United States at the
Deaflympics
IPC codeUSA
NPCUSA Deaf Sports Federation
Websitewww.usdeafsports.org
Medals
Ranked 1st
Gold
375
Silver
321
Bronze
363
Total
1,059
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

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]

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

Medal tallies

Summer Universiade

     Host nation

Edition
United Kingdom London 19351214
Sweden Stockholm 1939 0101
Denmark Copenhagen 19490101
Belgium Brussels 19532013
Italy Milan 1957761023
Finland Helsinki 196114141240
United States Washington D.C.19659212353
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Belgrade 196922232166
Sweden Malmö 197329223182
Romania Bucaresti 1977383530103
West Germany Cologne 1981453035110
United States Los Angeles 1985463033109
New Zealand Christchurch 198922302375
Bulgaria Sofia 199336252384
Denmark Copenhagen 199728212776
Italy Rome 200126212370
Australia Melbourne 20059121233
Taipei 2009105722
Bulgaria Sofia 2013881329
Turkey Samsun 201753816
Brazil Caxias do Sul 202220112455
Total3753213631056

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. 1 2 "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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