On Friday, March 17, 2017,
Second Lady Karen Pence will lead a Presidential Delegation to the 2017
Special Olympics World Winter Games in Graz, Schladming, and Ramsau,
Austria. Mrs. Pence
and the Presidential Delegation will join approximately 3,000 Special
Olympics athletes from 110 nations and their family members, along with
thousands of coaches, volunteers, and sports fans. The athletes will
ski, skate, snowboard, snowshoe, and engage in
other winter sports with the goal of taking home a medal. In 1993,
Austria hosted the first Special Olympics World Winter Games ever held
outside the United States.
The
Presidential Delegation will participate in several events, including
the Snowboarding Division Competition and Special Olympics Opening
Ceremony on Saturday, March 18. The Presidential
Delegation will return to the United States on Sunday, March 19.
The Presidential Delegation will include: Mr. Eugene Young, United States Charge d’Affaires a.i. to Austria,
The Honorable Charles Glazer, Special Advisor to Transition, U.S. Department of State,
The Honorable Katherine Henderson, Special Assistant to the President for Presidential Personnel, Mrs. Crissy Haslam, First Lady of Tennessee, and
Ms. Loretta Claiborne, Former Special Olympics Athlete.
Source: The White House, Office of the Press Secretary
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