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South Africa at the Deaflympics

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

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

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. He also broke seven Deaflympics records during his career.

See also

References

  1. "Countries | Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  2. "More gold for Parkin". Cape Argus. Iol.co.za. SAPA. 9 January 2005. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  3. "Terence Parkin has always been a star in swimming « Midmar Mile". Midmarmile.co.za. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  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. 16 October 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2018. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  5. "Deaflympics records for swimming". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
Nations at the Deaflympics
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Americas
Asia-Pacific
Europe
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