10th November 2017
Special Olympics GB will be sending a delegation of 129 athletes (125 Special Olympics GB athletes and 4 unified partners) to the Special Olympics World Summer Games to take part in 17 sports.
They will be joined by 7,000 other Special Olympics athletes with intellectual (learning) disabilities from 168 countries around the globe.
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Huge congratulations to the head coaches on their appointments below:
Special Olympics GB 2019 World Summer Games Team
Head of Delegation - Laura Baxter
Assistant Head of Delegation - Andrea Manson
Assistant Head of Delegation - Emily Onley
Athletics
Karen Robertson (Dumfries & Galloway) - Athletics Head Coach
Badminton
Lynsey Stuart (Tayside) - Badminton Head Coach
Basketball - Female
Jazz Owen (Sheffield) - Female Basketball Head Coach
Basketball - Male
Simon Jackson-Turner (St Albans) - Male Basketball Head Coach
Bocce
Ling Mann (Dumfries & Galloway) - Bocce Head Coach
Cycling
Tom A'Hara (Scotland West) - Cycling Head Coach
Equestrian
Julia Gourley (Grampian) - Equestrian Head Coach
Football
Bobby Coltman (Durham) - Football Head Coach
Golf
Jamie McDonald (Lothian) - Golf Head Coach
Artistic Gymnastics
Angela Turner - (Scotland West) Gymnastics (Artistic) Head Coach
Rhythmic Gymnastics
TBC - Gymnastics (Rhythmic) Head Coach
Judo
Jo Imrie (Lothian) - Judo Head Coach
Powerlifting
TBC – Powerlifting Head Coach
Sailing
David Hill (Scotland West) - Sailing Head Coach
Swimming
Emma Inglis (Blackpool) - Swimming Head Coach
Table Tennis
Matt Porter (York) - Table Tennis Head Coach
Ten Pin Bowling
TBC - Ten Pin Bowling Head Coach
Tennis
Mel Whitehead (Nottingham) - Tennis Head Coach