Supporting the Special Olympics World Games Berlin 2023

Meet our volunteers supporting the Special Olympics World Games, and the athletes competing in them.

2 min
23 June 2023

Meet our volunteers supporting the Special Olympics World Games, and the athletes competing in them. This blog post will be further updated with additional videos as we publish them.

Volunteer Stories

As a supporter of the Special Olympics World Games Berlin 2023, we are very proud of our amazing volunteers for the enthusiasm and effort they brought to their responsibilities over the nine days. Meet some of our volunteers and find out more about what they got up to.

Miriam Sabate

Meet Miriam, Inbound Transport Manager, who took the opportunity to swap the office for the stables to support the Special Olympics World Games Berlin 2023 šŸ“

Miriam spent her three volunteering days assisting Equestrian events at Special Olympics, which included braiding and washing the horsesā€™ manesā€¦ at 6am!

Check out the video to hear more about Miriamā€™s experience meeting volunteers and athletes from all over the world šŸŒ

Athlete Stories

As part of our support for the Special Olympics World Games Berlin 2023, we caught up with some of the incredible athletes to share their stories and motivation.

Darleen HĆ¼penbecker

Darleen is playing for Team Deutschland Football at the Special Olympics World Games in Berlin, her hometown! It was awesome to meet Darleen and her team on one of their many training days ahead of Special Olympics. Darleen shared her goals for the games and even revealed her favorite team in the Bundesliga šŸ¤«

Watch her in action below āš½

Danyel Ragner

Danyel achieved a Gold Medal for Team Deutschland Football at the Special Olympics World Games Berlin 2023! It was great to catch up with him to find out more about his motivation and his story.

Check out his incredible skills šŸŸļø