2015 Winter Deaflympics

18th Winter Deaflympics
Host cityKhanty-Mansiysk
Magnitogorsk
 Russia
MottoLet’s give a voice to our sport success
Nations27 countries
Athletes336 athletes
Events31 in 5 sports
Opening28 March 2015
Closing5 April 2015
Opened byVitaly Mutko
Winter
Summer

The 2015 Winter Deaflympics (Russian: Зимние Сурдлимпийские игры 2015 года), officially known as the 18th Winter Deaflympics (Russian: 18-е зимние сурдлимпийские игры), is an international multi-sport event that took place in Khanty-Mansiysk and Magnitogorsk, Russia from 28 March to 5 April 2015.[1][2]

The 18th Winter Deaflympics Games were originally scheduled to be held from 8 to 20 April 2014 in Sochi, but was decided to host it in 2015 due to the schedule of 2014 Winter Olympics.

  1. ^ "18 Winter Deaflympics games 2015 in Khanty-Mansiysk official website - ugra - #ugra2015". ugra2015.com. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Games - Deaflympics". deaflympics.com. Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2016.