The 2027 Special Olympics World Summer Games officially known as the XVII from 19 to 31 October 2027 will be held in Santiago, Chile. This marks the first time the Games will be held in the Southern Hemisphere and the first time in a Latin American country. The event is expected to attract over 6,000 athletes from more than 170 nations. Scheduled to be held in Santiago, Chile, will be the first time in the organization’s 55-year history that a World Games will take place in the Southern Hemisphere.[1] It will also be the first World Games in Latin America, and in a Spanish-speaking country.
Special Olympics Board Chair Dr. Timothy Shriver poses with Special Olympics athletes during the press event to announce that Santiago, Chile will be the host site for the 2027 Special Olympics World Games.
On 24 April, Special Olympics announced that for the first time Special Olympics World Games in 2027 are going to be held in the Latin American region in Santiago, Chile.
At a press event at the Organization of American States (OAS) in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, Special Olympics Brazil Athlete Leader and International Board Director Emanuelle Dutra de Souza announced that the Special Olympics 2027 World Games has been awarded to Santiago de Chile. Presiding over the announcement were Special Olympics Chairman Timothy Shriver, OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro, Permanent Representative of Chile to the OAS Sebastián Kraljevich and leader of the Santiago 2027 bid, Chilean Minister of Sport Jaime Pizarro Herrera.
After the announcement, the attendees were invited to partake in a Unified Sport experience with Special Olympics DC athletes. There were three stations set up with football drills, passing, dribbling and shooting, and both the athletes and Unified partners were able to come together, united through sport, and get a taste for how impactful the World Games will be in Santiago in 2027.
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MSN – Santiago de Chile será la sede de los Juegos Mundiales de Olimpiadas Especiales 2027
El Universal – Chile será sede de los Juegos Mundiales de Olimpiadas Especiales del 2027
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InsideTheGames – Chile to bid for 2027 Special Olympics as first step towards “dream” of future Olympic Games, says country’s President Boric
Yahoo! Sports – Santiago, Chile to host 2027 Special Olympics World Games – Yahoo Sports
UTS – Santiago, Chile Will Host the 2027 Special Olympics World Games – United Through Sports (uts.sport)
ITF – Santiago, Chile Will Host the 2027 Special Olympics World Games | ITF (itftennis.com)
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