{"id":5803,"date":"2025-08-13T15:11:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T13:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/specialolympics.ch\/personen\/anja-van-helden\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T16:56:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T15:56:34","slug":"anja-van-helden","status":"publish","type":"soswi_persons","link":"https:\/\/soswi.compresso.website\/en\/people\/anja-van-helden\/","title":{"rendered":"Anja van Helden"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-05a2a08a wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anja van Helden is a passionate Special Olympics athlete \u2013 and actively advocates on the Foundation Board for the concerns and perspectives of her fellow athletes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She works with toddlers in a playgroup and is also active at ConSol Berufliche Perspektiven, where she, among other things, produces drinking glasses. 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