2017 Summer Deaflympics

XXIII Summer Deaflympics
Host citySamsun, Turkey
MottoOur voice is sport
(Turkish: Sesimiz Spor)
Nations86
Athletes2,873
Events219 in 18 sports
OpeningJuly 18, 2017
ClosingJuly 30, 2017
Opened byRecep Tayyip Erdoğan
Athlete's OathÖmer Otamış
Torch lighterErtuğrul Bursa
Main venueSamsun 19 Mayıs Stadium
Summer
Winter

The 2017 Summer Deaflympics (Turkish: 2017 Yaz İşitme Engelliler Olimpiyat Oyunları), officially known as the 23rd Summer Deaflympics (Turkish: 23'üncü Yaz İşitme Engelliler Olimpiyat Oyunları), is an international multi-sport event that took place in Samsun, Turkey from July 18 to July 30, 2017.[1] 3,148 athletes from 97 countries competed in 18 sports with 21 disciplines.[2][3] 86 records were broken with 54 being world records and 32 being Deaflympics records.[4]

The 23rd Summer Deaflympics Games were originally scheduled to be held from 6 to 18 October 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, but was decided to host it in 2017 due to the schedule of 2016 Summer Olympics.

  1. ^ "Games – Deaflympics". Archived from the original on 2017-07-22. Retrieved 2016-06-29.
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  3. ^ Samsun Deaflympics 2017 Has Ended
  4. ^ A Month after the 2017 Deaflympics