Special Olympics

Summary

Special Olympics is a nonprofit organization^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• Special Olympics's field of work was sports competition^[3].
• Special Olympics's field of work was intellectual disability^[4].
• Special Olympics is in the country of United States^[5].
• Special Olympics's instance of is recorded as nonprofit organization^[6].
• Special Olympics's founder is recorded as Eunice Kennedy Shriver^[7].
• Special Olympics's headquarters location is recorded as Washington, D.C.^[8].
• Special Olympics's child organization or unit is recorded as Special Olympics Hellas^[9].
• Special Olympics's child organization or unit is recorded as Q114827750^[10].
• Special Olympics's child organization or unit is recorded as Q114836291^[11].
• Special Olympics's child organization or unit is recorded as Special Olympics Spain^[12].
• Special Olympics's child organization or unit is recorded as Q114956436^[13].
• Special Olympics's child organization or unit is recorded as Special Olympics France^[14].
• Special Olympics's child organization or unit is recorded as Special Olympics Hungary^[15].
• Special Olympics's child organization or unit is recorded as Special Olympics Cyprus^[16].
• Special Olympics's child organization or unit is recorded as Q115033614^[17].
• Special Olympics's child organization or unit is recorded as Special Olympics Latvia^[18].
• Special Olympics's child organization or unit is recorded as Special Olympics Albania^[19].
• Special Olympics's child organization or unit is recorded as Special Olympics Bharat^[20].
• Special Olympics's child organization or unit is recorded as Q115088331^[21].
• Special Olympics's child organization or unit is recorded as Special Olympics Belarus^[22].
• Special Olympics's child organization or unit is recorded as Special Olympics Bosnia and Herzegovina^[23].
• Special Olympics's child organization or unit is recorded as Special Olympics Bulgaria^[24].
• Special Olympics's child organization or unit is recorded as Special Olympics Faroe Islands^[25].
• Special Olympics's child organization or unit is recorded as Special Olympics Denmark^[26].
• Special Olympics's child organization or unit is recorded as Special Olympics Estonia^[27].

Body

Founding

Special Olympics's founder is recorded as Eunice Kennedy Shriver^[7].

Operations

Special Olympics's headquarters location is recorded as Washington, D.C.^[8]. Subsidiaries include Special Olympics Hellas^[9], a sports governing body^[28]; Q114827750^[10]; Q114836291^[11], an organization^[29], in Liechtenstein^[30]; Special Olympics Spain^[12], an organization^[31], in Spain^[32]; Q114956436^[13], a nonprofit organization^[33], in Germany^[34]; and Special Olympics France^[14], an organization^[35].

Industry

Fields of work include sports competition^[3], a form of event^[36] and intellectual disability^[4], a class of disease^[37].

Why It Matters

Special Olympics has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[38]