Deaflympics

Deaflympics Games
Comité International des Sports des Sourds
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MottoPER LUDOS AEQUALITAS (Equality through sport)
First event1924; 100 years ago (1924) in Paris, France – 1924 Summer Deaflympics[1]
Occur every4 years
Last event2024 in Erzurum, Turkey – 2024 Winter Deaflympics (Winter)
Next event2025 Summer Deaflympics, Tokyo, Japan
PurposeProvision of opportunities for deaf persons to participate in elite sports
Websitewww.deaflympics.com
www.ciss.org
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The Deaflympics, also known as Deaflympiad (previously called World Games for the Deaf, and International Games for the Deaf) are a periodic series of multi-sport events sanctioned by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at which deaf athletes compete at an elite level. Unlike the athletes in other IOC-sanctioned events (the Olympics, the Paralympics, and the Special Olympics), athletes cannot be guided by sounds (such as starting pistols, bullhorn commands or referee whistles).[2] The games have been organized by the Comité International des Sports des Sourds (CISS, "The International Committee of Sports for the Deaf") since the first event in 1924.

  1. ^ "Constitution". Archived 25 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine. International Committee of Sports for the Deaf. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  2. ^ International Committee of Sports for the Deaf – News Archived 23 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Deaflympics.com. Retrieved 17 October 2011.