Special Olympics World Winter Games 2017

Special Olympics World Winter Games 2017
motto	Heartbeat for the world
venue	Austria
Athletes	around 2700
Delegations	107
opening	18th March 2017
Closing ceremony	March 24, 2017
www.austria2017.org

The 11th Special Olympics World Winter Games took place from March 14th to 25th 2017 in Graz , Schladming and Ramsau in Austria .

Award

The Special Olympics governing body announced the 2017 Special Olympics World Winter Games at a meeting in Panama in 2012 . Austria hosted the Winter Games for the second time. The 1993 Special Olympics World Winter Games had already taken place in Austria - in Schladming and Salzburg .

Sports and competition venues

The sports represented at the disabled sports event were:

• figure skating
• Speed ​​skating
• Floor hockey
• Floorball
• Snowshoeing
• Alpine skiing ( slalom , giant slalom and Super-G )
• Nordic skiing ( cross-country skiing )
• Snowboard (slalom, giant slalom and Super-G)
• Stock sport

Two demonstration competitions were also held with dancing and the Motor Activity Training Program (MATP).

The competition venues were in Graz, Schladming and Ramsau. The opening ceremony took place in the Planai Stadium in Schladming. The venues for the alpine ski and snowboard competitions were located in the Schladming districts of Rohrmoos and Untertal . The Nordic snowshoeing and Nordic skiing competitions were held in Ramsau. The Styrian capital Graz hosted the indoor competitions and the closing ceremony. The venues in the city were the city ​​and exhibition hall Graz , the ice stadium Liebenau and the stadium Liebenau .

Attendees

Around 2,700 athletes from 107 nations took part in the 2017 Special Olympics World Winter Games. There were also 5,000 members and trainers.

The delegations came from the following countries:

Afghanistan  Egypt  Algeria  Andorra  Argentina  Armenia  Azerbaijan  Australia  Bahrain  Bangladesh  Belgium  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Bulgaria  Burkina Faso  Chile  Costa Rica  Denmark  Germany  Dominican Republic  Ivory Coast  Estonia  Finland  France  Georgia  Ghana  Gibraltar  Greece  Hong Kong  India  Indonesia  Iraq  Iran  Ireland  Iceland  Isle of Man  Israel

Italy  Jamaica  Japan  Jordan  Canada  Kazakhstan  Qatar  Kenya  Kyrgyzstan  Kosovo  Croatia  Cuba  Latvia  Lebanon  Libya  Liechtenstein  Lithuania  Luxembourg  Macau  Malaysia  Morocco  Macedonia  Mexico  Moldova  Monaco  Mongolia  Montenegro  Namibia  New Zealand  Netherlands  Nigeria  Norway  Oman  Austria  Pakistan  Palestine

Poland  Romania  Russia  San Marino  Saudi Arabia  Sweden  Switzerland  Serbia  Singapore  Slovakia  Slovenia  Spain  Sri Lanka  St. Lucia  South Africa  South Korea  Syria  Tajikistan  Taiwan  Trinidad and Tobago  Czech Republic  Tunisia  Turkmenistan  Uganda  Ukraine  Hungary  Uruguay  Uzbekistan  Venezuela  United Arab Emirates  United States  United Kingdom  People's Republic of China  Belarus  Cyprus

Arrival of the delegation from Korea in Austria The floorball team from Venezuela Team members from Austria Reception of the delegations in the Vienna City Hall

Web links

Commons : Special Olympics World Winter Games 2017  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the Special Olympics World Winter Games 2017

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Special Olympics 2017 in Styria. In: orf.at . April 18, 2012. Retrieved March 17, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Sports. Special Olympics 2017 GmbH, accessed on March 17, 2017 . 
3. ^ Special Olympics: Ballet, Fischer and Gabalier. In: orf.at . February 1, 2017, accessed March 17, 2017 . 
4. ↑ Rohrmoos / Untertal. Special Olympics 2017 GmbH, accessed on March 17, 2017 . 
5. ^ Ramsau am Dachstein. Special Olympics 2017 GmbH, accessed on March 17, 2017 . 
6. ^ Graz - Indoor competitions & closing ceremony. Special Olympics 2017 GmbH, accessed on March 17, 2017 . 
7. ↑ Special Olympics bring 37 million euros. In: orf.at . April 3, 2017. Retrieved March 17, 2017 . 
8. ↑ The athletes. Special Olympics 2017 GmbH, accessed on March 17, 2017 .