah El Sisi, the Egyptian President.
Latin America

Olimpiadas Especiales Hace Historia en los X Games 2020

Splitscreen image of SOLA Athletes participating in X Games 2020
Por primera vez en su historia, una competencia de Esquí Unificado será parte del programa carreras Unificadas de Olimpiadas Especiales en los X Games 2020.
Press Releases

Athletes with Intellectual Disabilities Gather in Sweden for Special Olympics International Winter Sports Event

A group of Swedish athletes standing in a group and cheering.
Athletes from 19 countries set to join Special Olympics Sweden Invitational Games in Östersund and Åre.
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