Deaflympics

Superordinate logo of the Deaflympics

The Deaflympics (from English deaf , "deaf", and Olympics , "Olympic Games") are a competition in the deaf sport held every four years, one year after the Olympic Games , by the International Committee of Sports for the Deaf (ICSD) . Summer and winter games are held alternately. Formerly the event was called the Silent World Games for the Deaf (" Silent World Games for the Deaf ") and later the Deaf World Games . Since the International Olympic Committee (IOC) recognized the Games, they have been referred to as Deaflympics. Deaf people do not take part in the Paralympics .

Events

summer

Games	year	city	country	Attendees	Number of nations
1.	1924	Paris	France	148	9
2.	1928	Amsterdam	Netherlands	212	10
3.	1931	Nuremberg	German Empire	316	14th
4th	1935	London	United Kingdom	221	12
5.	1939	Stockholm	Sweden	250	13
6th	1949	Copenhagen	Denmark	391	14th
7th	1953	Brussels	Belgium	473	16
8th.	1957	Milan	Italy	635	25th
9.	1961	Helsinki	Finland	613	24
10.	1965	Washington, DC	United States	687	27
11.	1969	Belgrade	Yugoslavia	1189	33
12.	1973	Malmo	Sweden	1116	31
13.	1977	Bucharest	Romania	1150	32
14th	1981	Cologne	Germany	1198	32
15th	1985	los Angeles	United States	995	29
16.	1989	Christchurch	New Zealand	955	30th
17th	1993	Sofia	Bulgaria	1679	52
18th	1997	Copenhagen	Denmark	2028	65
19th	2001	Rome	Italy	2208	67
20th	2005	Melbourne	Australia	2038	63
21st	2009	Taipei	Chinese Taipei	2493	77
22nd	2013	Sofia	Bulgaria	2711	83
23.	2017	Samsun	Turkey	2742	86

winter

Games	year	place	country	Attendees	Number of nations
1.	1949	Seefeld	Austria	33	5
2.	1953	Oslo	Norway	53	6th
3.	1955	Oberammergau	BR Germany	61	7th
4th	1959	Montana	Switzerland	42	8th
5.	1963	Are	Sweden	58	8th
6th	1967	Berchtesgaden	BR Germany	86	12
7th	1971	Adelboden	Switzerland	92	13
8th.	1975	Lake Placid	United States	268	15th
9.	1979	Meribel	France	180	14th
10.	1983	Madonna di Campiglio	Italy	191	16
11.	1987	Oslo	Norway	136	15th
12.	1991	Banff	Canada	294	16
13.	1995	Yllästunturi	Finland	267	19th
14th	1999	Davos	Switzerland	273	18th
15th	2003	Sundsvall	Sweden	253	22nd
16.	2007	Salt Lake City	United States	298	23
17th	2011	originally canceled Vysoké Tatry	0  Slovakia
18th	2015	Khanty-Mansiysk	Russia	336	27
20th	2019	Turin	Italy

participation

In many nations, the task of nominating athletes to be sent to the Deaflympics is the responsibility of the national deaf sports association. In Germany the DGS, in Austria the ÖGSV, is responsible for the training camps, nominations and secondments. It is not only important to send the best players to the Deaflympics, many associations also send young, exceptional talents who are then supposed to gain experience for their future careers.

Most famous participants

The best-known Deaflympics participant is probably Terence Parkin , who a year before his victory at the Deaflympics 2001 in Rome also won silver at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney for the 200 m breaststroke.

sports

summer

badminton basketball beach volleyball bowling Soccer Handball Judo

karate athletics Mountain bike Orienteering Cycling Wrestling (freestyle) Wrestling (Greco-Roman)

shoot swim Taekwondo tennis Table tennis volleyball

winter

Alpine skiing Nordic skiing

Curling ice Hockey

Snowboard

logo

The logo was developed in 2004 by graphic design artist Ralph Fernandez. It is a positive and strong symbol of the international deaf sports community that combines the strong elements of " sign language ", " deaf ", " international cultures ", "unity" and " continuity ".

The hand signs for “ok” and “good” (index finger tip to thumb tip, with the stripes representing the middle, ring and little finger) are overlapped in a circle. It represents “union” and is the original mark of the “Deaflympics”.

The center of the logo is the iris of the eye. Deaf people define themselves as visual people, they have to use their eyes to communicate.

The logo includes the four colors of the world's national flags. The red, blue, yellow, and green represent the four regional confederations - the Asia Pacific Deaf Confederation, the European Deaf Sport Organization, the Pan American Deaf Sport Organization, and the Confederation of African Deaf Sports.

Medal table

Summer Deaflympics

The medal table lists all medals won in the Summer Deaflympics from 1924 to the Summer Deaflympics 2017 .

