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Double gold medalist Caolan McConville among returning Team Ireland Special Olympic heroes
17 Mar 2025 07:44 GMT
… Assistant Coach.
CEO of Special Olympics Ireland, Matt English, reflected on the … that the Special Olympics World Winter Games in Turin have been an … Closing Ceremonies in Sestriere and Turin. Irish athlete and Sargent Shriver Global …
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‘Work hard, and you could get a gold medal like me’ – Team Ireland Special Olympics athletes get heroes welcome at Dublin Airport
16 Mar 2025 22:21 GMT
… crowd of supporters waved Irish flags and homemade signs … Mallow, Cork told the Irish Independent that he is “ … Olympics Ireland, added: “We are all ecstatic, everything that happened over in Turin … flight from Italy, the Irish rugby team returning from Rome …
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‘Snow’ one like her! Craigavon Special Olympics ski coach named among King’s Honours recipients
14 Jun 2025 03:03 GMT
… 34 medals at the Special Olympics Ireland Winter Games and this … with gold medals in Turin’s Special Olympic Winter Games.
This … a part of the Special Olympics.
Of Jill, Ski Ability … introducing sit skis to Northern Ireland, pioneering adaptive skiing and …
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Craigavon ski club volunteers help Special Olympians strike gold in Turin
09 Jun 2025 15:39 GMT
… from the Special Olympics World Winter Games in Turin with two gold … medals each for Team Ireland.
Their … bottom of the slope in Turin and watch them win … success in Turin comes during Volunteers’ Week, as Special Olympics Ulster …
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Desmond willing to sacrifice car to fuel Olympic dream
31 May 2025 08:30 GMT
… TV during the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and quickly set about … , Chief Executive of the Olympic Federation of Ireland got the snowball rolling … earning recognition from the International Olympic Committee, Irish Olympic Committee and the International …
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Meet Elsa Desmond - Ireland's luge star who refused to give up on her Olympic dream
31 May 2025 09:27 GMT
… was 19, setting up the Irish Luge Federation after a long … period of lobbying the Olympic Federation of Ireland. From there it took … luge while watching the 2006 Torino Olympics. "I knew from then …
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Team Ireland and Fiat announce four-year partnership to drive Olympic performance
15 May 2025 14:11 GMT
… Sherrard, CEO of the Olympic Federation of Ireland, welcomed the partnership as … sponsor of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. It will continue this … be partnering with the Olympic Federation of Ireland over the next four …
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Special Olympics heroes honoured in Mansion House after World Winter Games success
28 Apr 2025 21:25 GMT
… the Turin Games in floorball and alpine skiing. Team Ireland secured … won bronze.
Matt English, Special Olympics CEO, said: “I was … May 2 with Special Olympics Ireland urging the public to … without support. The Special Olympics only functions with the amazing …
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Special Olympics stars Caolan McConville and Lucy Best honoured at Craigavon Ski Centre
16 Apr 2025 18:51 GMT
… the Special Olympics World Winter Games in Turin last month. … medals, becoming the first Irish skier to ever compete … Kurtis Dickson.
Northern Ireland’s Special Olympics World Winter Games … Karen Coventry from Special Olympics Ireland and Angela Litter, the …
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Team Ireland honoured in Craigavon after medal success at World Winter Games
15 Apr 2025 16:36 GMT
… from the Special Olympics World Winter Games in Turin last month.
Caolan … Gold medals, becoming the first Irish skier to ever compete – and … were Karen Coventry from Special Olympics Ireland and Angela Litter, the chairperson …