ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex
June 5-11, 2022

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We're officially taking 59 athletes, 19 Unified Partners, 25 coaches/sports managers, and staff to the 2022 USA Games in Orlando!

Team sports:

• Basketball (Unified) – one team
• Volleyball (Unified) – one team
• Flag Football (Unified) – one team
• Softball (Unified) – one team

Individual sports:

• Athletics
• Bocce
• Bowling
• Powerlifting
• Swimming

 
Links to job descriptions/how to qualify:

• Athletes/Unified Partners
  • For team sports, you must have won a gold medal at any state competition in the sport you're applying for in either a 2018, 2019, or 2020 State Game or tournament; you must apply as a team, not as an individual
  • For individual sports, you must have won a gold medal at any state competition in the sport you're applying for in either 2018, 2019 or 2020.
• Coaches
• Sports Managers

Links to apply:

• Coaches (open Sept 1 to Dec 31, 2020) - APPLICATION CLOSED
• Sports Managers (open Sept 1 to Dec 31, 2020) - APPLICATION CLOSED
• Athletes/Unified Partners -- Individual sports (open Jan 15 to April 28, 2021) APPLICATION CLOSED
• Athletes/Unified Partners -- Team sports (open Jan 15 to March 31, 2021) APPLICATION CLOSED 

 
Timeline:
Sept 1 – Coach and Sport Manager applications open
Dec 31 – Coach and Sport Manager applications close
Jan 15 – Coaches and Sport Managers coaches notified
Jan 15 – Athlete/Partner/Team nominations open
March 31 – Athlete/Partner/Team nominations close
April –May – Athlete/Partner/Team reviewed and selected
June 4 – USA Games Delegation announced “live” during the SOLA Summer Games Opening Ceremonies (evening before Summer Games) 
 
If you have questions about Team Louisiana 2022, email Brock Banos.

Every four years, Special Olympics conducts a national summer games in the United States that includes athletes from all 52 US Programs. 

The 2022 Special Olympics USA Games will bring 3,500 athletes to the greater Orlando area to compete in a variety of sports at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex.

 
 
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​WORLD GAMES

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On odd-numbered years, Special Olympics athletes come together for World Games. World Games alternate between summer and winter sports and give athletes the chance to travel farther away from home and interact with athletes from other countries through the language of sport. The next Special Olympics World Games will be held in 2023 in Berlin, Germany.  

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