{"id":12994,"date":"2025-09-30T08:05:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T06:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/specialolympics.ch\/sports-overview\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T08:37:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T07:37:29","slug":"sports-overview","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/soswi.compresso.website\/en\/sports-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Sports Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Official Sports<\/h1>\n\n
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Special Olympics offers sports and physical activity programs for people with intellectual disabilities and enables them to take part in international competitions with Swiss delegations. Around 70 competitions are offered each year in 22 official sports currently. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Alpine Skiing<\/h3><\/div>
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Athletics<\/h3><\/div>
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Basketball<\/h3><\/div>
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Boccia<\/h3><\/div>
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Bowling<\/h3><\/div>
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Cross Country Skiing<\/h3><\/div>
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Curling<\/h3><\/div>
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Cycling<\/h3><\/div>
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Equestrian<\/h3><\/div>
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Figure Skating<\/h3><\/div>
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Floorball<\/h3><\/div>
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Football<\/h3><\/div>
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Golf<\/h3><\/div>
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Handball<\/h3><\/div>
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Judo<\/h3><\/div>
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Petanque<\/h3><\/div>
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Sailing<\/h3><\/div>
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Snowboarding<\/h3><\/div>
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Snowshoeing<\/h3><\/div>
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Swimming<\/h3><\/div>
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Table Tennis<\/h3><\/div>
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Tennis<\/h3><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n

Project Sports<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Room for New<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to the official competitive sports, Special Olympics Switzerland is continuously developing so-called Project Sports<\/strong>. These emerge where demand grows or where we specifically prepare for the future \u2013 for example, with a view to the Special Olympics World Games 2029 in Switzerland. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is how we create new opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities to discover their passion for sports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Climbing<\/h3><\/div>
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Dance Sport<\/h3><\/div>
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Short Track<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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