Norway at the 2017 Summer Deaflympics

Norway competed in the 2017 Summer Deaflympics which was held in Samsun, Turkey. Norway sent a delegation consisting of 7 participants for the event.[1] This was the 20th consecutive time that Norway participated at the Summer Deaflympics since making its Deaflympic debut in 1931.

Norway at the
2017 Deaflympics
IOC codeNOR
Websitewww.doveidrett.no
in Samsun
Competitors7
Medals
Ranked 29th
Gold
1
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
2

Norwegian athletes claimed 2 medals in the event including a gold medal and a bronze medal.[2] Trude Raad won the women's hammer throw event and broke her own world record in the women's hammer throw after claiming gold medal with a record time of 66.05[3][4]

Medalists
Name Medal Sport Event
Trude Raad  Gold Athletics Women's hammer throw
Andrea Hjellegjerde  Bronze Golf Women's individual

Medal table
Sport  Gold  Silver  Bronze Total
Athletics 1 0 0 1
Golf 0 0 1 1

References
  1. "Norway | 2017 Summer Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 2017-12-18.
  2. "Countries | Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 2017-11-18.
  3. "Deaflympics 2017 Samsun". deaflympics2017.org (in Turkish). Retrieved 2017-12-01.
  4. "Women's hammer throw | 2017 Summer Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 2017-12-18.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.