UAE Secures 16 Medals at Special Winter Olympics
The UAE team secured 16 medals in the country's debut at the 2025 Special Olympics World Winter Games in Turin, Italy.
The team secured four gold medals, five silver medals, and seven bronze medals, making UAE the best-performing country from the Middle East and North Africa region at the event, which concluded on Sunday, Mar. 16.
Here is the full list of athletes who secured medals at the Special Olympics:
- Meena Al Mazrouei: gold in Novice Super-G Snowboarding, silver in the Slalom Snowboarding, and bronze in the Giant Slalom Snowboarding.
- Zulekha Al Mansoori: gold in the 100m Cross-Country Skiing
- Yousif Al Mulla: gold in the Novice-G Alpine Skiing and bronze in both the Slalom Alpine Skiing and Novice Super-G Alpine Skiing
- Kholoud Al Khoori: silver in the 500m Speed Skating and bronze in the 333m Speed Skating and 777m Speed Skating
- Abdullah Al Nuaimi: gold in the Giant Slalom Snowboarding and bronze in the Novice Super-G Snowboarding
- Salma Al Salami: silver in the 200m Snowshoeing and bronze in the 100m Snowshoeing
- Hazza Al Mehairbi: silver in the Figure Skating – Singles
- Ahmed Al Jilani: silver in the 100m Snowshoeing
- Hamda Al Hosani: fourth place in the Figure Skating – Singles
- Khalifa Al Amiri: fourth in the Cross-Country Skiing
The Emirati athletes participated in the games alongside 1,500 athletes from 102 countries. Before the tournament, they went through intensive training in camps in Uzbekistan and Dubai following a year of coaching at venues across the UAE.