Special Olympics Bangladesh is a national organization in Bangladesh that works with intellectually disabled individuals and help them through participation in sports.

History

Special Olympics Bangladesh was founded in 1994. It works with Special Olympics and has more than 66 thousand registered athletes.

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is chairman of the board while

Faruqul Islam Faruqul Islam is a Bangladeshi sports organizer and retired civil servant. He is the national director of Special Olympics Bangladesh. He is the vice-president of Bangladesh Athletics Federation. He is the secretary general of the Bangladesh Insti ...

is the national director. Grameenphone in partnership with Special Olympics launched a talent hunt for disabled athletes in 2008 in Bangladesh. In 2009, Special Olympics Bangladesh organized a two-day training program on field hockey for athletes and trainers. Frog Jump of Young Athlete program

Competition

The fifth national games of Bangladesh Special Olympics was held in 2010 in the Army Stadium, Dhaka. In the 2015 Special Olympics the Bangladesh team won 18 gold medals. The team of Special Olympics Bangladesh won 22 gold medals in the 2019 special olympics. 139 athletes participated in the 2019 special olympics in Doha from Bangladesh.

References

{{Special Olympics Special Olympics Bangladesh at multi-sport events Disability organisations based in Bangladesh 1994 establishments in Bangladesh Sports organizations established in 1994 Parasports in Bangladesh Parasports organizations Sports governing bodies in Bangladesh