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Eva Gazova, National Director of Special Olympics Slovakia, at the Safeguarding Seminar.
In the News

Special Olympics Slovakia Organizes First Ever Safeguarding Seminar

Special Olympics Slovakia organized its first ever Safeguarding seminar as part of the Special Olympics Operation Safeguard project, funded by Erasmus+, with 60 participants attending.
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Two men stand on a football field and pose for a photo.
Community Impact

A Three-Decade-Long Friendship Celebrated in Coach Receiving Outstanding Coach Award

Coach Joe Bellini and Special Olympics athlete Will Smith have known each other for nearly 30 years. Their relationship isn’t the typical coach/athlete relationship because the connection runs so deep. Here is their story.
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A Special Olympics coach shakes hands with athletes on the other side of a volleyball net.
Community Impact

Special Olympics Pennsylvania Coach Receives Lifetime Achievement Award After Five Decades of Involvement

In the sixth grade, Maryellen Brown, standing at just 4’11", won the broad jump with a measurement of 6 feet and 1 inch.
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Charles Nyambe holding a microphone while speaking in front of a large sign that says “Lead to Include Africa.”
In the News

Special Olympics Africa President Charles Nyambe Featured in Authority Magazine

Learn more about "Leading like Mandela" Champion Award winner Charles Nyambe.
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Coach Edna stands with ten athletes dressed in weightlifting uniforms holding up a sign that says American Muscle Powerlifting, Long Island, Special Olympics, New York.
Community Impact

Coach Edna on Weightlifting Bar Basics

Coach Edna coaches the American Muscle powerlifting team that consists of three female athletes and six male ranging in age from 16 to 35.
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A Special Olympics athlete stands next to her coach for a photo.
Community Impact

Coach’s Three-Decade-Long Involvement with Special Olympics Leads to Outstanding Coach Nomination

Getting started with the movement 30 years ago after fostering a young man with intellectual disabilities, she has been a certified coach since 2006, with swimming being her favorite sport.
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17 people together smiling and posing for a group photo inside a gymnasium, surrounded by Badminton World Federation and Special Olympics banners and branding.
Community Impact

Badminton Experts Deliver Shuttle Time Program to Expand Sport in North America

Special Olympics volunteers and coaches get together to develop their badminton knowledge and expertise.
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In the News

Coach Webinar Series 2022

A look back on the 2022 Special Olympics Coach Webinar Series, presented by Gallagher.
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A group of three people pose for a photo.
Community Impact

A Lifesaving Skill

Debbie Ogden considers swimming a lifesaving skill. That is exactly why she raised each one of her children in the pool.
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A man stands in front of a red background and smiles for a photo.
Community Impact

Jonathan Frederick Incorporates Fun with Competition while Coaching Esports

Inside a high-energy arena, with flashing lights and excitement filling the room, Special Olympics athletes and Unified partners compete against one another at the highest level in esports.
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