South Africa at the Deaflympics
| South Africa at the Deaflympics | |
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| IPC code | RSA |
| NPC | South African Deaf Sports Federation |
| Website | www |
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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.
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
References[]
- ^ "Countries | Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 2017-08-22.
- ^ "More gold for Parkin". Cape Argus. Iol.co.za. SAPA. 2005-01-09. Retrieved 2018-01-15.
- ^ "Terence Parkin has always been a star in swimming « Midmar Mile". Midmarmile.co.za. Retrieved 2018-01-15.
- ^ "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) - ^ "Deaflympics records for swimming". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 2017-09-01.
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