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The 2022 Special Olympics World Winter Games (Russian: Всемирные зимние игры Специальной Олимпиады 2022 г.) was a cancelled international multi-sport event for athletes with intellectual disabilities planned to be held in Kazan, Russia on January 21–27.
Special Olympics World Games take place every two years and alternate between Summer and Winter Games, a schedule similar to the Olympics and Paralympics. Attracting as many as 350,000 volunteers and coaches, plus several thousands of athletes, these World Games can be the world's largest sporting event of the year.
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]
More than 5,000 athletes and coaches from all 50 states and the Caribbean will compete in the week-long event.
January 22–28: 2022 Special Olympics World Winter Games in Kazan, Russia Cancelled; February 4–20: 2022 Winter Olympics, in Beijing, China [1] March 4–13: 2022 Winter Paralympics, in Beijing, China; April 16–22: 2020 Invictus Games, in The Hague, Netherlands
Special Olympics National Summer Games in New Zealand [159] 1985: 2022: 4 New Zealand, Hamilton: Regional: Disabled: Special Olympics National Winter Games in New Zealand: 2005: 2023: 4 New Zealand, TBA: Regional: Disabled: Special Olympics USA: 2006: 2026: 4 United States, Minnesota: Regional: Disabled: Special Olympics Summer World Games ...
But during his 10 days in Orlando for the Special Olympics 2022 USA Games, none of them were opened. He watched only a few minutes of a movie on TV during his limited free periods.
Held in Berlin, Germany, the Special Olympics lasted nine days, from 17 to 25 June 2023. [1] It marked the first time that Germany has hosted the Special Olympics World Games. [ 2 ] About 6,500 athletes and unified partners from approximately 178 countries competed in 26 sports, supported by 3,000 coaches and 18,000 volunteers.