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The 1983 Special Olympics World Summer Games were held in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States, on the campus of Louisiana State University from July 12–18, 1983. [1] Events included athletics , Softball Throw and Swimming .
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]
The 2014 Special Olympics USA Games were held from June 14 to 21 in New Jersey. [4] The Opening Ceremony was held at Prudential Center in Newark. [5] [6] Competition was held at venues throughout Mercer County including The College of New Jersey in the Trenton suburb of Ewing, [7] Rider University, Princeton University and Mercer County Park.
Hollis Conway (born January 8, 1967) is a track and field high jumper and a two-time Olympic medalist. He is currently employed by Lafayette Consolidated Government as the PARC Director in Lafayette Mayor-President Josh Guillory's administration.
In 1996, the Louisiana Superdome hosted the AAU Junior Olympics wrestling competition. [77] The 2004 Armed Forces Wrestling Championship was held in the New Orleans area. [78] On April 6, 2014, the Mercedes-Benz Superdome hosted the WrestleMania XXX event, in which Brock Lesnar ended The Undertaker's winning Streak in one memorable moment.
The Pete Maravich Assembly Center is a 13,215-seat multi-purpose arena in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The arena opened in 1972 and is home of the LSU Tigers gymnastics team. It was originally known as the LSU Assembly Center , but was renamed in honor of Pete Maravich , a Tiger basketball legend, shortly after his death in 1988.
The 2024 Summer Olympics are about to end but Southern Californians might already be wondering how to buy tickets or work as volunteers when the Games come to their part of the world.. The short ...