2013 Summer Deaflympics

2013 multi-sport event in Sofia, Bulgaria

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22nd Summer Deaflympics

Host city| Sofia
Country|  Bulgaria
Nations| 90
Athletes| 2879
Sport| 17 sports (20 disciplines)
Events| 203
Opening| July 26, 2013
Closing| August 4, 2013
Opened by| Rosen Plevneliev
Main venue| Armeets Arena / Vasil Levski National Stadium
Website| sofia 2013
Summer

<- Taipei 2009

Samsun 2017 ->

Winter

<- Vysoké Tatry 2011

Khanty-Mansiysk 2015 ->

The 2013 Summer Deaflympics (Bulgarian: 2013 летни дефлимпийски игри), officially known as the 22nd Summer Deaflympics (Bulgarian: 22-ра лятна глуха олимпиада), was an international multi-sport event that took place in Sofia, Bulgaria from July 26 to August 4, 2013.[1] The marathon had been held before in Füssen, Germany on 21 July.[2]
Sofia was hosting the biggest sports event for deaf athletes for a second time. In the past the Bulgarian capital hosted the 1993 Summer Deaflympics, thus becoming only the second city, together with Copenhagen, which has hosted two Summer Deaflympics.[3]

The 2013 games was to be held in Athens, Greece, but the city decline the hosting rights citing no Organising Committee for the event and economic turmoil in the country.[4]

## Sports[edit]

The sports offered at the 2013 Summer Deaflympics was held in 19 disciplines, including 14 individual sports and 5 team sports:[5]

### Individual sports[edit]

* Athletics (44)
* Badminton (5)
* Bowling (8)
* Cycling (9)
* Road (3W+4M=7)
* Mountain biking (2)

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* Judo (7M+6W+2Open+1Mens team+1 Men Kata=17)
* Karate (5M+4W+2Open+2KATA+1kata team men+1kumite team men=15)
* Orienteering (8)
* Shooting (5W+6M=11)
* Swimming (38)

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* Table tennis (7)
* Taekwondo (4W+4M+5poomsae=13)
* Tennis (5)
* Wrestling (14)
* Freestyle (7)
* Greco-Roman (7)

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### Team sports[edit]

* Basketball (2)
* Football (2)
* Handball (1)
* Volleyball (4)
* Beach (2)
* Indoor (2)

## Venues[edit]

Vassil Levski National Stadium

* Armeets Arena was announced as the venue of the 2013 Summer Deaflympics opening and closing ceremonies in February 2013.[6] It was also announced as venue of volleyball.
* Vasil Levski National Stadium is the venue of athletics and football finals.[7]
* Carlsberg National Tennis Center \- Tennis
* Universiada Hall – Basketball
* Overgas Hall – Basketball
* Borisova gradina Velodrome – Cycling
* Winter Palace of Sports – Table tennis
* Mega Extreme Sky City Mall – Bowling
* Riu Resort and Spa Pravets – Football
* National Sports Academy – Beach volleyball, handball, karate, judo, taekwondo
* MoI Shooting Range Geo Milev – Shooting
* Spartak Sofia Aquatics Centre – Swimming
* Sofia Sports Hall – Table tennis
* Dema Sports Complex – Tennis
* Hristo Botev Hall – Badminton
* Zapaden Park – Orienteering
* Füssen Course – Marathon

## Medal table[edit]

* Host nation (Host countries (Bulgaria/Germany))

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Russia (RUS)| 67| 52| 58| 177
2|  Ukraine (UKR)| 21| 30| 37| 88
3|  South Korea (KOR)| 19| 11| 12| 42
4|  Belarus (BLR)| 12| 11| 4| 27
5|  China (CHN)| 12| 5| 8| 25
6|  United States (USA)| 9| 8| 12| 29
7|  Turkey (TUR)| 7| 9| 17| 33
8|  Iran (IRI)| 7| 4| 21| 32
9|  Kenya (KEN)| 6| 5| 5| 16
10|  Lithuania (LTU)| 4| 5| 4| 13
11|  Venezuela (VEN)| 4| 4| 5| 13
12|  Italy (ITA)| 4| 3| 5| 12
13|  Chinese Taipei (TPE)| 3| 12| 9| 24
14|  Germany (GER)*| 3| 6| 5| 14
15|  Hungary (HUN)| 3| 0| 1| 4
16|  Japan (JPN)| 2| 10| 9| 21
17|  France (FRA)| 2| 6| 3| 11
18|  Poland (POL)| 2| 1| 1| 4
19|  Cuba (CUB)| 2| 0| 0| 2
Puerto Rico (PUR)| 2| 0| 0| 2
21|  Bulgaria (BUL)*| 1| 4| 6| 11
22|  Sweden (SWE)| 1| 1| 2| 4
23|  Australia (AUS)| 1| 1| 1| 3
Estonia (EST)| 1| 1| 1| 3
Portugal (POR)| 1| 1| 1| 3
Slovakia (SVK)| 1| 1| 1| 3
27|  Croatia (CRO)| 1| 1| 0| 2
28|  Macau (MAC)| 1| 0| 1| 2
29|  India (IND)| 1| 0| 0| 1
Kazakhstan (KAZ)| 1| 0| 0| 1
Norway (NOR)| 1| 0| 0| 1
Switzerland (SUI)| 1| 0| 0| 1
33|  Great Britain (GBR)| 0| 2| 3| 5
34|  Czech Republic (CZE)| 0| 2| 1| 3
South Africa (RSA)| 0| 2| 1| 3
36|  Brazil (BRA)| 0| 1| 3| 4
Mongolia (MGL)| 0| 1| 3| 4
38|  Argentina (ARG)| 0| 1| 1| 2
Spain (ESP)| 0| 1| 1| 2
40|  Greece (GRE)| 0| 1| 0| 1
41|  Austria (AUT)| 0| 0| 2| 2
Indonesia (INA)| 0| 0| 2| 2
43|  Armenia (ARM)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Cyprus (CYP)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Latvia (LAT)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Mexico (MEX)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Moldova (MDA)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Nigeria (NGR)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Turkmenistan (TKM)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (49 entries)| 203| 203| 253| 659

Source: [8]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Sofia 2013 – 22nd Summer Deaflympics". International Committee of Sports for the Deaf. Archived from the original on 2013-04-01. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
2. ^ "Sofia 2013 22nd Deaflympics Marathon Details". CISS. Archived from the original on 2015-07-23. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
3. ^ "22nd Summer Deaflympics 2013". H3 TV. Archived from the original on 14 July 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
4. ^ Greek Government officially confirms lack of support for Athens 2013 Deaflympics
5. ^ "Official Schedule of the 2013 Deaflympics". International Committee of Sports for the Deaf. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
6. ^ ""Arena Armeec" – Opening and closing ceremony for Sofia 2013 Deaflympics". Sofia 2013 Deaflympics. Archived from the original on 7 May 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
7. ^ "Договорът за летните олимпийски игри през 2013 бе подписан" (in Bulgarian). Bulgarian National Sports Federation for the Deaf. Archived from the original on 25 August 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
8. ^ "2013 Summer Deaflympics Medal Tally". Archived from the original on 2013-10-02. Retrieved 2013-10-02.

## External links[edit]

* International Committee of Sports for the Deaf
* Official site for the 2013 Summer Deaflympics
* Results site

Preceded by

2009
XXI
Taipei

|  Summer Deaflympics
XXII
Sofia  | Succeeded by

2017
XXIII
Samsun (TUR)

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