United States at the Deaflympics

The United States has been participating at the Deaflympics from 1935[1] and it is also currently placed first in the all time Deaflympics medal list. US has won more than 1000 medals, the only nation to do so in Deaflympics.[2]

United States at the
Deaflympics
IPC codeUSA
NPCUSA Deaf Sports Federation
Websitewww.usdeafsports.org
Medals
Ranked 1st
Gold
355
Silver
310
Bronze
338
Total
1,003
Summer appearances
  • 1935
  • 1939
  • 1949
  • 1953
  • 1957
  • 1961
  • 1965
  • 1969
  • 1973
  • 1977
  • 1981
  • 1985
  • 1989
  • 1993
  • 1997
  • 2001
  • 2005
  • 2009
  • 2013
  • 2017
  • 2021
Winter appearances
  • 1967
  • 1971
  • 1975
  • 1979
  • 1983
  • 1987
  • 1991
  • 1995
  • 1999
  • 2003
  • 2007
  • 2015
  • 2019
  • 2023

USA has been participating at the Winter Deaflympics from 1967.[1]

Medal tallies

Summer Universiade

     Host nation

Edition
London 19351214
Stockholm 1939 0101
Copenhagen 19490101
Brussels 19532013
Milan 1957761023
Helsinki 196114141240
Washington D.C.19659212353
Belgrade 196922232166
Malmö 197329223182
Bucaresti 1977383530103
Cologne 1981453035110
Los Angeles 1985463033109
Christchurch 198922302375
Sofia 199336252384
Copenhagen 199728212776
Rome 200126212370
Melbourne 20059121233
Taipei 2009105722
Sofia 2013881329
Samsun 201753816
Caxias do Sul 20222024
Total3573103401007

Winter Deaflympics

Event Gold Silver Bronze Total
1967 2 0 0 2

Notable achievements

  • In the 1977 Summer Deaflympics held in Romania, Jeff Float of US won 10 gold medals in Swimming, which is still considered as a unique and unprecedented record in Deaflympics history[3]
  • Reed Gershwind holds the record for winning the most number of medals for United States in the Deaflympics history with 30 medals. This medal tally is also the second highest for any deaflympian just behind Terence Parkin of South Africa.[4]

See also

References

  1. "United States". Deaflympics.com. International Committee of Sports for the Deaf. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  2. "Countries | Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 2017-08-22.
  3. "Jeff Float | Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 2017-08-30.
  4. "Reed Gershwind | Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 2017-09-04.


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