Athletes

SPECIAL OLYMPICS MARYLAND – MONTGOMERY COUNTY (SOMO)

WELCOMES ATHLETES TO JOIN OUR YEAR-ROUND Program

Montgomery County Special Olympics provides a year-round training and competitive sports program for Montgomery County children and adults with intellectual disabilities and/or closely related developmental disabilities.

Eligibility

Any individual who has been identified as having an intellectual (or cognitive) disability by a medical professional or agency is eligible to be a Special Olympics Maryland – Montgomery County athlete. Athletes must be at least 8 years old to compete with no maximum age limit.

In addition, we have a Young Athletes Program for children ages 3-7. This program focuses on fundamental skill acquisition through play and preparing them for training and competition in our year-round Community-Based sports programs.

All Special Olympics programs are offered at no cost to our athletes.

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