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Special Olympics Virginia touches the lives of more than 40,000 athletes and volunteers in every city and county across the Commonwealth. We bring out emotions in some people they never suspected lay within them. In others, the talents they've nurtured come to full bloom.

 

Read below for some of these incredible stories from across the state.  For more Success Stories, visit our archives page or visit our news section. 


 

Special Olympics Athlete Shane Weagley Awarded High School Varsity Letter

Handley High School in Winchester made a special commitment to its student athletes — those with and without intellectual disabilities — in June when they presented Special Olympics athlete Shane Weagley with his own varsity sports letter. Read Full Story
 


Andrew Bliss: Leaving Limits in the Dust

For most people, running a 50K over beaten mountain paths and dirt roads would be challenging. But Andrew Bliss is not most people. Not only has Andrew, a 22-year-old Special Olympics Virginia athlete, run 10 of these ultra-marathons since his first race in 2008, but he has also completed 10 regular marathons, 20 half-marathons, and many other shorter races. Read Full Story

Celebrating a Special Milestone

Did you know, Special Olympics athletes are five times more likely to be employed than the general population of adults with intellectual disabilities? Special Olympics athlete Kirsten Stone just celebrated her one-year anniversary at Booz Allen Hamilton, who also employs Special Olympics athletes Ashley Counts and David Egan.
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