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	United States	355	310	338	1003
2	Russia	240	151	220	662
3	Soviet Union	173	124	108	405
4th	Germany	168	207	207	587
5	Ukraine	101	84	130	370
6th	Iran	89	69	78	236
7th	Italy	88	84	111	283
8th	United Kingdom	68	85	95	248
9	Japan	67	65	50	182
10	France	66	90	92	248
11	Sweden	64	80	60	204
12	South Korea	62	57	41	160
13	Hungary	51	44	38	133
14th	Finland	47	51	47	145
15th	Denmark	46	40	53	139
16	People's Republic of China	46	36	44	125
17th	Australia	39	24	30th	93
18th	Belarus	37	40	26th	103
19th	Poland	36	54	72	162
20th	South Africa	35	18th	9	62
21st	Turkey	34	36	60	130
22nd	Netherlands	32	35	28	95
23	Norway	32	28	25th	85
24	Canada	31	40	37	108
25th	Chinese Taipei	27	31	34	92
26th	Yugoslavia	24	13	21st	58
27	India	18th	8th	13	38
28	Ireland	16	15th	11	42
29	Czech Republic	16	9	10	35
30th	Bulgaria	15th	42	49	106
31	Belgium	15th	29	41	85
32	Kenya	14th	13	15th	42
33	Lithuania	13	17th	27	57
34	Venezuela	12	10	15th	37
35	Cuba	12	5	12	27
36	Estonia	11	8th	13	32
37	Switzerland	9	16	16	41
38	German Democratic Republic	7th	8th	8th	22nd
39	Romania	6th	9	14th	29
40	Greece	6th	9	7th	22nd
41	New Zealand	5	6th	7th	18th
42	Portugal	5	4th	4th	13
43	Croatia	4th	5	3	12
44	Czechoslovakia	3	7th	9	19th
45	Latvia	3	5	3	11
46	Slovakia	3	4th	3	10
47	Kazakhstan	3	1	8th	12
48	Puerto Rico	3	0	1	4th
49	Austria	2	6th	8th	16
50	Thailand	2	1	0	3
51	Malaysia	1	7th	3	11
52	Mongolia	1	6th	13	20th
53	Spain	1	3	6th	10
54	Argentina	1	3	3	7th
55	Mexico	1	2	3	6th
56	Brazil	1	1	7th	9
57	Macau	1	0	1	2
57	Singapore	1	0	1	2
59	Slovenia	0	2	1	3
59	Nigeria	0	2	1	3
61	Georgia	0	2	1	3
62	Armenia	0	1	5	6th
63	Indonesia	0	1	3	4th
64	Serbia	0	1	2	3
65	Moldova	0	1	1	2
66	Ecuador	0	1	0	1
67	Iceland	0	1	0	1
68	Kyrgyzstan	0	0	5	5
69	Israel	0	0	2	2
70	Cyprus	0	0	1	1
70	Colombia	0	0	1	1
70	Hong Kong	0	0	1	1
70	Egypt	0	0	1	1
70	Turkmenistan	0	0	1	1
70	Saudi Arabia	0	0	1	1
70	Uzbekistan	0	0	1	1

Winter Deaflympics

The medal table lists all medals won in the Winter Deaflympics from 1949 to the Winter Deaflympics 2015 .

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Norway	48	36	40	124
2	Russia	35	22nd	28	85
3	Canada	27	9	11	47
4th	Soviet Union	24	26th	21st	71
5	Switzerland	22nd	29	24	75
6th	Finland	21st	19th	20th	60
7th	United States	20th	41	40	101
8th	Italy	18th	11	12	40
9	Austria	17th	24	20th	61
10	Czech Republic	16	5	5	26th
11	Germany	13	15th	28	56
12	France	10	12	8th	30th
13	Japan	8th	2	3	13
14th	Australia	6th	4th	1	11
15th	Sweden	2	15th	10	27
16	Slovakia	2	5	7th	14th
17th	Slovenia	2	2	3	7th
18th	United Kingdom	2	2	2	6th
19th	People's Republic of China	1	1	3	5
20th	Ukraine	0	10	6th	16
21st	Yugoslavia	0	1	1	2
22nd	Lithuania	0	1	0	1
23	Croatia	0	0	1	1
24	Turkey	0	0	1	1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ deaflympics.com : Sofia 2013 Host City Contract Signed ( Memento of the original from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , September 2012, accessed March 5, 2013 
2. ↑ deaflympics.com : Official Announcement Regarding the 17th Winter Deaflympics , February 11, 2011, accessed April 15, 2014
3. ↑ deaflympics.com : President's Monthly Report for April 2014 ( Memento of the original from March 19, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , April 15, 2014, accessed April 15, 2014 
4. ↑ Medal table of the summer Deaflympics at www.deaflympics.com, accessed on March 25, 2017
5. ↑ Medal table of the Winter Deaflympics at www.deaflympics.com, accessed on March 26, 2017

Web links

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