2013 Summer Deaflympics
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| Host city | Sofia  Bulgaria |
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| Nations participating | 90 |
| Athletes participating | 2879 |
| Events | 116 in 19 sports |
| Opening ceremony | July 26 |
| Closing ceremony | August 4 |
| Officially opened by | Rosen Plevneliev |
| Main venue | Armeets Arena / Vasil Levski Stadium |
The 2013 Summer Deaflympics, officially known as the 22nd Summer Deaflympics, was an international multi-sport event that took place in Sofia, Bulgaria from July 26 to August 4, 2013.[1] The marathon had been held before in Füssen, Germany on 21 July.[2]
Sofia was hosting the biggest sports event for deaf athletes for a second time. In the past the Bulgarian capital hosted the 1993 Summer Deaflympics, thus becoming only the second city, together with Copenhagen, which will host two Summer Deaflympics.[3]
Contents
Sports
The sports offered at the 2013 Summer Deaflympics was held in 19 disciplines, including 14 individual sports and 5 team sports:[4]
Individual sports
Team sports
Venues
- Armeets Arena was announced as the venue of the 2013 Summer Deaflympics opening and closing ceremonies in February 2013.[5] It was also announced as venue of volleyball.
- Vasil Levski National Stadium is the venue of athletics,football finals and the closing ceremonies.[6]
- Carlsberg National Tennis Center
- Universiada Hall – Basketball
- Overgas Hall – Basketball
- Borisova gradina Velodrome – Cycling
- Winter Palace of Sports – Table tennis
- Mega Extreme Sky City Mall – Bowling
- Riu Resort and Spa Pravets – Football
- National Sports Academy – Beach volleyball, handball, karate, judo, taekwondo
- MoI Shooting Range Geo Milev – Shooting
- Spartak Aquatics Centre – Swimming
- Sofia Sports Hall – Table tennis
- Dema Sports Complex – Tennis
- Hristo Botev Hall – Badminton
- Zapaden Park – Orienteering
- Füssen Course – Marathon
Medal table
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Medal Tally
Host countries (Bulgaria/Germany)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Russia (RUS) |
67 | 52 | 58 | 177 |
| 2 |  Ukraine (UKR) |
21 | 30 | 37 | 88 |
| 3 |  South Korea (KOR) |
19 | 11 | 12 | 42 |
| 4 |  Belarus (BLR) |
12 | 11 | 4 | 27 |
| 5 |  China (CHN) |
12 | 5 | 8 | 25 |
| 6 |  United States (USA) |
9 | 8 | 12 | 29 |
| 7 |  Turkey (TUR) |
7 | 9 | 17 | 33 |
| 8 |  Iran (IRI) |
7 | 4 | 21 | 32 |
| 9 |  Kenya (KEN) |
6 | 5 | 5 | 16 |
| 10 |  Lithuania (LTU) |
4 | 5 | 4 | 13 |
| 11 |  Venezuela (VEN) |
4 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
| 12 |  Italy (ITA) |
4 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 13 |  Chinese Taipei (TPE) |
3 | 12 | 9 | 24 |
| 14 |  Germany (GER) |
3 | 6 | 5 | 14 |
| 15 |  Hungary (HUN) |
3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 16 |  Japan (JPN) |
2 | 10 | 9 | 21 |
| 17 |  France (FRA) |
2 | 6 | 3 | 11 |
| 18 |  Poland (POL) |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 19 |  Puerto Rico (PUR) |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
 Cuba (CUB) |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 21 | Bulgaria (BUL) |
1 | 4 | 6 | 11 |
| 22 |  Sweden (SWE) |
1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 23 |  Portugal (POR) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
 Slovakia (SVK) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
 Australia (AUS) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
 Estonia (EST) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 27 |  Croatia (CRO) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 28 |  Macau, China (MAC) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 29 |  Norway (NOR) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Kazakhstan (KAZ) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 India (IND) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Switzerland (SUI) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 33 |  United Kingdom (GBR) |
0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 34 |  Czech Republic (CZE) |
0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
 South Africa (RSA) |
0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 36 |  Mongolia (MGL) |
0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
 Brazil (BRA) |
0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 38 |  Argentina (ARG) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Spain (ESP) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 40 |  Greece (GRE) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 41 |  Indonesia (IDN) |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Austria (AUT) |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 43 |  Armenia (ARM) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Cyprus (CYP) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Nigeria (NGR) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Latvia (LAT) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Moldova (MDA) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Mexico (MEX) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Turkmenistan (TKM) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total: | 203 | 203 | 253 | 659 | |
References
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External links
| Preceded by | Summer Deaflympics XXII Sofia |
Succeeded by 2017 XXIII Ankara |
