The United States has been participating at the Deaflympics from 1935[1] and it is also currently placed first in the all time Deaflympics medal list.US has won more than 1000 medals, the only nation to do so in Deaflympics.[2]
| United States at the Deaflympics | |
|---|---|
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| IPC code | USA |
| NPC | USA Deaf Sports Federation |
| Website | www |
| Medals Ranked 1st |
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| Summer appearances | |
| Winter appearances | |
USA has been participating at the Winter Deaflympics from 1967.[1]
Medal tallies
editSummer Universiade
editHost nation
| Edition |  |  |  |  |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 London 1935 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
 Stockholm 1939 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Copenhagen 1949 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Brussels 1953 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
 Milan 1957 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 23 |
 Helsinki 1961 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 40 |
 Washington D.C.1965 | 9 | 21 | 23 | 53 |
 Belgrade 1969 | 22 | 23 | 21 | 66 |
| Malmö 1973 | 29 | 22 | 31 | 82 |
 Bucaresti 1977 | 38 | 35 | 30 | 103 |
 Cologne 1981 | 45 | 30 | 35 | 110 |
| Los Angeles 1985 | 46 | 30 | 33 | 109 |
 Christchurch 1989 | 22 | 30 | 23 | 75 |
 Sofia 1993 | 36 | 25 | 23 | 84 |
| Copenhagen 1997 | 28 | 21 | 27 | 76 |
| Rome 2001 | 26 | 21 | 23 | 70 |
 Melbourne 2005 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 33 |
 Taipei 2009 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 22 |
| Sofia 2013 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 29 |
 Samsun 2017 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 16 |
 Caxias do Sul 2022 | 20 | 11 | 24 | 55 |
| Total | 375 | 321 | 363 | 1056 |
Winter Deaflympics
edit| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Notable achievements
edit- In the 1977 Summer Deaflympics held in Romania, Jeff Float of US won 10 gold medals in Swimming, which is still considered as a unique and unprecedented record in Deaflympics history[3]
- Reed Gershwind holds the record for winning the most number of medals for United States in the Deaflympics history with 30 medals. This medal tally is also the second highest for any deaflympian just behind Terence Parkin of South Africa.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "United States". Deaflympics.com. International Committee of Sports for the Deaf. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
- ^ "Countries | Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 2017-08-22.
- ^ "Jeff Float | Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 2017-08-30.
- ^ "Reed Gershwind | Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 2017-09-04.
External links
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