| 13th Special Olympics World Summer Games | |
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| Motto | Join the wonderful winning world (Greek: Ενωθείτε με τον υπέροχο κόσμο των νικητών) |
| Nations participating | 185 |
| Athletes participating | 7,000 |
| Events | 21 |
| Opening ceremony | 25 June 2011 |
| Closing ceremony | 4 July 2011 |
The 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games was a sporting event held from June, 25th 2011 - July, 4th 2011 in Athens, Greece. The opening ceremony of the games took place on 25 June 2011 at the Panathinaiko Stadium and the closing ceremony was held on 4 July 2011.
"Over 7,500" athletes, from 185 countries, will be competing in a total of twenty-two sports.[1]
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Bangladesh was be represented by 40 athletes.[2]
Egypt was represented by 77 athletes competing in 11 sports.[3] They won 41 medals (13 Gold, 16 Silver and 12 Bronze). [4] [5]
India was represented by 256 athletes.[6]
Lithuania was represented by 17 athletes.[7]
New Zealand was represented by 35 athletes competing in seven sports: athletics (2 golds won in shotput - Andrew Oswin and 4x100m Relay - Andrew Oswin, Mitchell Brown, Ryan Smith and Kwame Williams-Accra), aquatics ( 8 golds), basketball (1 silver) equestrian, golf and powerlifting.[8]
Pakistan was represented by 90 athletes, winning 56 Medals, (17 Gold, 25 Silver and 14 Bronze). Adeel Ameer (most successful athlete in the squad) captured 3 Gold Medals, winning 100-metre, high-jump and 4×100 metre events. [9]
Philippines was represented by 38 athletes competing in six sports: athletics, aquatics, badminton, bowling, gymnastics and powerlifting.[10]
Samoa was represented by 8 athletes.[11]
The United Kingdom was represented by 151 athletes.[12]
The Vietnam was represented by 8 athletes competing in two sports: athletics, Bocce .
A total of 146 athletes represented Ireland in the Special Olympics 2011 World Summer Games. They returned to Ireland with a total of 106 medals.
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