The 32 Sports of Special Olympics

FACEBOOK TRIVIA ANSWER– from our question posted on Monday, December 19th:

Thank you to all of you who posted your answers on our Facebook page!

The correct answer is – Special Olympics offers over 32 Olympic-style individual and team sports that provide meaningful training and competition opportunities for persons with intellectual disabilities.

These are the sports represented worldwide, and each Program offers a variety of these sports to their athletes. For example, one Program may offer bowling and basketball, while another may offer swimming, equestrian, tennis and volleyball – or another figure skating, alpine skiing and snowshoeing – each Special Olympics Program is unique in the sports that they offer throughout the year – and in the competitions and tournament schedules that they hold.

Here is the list of sports – it’s pretty amazing!

1. Alpine Skiing
2. Aquatics
3. Athletics (Track & Field)
4. Badminton
5. Basketball
6. Bocce
7. Bowling
8. Cricket
9. Cross-Country Skiing
10. Cycling
11. Equestrian
12. Figure Skating
13. Floorball
14. Floor Hockey
15. Football (Soccer)
16. Golf
17. Gymnastics (Rhythmic)
18. Gymnastic (Artistic)
19. Handball
20. Judo
21. Kayaking
22. Powerlifting
23. Roller Skating
24. Sailing
25. Softball
26. Speed Skating
27. Snowboarding
28. Snowshoeing
29. Swimming
30. Table Tennis
31. Tennis
32. Volleyball

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