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In the News

Special Olympics Launches Sport Sustainability Framework

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A pioneering new Sports Sustainability Framework (SSF) was launched in November as a key outcome of the Erasmus+ funded Special Olympics Environmental Sustainability Impact project. 
In the News

Be Part of Something Big: Special Olympics World Games Berlin 2023 Tickets Now on Sale

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Ticket sales have started for the largest inclusive sporting event in the world with the Special Olympics World Games taking place in Berlin, Germany from 17 to 25 June 2023.

Annual Report

The Special Olympics 2023 Annual Report highlights the impact of our global movement over the course of a year—filled with sports, competitions, unified leadership, inclusive health milestones, and much more.
Community Impact

Special Olympics Says #ThanksCoach to All Special Olympics Coaches on ICCE Global Coaches’ Day

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On International Council for Coaching Excellence (ICCE) Global Coaches Day, Special Olympics is saying a loud and heartfelt #ThanksCoach to every one of our coaches around the world. Today is the perfect opportunity to highlight the fantastic work our coaches do every single day.
Sports

Cycling

Cycling Lead
This page draws together cycling-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.
Community Impact

Pope Francis Commemorates 50 Years of Special Olympics

By Aoife O'Grady, June 29, 2018
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The Special Olympics Italy Unified Cup team had the honor of attending a general audience with His Holiness in the Vatican.
Sport Partnerships

Michael Phelps Foundation

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Our partnership will support us in not only raising the number of certified swimming coaches who support the hundreds of thousands of Special Olympics Swimmers, but more importantly will help to raise the standard of coaching provided to them.
Special Olympics Europe Eurasia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

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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.

Download the Special Olympics Bosnia & Herzegovina Fact Sheet.
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Hellas (Greece)

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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.

Download the Special Olympics Hellas (Greece) Fact Sheet.
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Ireland

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Special Olympics Ireland is a sports organization for people with an intellectual disability, but it provides athletes with far more than the physical benefits of sport. Special Olympics changes lives. Through sport, athletes develop both physically and emotionally, they make new friends, realize their dreams, and know they can fit in. Special Olympics Ireland enables our athletes to achieve and win not only in sport but in life too.


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 Ireland Fact Sheet.
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