1949 Winter Deaflympics

1st Winter Deaflympics
Host citySeefeld, Austria
Nations5 countries
Athletes33 athletes
Events5 (2 disciplines)
Opening26 January 1949
Closing30 January 1949
Summer
Winter
← none

The 1949 Winter Deaflympics (German: Winter-Deaflympics 1949) officially known as the I International Winter Games for the Deaf (German: I Internationale Winterspiele für Gehörlose) is an international multi-sport event that was held from 26 January 1949 to 30 January 1949. This event was hosted by Austria.[1]

The 1st Winter Deaflympics Games were originally scheduled to be held from 29 February to 6 March 1948 in St. Moritz, but was decided to host it in 1949 due to the schedule of 1948 Winter Olympics.

  1. ^ "Games | Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Archived from the original on 2018-02-11. Retrieved 2017-09-01.