The 2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games (Korean: 2013년 동계 스페셜 올림픽 세계대회, romanized: 2013-nyeon Donggye Special Olympics Segye Daehoe) was a Special Olympics, a multi-sports event that was held in Pyeongchang, South Korea from January 29 through February 5, 2013.

[1] Though officially allocated to Pyeongchang, events were also held in Gangneung Indoor Ice Rink.

[citation needed] The three venues and events are:[2] The 2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games programme featured 8 sports with encompassing many disciplines (in parentheses).

[3][4] The mascots are Ra, In and Bow, a bear, sheep and dog respectively, whose names form the world "rainbow".

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