{"id":5944,"date":"2025-03-23T17:35:32","date_gmt":"2025-03-23T16:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/specialolympics.ch\/sportarten\/snowshoeing\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T07:54:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T06:54:12","slug":"snowshoeing","status":"publish","type":"soswi_sportarten","link":"https:\/\/soswi.compresso.website\/en\/sports\/snowshoeing\/","title":{"rendered":"Snowshoeing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-soswi-large-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-067a9867 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\">\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\">Snowshoeing has been an official sport at Special Olympics since 2017. It is the most easily accessible winter sport and is suitable for beginners who like to exercise outdoors but are not familiar with gliding on snow.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Snowshoeing at Special Olympics is not the classic snowshoe hike, but a competitive sport with sprint and long-distance races \u2013 similar to Athletics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Competition Format<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"margin-top:-12px;margin-bottom:-12px\">Competitions take place over distances from 50m to 1600m. In addition, there are various relay competitions.  <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Due to the small number of participants, competitions in Switzerland often take place at the same venue and parallel to Cross Country Skiing. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Special Olympics Switzerland is also invited to international competitions and World Games. We forward invitations to international events to athletes and sports groups who are active with us. Further information can be found under <a href=\"https:\/\/soswi.compresso.website\/en\/international-competitions\/\">International Competitions<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/soswi.compresso.website\/en\/world-games\/\">World Games<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n\n\n\n<div class=\"soswi-pagenavigation\">\n    <h2>Regulations<\/h2>\n\t<ul class=\"fa-ul\">                <li>\n                    <span class=\"fa-li\"><i class=\"fal fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n                    <a\n                            target=\"_blank\"\n                            href=\"https:\/\/files.soswi.compresso.website\/Homepage\/Sport\/Sportarten\/SN-Snowshoeing\/Reglement_SCHNEESCHUHLAUFEN_04.2019_d.pdf\"\n                    >Regulations Special Olympics Switzerland<\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                              <li>\n                    <span class=\"fa-li\"><i class=\"fal fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n                    <a\n                            target=\"_blank\"\n                            href=\"https:\/\/files.soswi.compresso.website\/Homepage\/Sport\/Sportarten\/SN-Snowshoeing\/Reglement_SCNEESCHUHLAUFEN_%c3%84nderungen_2019_d.pdf\"\n                    >Changes to Regulations<\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                              <li>\n                    <span class=\"fa-li\"><i class=\"fal fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n                    <a\n                            target=\"_blank\"\n                            href=\"https:\/\/files.soswi.compresso.website\/Homepage\/Sport\/Sportarten\/SN-Snowshoeing\/Snowshoeing-Sports-Rules.pdf\"\n                    >Special Olympics International Regulations<\/a>\n                <\/li>\n              <\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Facts &amp; Figures 2024<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-custom-weiss-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-70a187f1 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-radius:20px;margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<div class=\"soswi-factsfigures\">\n\t<div class=\"facts\">\n      <div class=\"fact\"><p class=\"factNumber\">2<\/p><p class=\"factTitle\">Events<\/p><\/div><div class=\"fact\"><p class=\"factNumber\">72<\/p><p class=\"factTitle\">Participation athetes<\/p><\/div><div class=\"fact\"><p class=\"factNumber\">36<\/p><p class=\"factTitle\">Participation coaches<\/p><\/div>\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contacts<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-custom-weiss-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-e3964afe wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-radius:20px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-752cd03d wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"personsblock aligncenter single vertical\">\n  <div class=\"person\">\n  <div class=\"person__image is-100\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soswi.compresso.website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/mitarbeiter-special-olympics-2023-16-scaled-e1761237893218.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"person__content\">\n    <div>\n      <h2>Aldo Doninelli<\/h2>\n      <p class=\"jobdescription\">National &amp; World Games, Sports &amp; Formations<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n    <div><p class=\"contacttitle\"><strong>Contact<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"email\"><a href=\"mailto:doninelli@soswi.compresso.website\">E-Mail<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n    \n  <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"personsblock single vertical\">\n  <div class=\"person\">\n  <div class=\"person__image is-100\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soswi.compresso.website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/christoph-schmid-scaled-e1758555882211.jpg\" alt=\"Christoph Schmid\" \/>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"person__content\">\n    <div>\n      <h2>Christoph Schmid<\/h2>\n      <p class=\"jobdescription\">Technical Coordinator<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    \n  <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7655,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_titles_title":"Snowshoeing at Special Olympics Switzerland","_seopress_titles_desc":"Discover Snowshoeing \u2013 the accessible winter sport for beginners who enjoy sprint and long-distance races!","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_seopress_news_disabled":"","_seopress_video_disabled":"","_seopress_video":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas_manual":[],"_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable_all":"","_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas":[],"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"soswi_tax_sportarten":[111],"class_list":["post-5944","soswi_sportarten","type-soswi_sportarten","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","soswi_tax_sportarten-official-sport"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/soswi.compresso.website\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/soswi_sportarten\/5944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/soswi.compresso.website\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/soswi_sportarten"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/soswi.compresso.website\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/soswi_sportarten"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soswi.compresso.website\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/soswi.compresso.website\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/soswi_sportarten\/5944\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soswi.compresso.website\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/soswi.compresso.website\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"soswi_tax_sportarten","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soswi.compresso.website\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/soswi_tax_sportarten?post=5944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}