2005 Summer Deaflympics

XX Summer Deaflympics
Host city Melbourne,  Australia
Motto Melbourne in the World
Nations participating 82 countries
Athletes participating 3,307 athletes
Events 147 in 14 sports
Opening ceremony 5 January
Closing ceremony 16 January
Officially opened by Marigold Southey
Main venue Olympic Park, Melbourne
Website 2005deaflympics.com
<  Rome 2001 Taipei 2009  >

The 2005 Summer Deaflympics, officially known as the 20th Summer Deaflympics, is an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from 5 January to 16 January 2005 in Melbourne, Australia.

Bidding process

A bid for the games was held on 9 March 1999 in Davos, Switzerland.[1][2]

Venues

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  • Olympic Park - Athletics (track and field), Football, Opening and closing ceremonies
  • Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre - Badminton, Basketball, Handball, Aquatics (Swimming, Water polo), Table tennis, Volleyball (Indoor), Wrestling
  • Ballarat City Oval and Victoria Park - Athletics (Marathon)
  • Ballarat - Cycling (1000m Sprint Event, 50km Individual Point Race, 35km Time Trial), Orienteering
  • Bunniyong - Cycling (100km Road Race)
  • Green Gully Reserve - Football
  • Kingston Heath Reserve - Football
  • Melbourne International Shooting Centre - Shooting
  • Boroondara Tennis Centre - Tennis
  • Sunshine AMF Bowling Centre - Bowling
  • St Kilda Beach - Volleyball (Beech)

Sports

The various sports offered at the 2009 Summer Deaflympics were held in 17 disciplines, including 11 individual sports and 6 team sports:

Individual sports

Team sports

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Melbourne wins 2005 Deaflympics". Archived from the original on 2001-08-05. Retrieved 2001-08-05.
  2. ↑ "Melbourne wins 2005 bid". Archived from the original on 2001-09-06. Retrieved 2001-09-06.
  3. ↑ "Games Programme" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2005-01-13. Retrieved 2005-01-13.
  • Only Melbourne
  • YouTube - Melbourne 2005 Deaflympic Games
  • Deatlympics - 2005 Melbourne Deatlympics


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