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Special Olympics is the world's largest sports organization for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, providing year-round training and activities to 5 million participants and Unified Sports partners in 172 countries. [2]
1972 Special Olympics was the third edition of the Special Olympics World Games held in Los Angeles, California, the United States, from August 13 to August 18 in 1972. This event was co-sponsored by the Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation and the Western Special Olympics, Inc. About 2,500 to 3,000 youngsters from eight countries including the ...
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Four years later, in the 1984 Summer Olympics, he won two gold medals for the team all-around and for the men's parallel bars. [4] His win on the parallel bars helped the U.S. win its first men's Olympic gymnastic gold medal in 80 years. [12] He demonstrated an original move called the "Conner spin" during the 1984 Olympics. [10]
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In 2007, a group of athletes, coaches, volunteers, and parents based in San Diego split from Special Olympics Southern California to gain local control over disabled athletics programs. [14] This group – SPORTS for Exceptional Athletes (S4EA) – serves people with developmental disabilities within the age range of 5 years old through adults.
The membership area includes areas in Southern California from Fresno, California, to the Southern California border with Mexico, a distance of over 300 miles. The current chapter was founded on March 19, 1949, with its first president, Fred Kelly of Orange, California. Since that time the SoCal Olympians and Paralympians has sought to ...
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