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Coaches

Moeti Clement Sethunya standing with his female football team on a filed for a group photo.
Community Impact

Coaching Sports and Life Skills

Moeti Clement Sethunya takes a well-rounded approached to coaching football (soccer) and floor hockey at Special Olympics South Africa using it as a building block to athlete employment.
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Ahmedreza Nasiri, Special Olympics Iran, Badminton Coach
Community Impact

“To me, Life Means Badminton and Special Olympics”

In my role as a Special Olympics coach, Special Olympics Iran athletes taught me about the pivotal role that the Special Olympics athletes play in society.
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Coach Maria at World Games Abu Dhabi 2019 standing with two athletes on either side of her in front of the pavilion.
Community Impact

Coach Maria Teresa is Always Learning

My journey of being the National Director of Sports for Special Olympics Brazil, a tennis coach and technical delegate coincides with my love of learning.
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Bruno Barth on the basketball court with a Play Unified long sleep blue shirt on talking to the camera.
Community Impact

Special Olympics Switzerland Challenges Us to Get Active!

The Special Olympics Switzerland Challenge is a new multilingual website and activity hub where athletes can participate in digital training sessions and competitions, no matter where in the world they are!
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Athlete Kai Bodenstein hugging Coach Rob van Someren Brand in a gymnasium.
Community Impact

Special Olympics Germany Football Coach Rob van Someren Brand

My name is Rob van Someren Brand, and I’m a football coach for Special Olympics Germany in Berlin.
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Coach Emi in a bright purple cow-neck sweater on the ice with ice skaters in the background. Text on the top reads: Confidence. Text on the bottom reads: Coach Emi Freese, Special Olympics New York; Gallagher logo and text that reads: Official Sponsor of Special Olympics International Sport and Coach Programming.
Community Impact

Coach Emi’s Story

The role of a coach comes down to being a strong and supportive leader. As Special Olympics New York coaches, we do this with and for the athletes. We're taking the sport that we love and sharing it because we want to make a change in this world for the better.
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Community Impact

Coach Charles Chua says “We’re All Good Enough”

This post first appeared in Human Race from Special Olympics Asia Pacific.
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Coach Robert with his two sons Roberto Jr. and Coach Carlos; all three men wearing a MERCER 2019 Special Olympics New Jersey Games shirt.
Community Impact

Coach Roberto Hernandez Celebrates 25 Years

When you talk to Coach Roberto about coaching for Special Olympics New Jersey now, he still has passion in his voice, the same passion he exudes when he talks about his family.
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Mohammed Mounir illustrated story.
Community Impact

Mohammed Mounir from Special Olympics Morocco

How the Coach’s lifetime commitment to promote tolerance and acceptance is changing the worldview of athletes with intellectual disabilities.
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Three girls hug on the football pitch in celebration.
In the News

European Football Week 2020

This year, European Football Week went digital. Welcome to Faces of Football!
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