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Athletes

Play to Win. Refuse to Lose.

By Carolyn Phillips, August 10, 2020
A man runs at the soccer ball. He is wearing a blue and red uniform. A player from a different team runs after the ball behind him. | A Special Olympics Great Britain stands on a football field showcasing his gold medal.
Winning Gold at the Special Olympics World Games Los Angeles 2015
Athletes

Andżelika Stachowiak’s Aims High Ahead Of Her Second World Games

By Lucy Dominy, May 18, 2023
Judoka's face lights up with a joyful smile as she celebrates
Polish judoka wants “to be the best” in Berlin
Athletes

From Blurry to Bright: Colleen’s Path to Diagnosis

A woman uses vision screening tools to check an athlete’s eyes.
In February 2024, Special Olympics New Jersey athlete Colleen Ciecura began experiencing persistent eye discomfort—itching, dryness, and blurry, double vision.
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Special Olympics video Named Winner of 2022 Sharecare Awards in Disruptors in Healthcare Category

Shot of camera monitor showing Nell doing an interview on set.
Special Olympics video named winner in 2022 Sharecare Awards in Disruptors in Healthcare Category
Community Impact

SHAPE America and Special Olympics: 50 Years and Counting

Three female students sitting on the gym floor doing a toe-touch stretch.
SHAPE America is the national organization that serves as the voice for 200,000+ health and physical education professionals across the nation.
Athletes

Proper Hand Washing Techniques

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With the outbreak of the coronavirus, Special Olympics wants you to stay safe. Washing your hands properly is just one way to help do that.

Yasmin Hassan

Yasmin Hassan Special Olympics Egypt
Special Olympics Egypt
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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.

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.

Tamary Mujaranji

Tamary Mujaranji - SO Zimbabwe, Health Messenger
Special Olympics Zimbabwe
Athletes

The Most Inclusive Event on the Planet

Anna McDougal showing off her medal with excitement.
No other organized event in the world has the emotional and social impact of the Special Olympics World Games
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