Introduction, referred to as Special Olympics, the International Special Olympics Organization was founded in 1968 by Alice Kennedy Schweifer, sister of former US President John F. Kennedy.
Headquartered in Washington, DC, the United States, its main purpose is to help and promote sports activities for people with intellectual disabilities in countries around the world.
The English name is Special Oliympics.
Founded in 1968, it is a world-wide large-scale comprehensive sports meeting specially organized for patients with mental disorders and people with intellectual disabilities.
It was held irregularly before 1975, and then held every four years. So far, it has been held 12 times.
In 1963, the wife of American E.K. Shriver organized a summer camp for children and adults with mental or intellectual disabilities. She discovered that their ability to perform sports and physical activities was far beyond the imagination of experts.
In 1968, funded by the Kennedy Foundation in the United States and organized by Shriver, who actively advocated and devoted himself to the Special Olympics movement, the first Special Olympics was held in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
More than 1,000 mentally handicapped people from 26 states in the United States and Canada participated in track and field, indoor hockey and water sports competitions.
The purpose of the Special Olympics is to enable people with intellectual disabilities to strengthen their physical strength, develop their intelligence, overcome themselves, and gradually recover through physical exercise, thereby making useful contributions to society.
The Special Olympics movement is not restricted by region, race or belief. It aims to arouse the humanitarian spirit of society and the public, and educate, train and tap the potential of mentally handicapped people through mutual cooperation so that they can enhance their self-confidence and realize their role in society.
value, and then face life positively.
The establishment of the Special Olympics has greatly promoted and promoted the development of sports for people with intellectual disabilities in various countries around the world.
Since then, in addition to hosting the Special Olympics, the International Special Olympics Committee, composed of representatives from each member country, has also organized and carried out sports training activities for people with intellectual disabilities around the world.
In 1988, the International Olympic Committee signed a historic agreement officially recognizing the Special Olympics.
The China Sports Association for the Mentally Handicapped was established in 1985. In the same year, it joined the International Special Olympics Organization and organized teams to participate in the 1987, 1991, 1995 and 1999 Summer Special Olympics.
At present, more than 150 countries and regions participate in the International Special Olympics organization, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Poland, Cuba, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Singapore, Kenya and China. More than 1.2 million people with intellectual disabilities participate in sports activities and events around the world.
Various competitions.
Since the Special Olympics is a mass sports event for the mentally retarded and only has a basic level, the International Olympic Committee allows mentally retarded people with particularly excellent athletic performance to participate in the Paralympic Games.
The Special Olympics was held irregularly before 1975, and it was held 4 times.
Since 1975, it has been held every four years and has been held 10 times so far.
Special Olympics events include baseball, bowling, floor hockey, gymnastics (floor exercise, tumbling, balance beam), skating (50 meters, 100 meters, 400 meters and figure skating), 1-meter diving, and swimming (25-meter freestyle, 50-meter
meter freestyle, 25m butterfly, 100m freestyle relay), track and field (50m, 100m, 1000m, 400m relay, high jump, standing long jump, softball throw, pentathlon), volleyball (mixed)
), wheelchair races (25-meter race, 30-meter curve obstacle race, 1000-meter relay race), etc.
Special Olympics International was founded in 1968 by Alice Kennedy Schweifer, sister of former US President John F. Kennedy.
Headquartered in Washington, DC, the United States, its main purpose is to help and promote sports activities for people with intellectual disabilities in countries around the world.
Currently, more than 50 countries and regions participate in this organization's activities.
The first International Special Olympics was held in Chicago, USA in 1968.
Since its establishment, 7 Summer Special Olympics and 1 Winter Special Olympics have been held.
In March 1985, China was invited to send an observation delegation to participate in the first Special Winter Olympics held in Salt Lake City, USA.
In June of the same year, the China Sports Association for the Intellectually Disabled was established in Beijing. On July 4 of the same year, the head of the International Special Olympics Organization attended the European Summer Special Olympics in Dublin, Ireland, and decided to admit China as a member.
The 2007 International Special Olympics Games will be held in Shanghai.
According to the regulations of the International Special Olympics, anyone aged over 8 years old and with an IQ below 70, regardless of age or gender, can participate in Special Olympics competitions.
The 2007 Special Olympics were held in Shanghai, China.