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South Africa at the Deaflympics

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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[1] South Africa has never participated in Winter Deaflympics.

Medal tallies

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Summer Deaflympics

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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

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  • 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

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References

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  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.