The Canada Summer Games took place in Niagara, Ontario from August 6th – 21st. 11 Special Olympics athletes from Ontario competed at the games. Taylor Bennett, Shannon Swinson, Blair Bastien, Owen Konkle, Matthew Heldsinger, and Hudson Booth were on the Athletics Ontario team and competed in the 100m and 200m running events. Katie Xu, Emily Skulj, Rose Hewitt, Gael Shindano, …
15 Special Olympics Ontario athletes recently travelled to Dartmouth, Nova Scotia to compete at the International Canoe Federation (ICF) Sprint World Championships on Thursday, August 4th, 2022. Canoe Kayak Canada (CKC), Canoe ‘22 and the International Canoe Federation were incredible supporters and advocates for including Special Olympics in the World Championships for the first time as an exhibition event. Canada …
The Reveal Your Champion (RYC) Cycle Challenge came to a close this past weekend. After 8 weeks of cycling with almost 100 participants taking part, we concluded the challenge with over 12,000 kilometres logged on Charity Miles! Special Olympics athletes, coaches, volunteers, and family members across the province got moving on their bicycles. A special mention goes out to athlete …
Special Olympics Ontario is pleased to announce the athletes and coaches that have been selected to represent Team Ontario in the upcoming 2022 Canada Summer Games: Sport Name Role Community Swimming Austin Daleman Athlete Halton Hills Swimming Rosie Hewitt Athlete Simcoe Swimming Gael Shindano Athlete Ottawa Swimming Emily Skulj Athlete St. Catharines Swimming Katie Xu Athlete Ottawa Swimming Sarah McNeil …
