South Africa at the Deaflympics

South Africa has been participating at the Deaflympics from 1993 and have bagged 62 medals at the Summer Deaflympics[1] South Africa has never participated in Winter Deaflympics.

South Africa at the
Deaflympics
IPC codeRSA
NPCSouth African Deaf Sports Federation
Websitewww.sadeafsport.com
Medals
Gold
35
Silver
18
Bronze
9
Total
62

Medal tallies

Summer Deaflympics
Event Gold Silver Bronze Total
1993 1 3 0 4
1997 5 2 2 9
2001 8 2 3 13
2005 13 5 1 19
2009 8 2 2 12
2013 0 2 1 3
2017 0 2 0 2

Notable athletes
  • Swimmer Terence Parkin's tally of 33 medals is the most at Deaflympics for any individual athlete.[2][3][4] He also broke seven Deaflympics records during his career.[5]

See also

South Africa at the Paralympics

South Africa at the Olympics

References
  1. "Countries | Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 2017-08-22.
  2. "More gold for Parkin". Cape Argus. Iol.co.za. SAPA. 2005-01-09. Retrieved 2018-01-15.
  3. "Terence Parkin has always been a star in swimming « Midmar Mile". Midmarmile.co.za. Retrieved 2018-01-15.
  4. "SA athlete Terence Parkin takes to the world stage as a Princess Charlene of Monaco Foundation Ambassador | Get It Online Durban". Durban.getitonline.co.za. 2017-10-16. Retrieved 2018-01-15. Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  5. "Deaflympics records for swimming". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 2017-09-01.


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