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-From New Zealand
-Bowler
-Never won a medal

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The only requirement to compete is to be deaf or have a hearing loss.
-Participants must have a hearing loss of at least 55 dB Pure tone average
-Be members of the affiliated National Deaf Sports Federation
-Citizen of their country.

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-In the Deaflympics, no verbal cues are used.
- Coaches and refs used visual cues and different sign languages. -Sign language interpreters from all over the world come with athletes.

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ICSD stands for the International Committee of Sports for the Deaf, and governs Deaf sporting events, including the Deaflympics.

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-swimmer
-Competing since 1997
-has won 33 Gold medals

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-Badminton
-From India
-Won 1 gold medal in 1997

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-The Summer Deaflympics were held in 1965 at Washington DC, and in 1985 at Los Angeles,California, USA.
- The Winter Deaflympics were held in 1975 at Lake Placid, NY and in 2007 at Salt Lake City, Utah.

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The next Deaflympics will take place this summer 2017 in Samsun, Turkey.

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- ties  language, deaf and international cultures, unity and continuity.
-The hand shapes, "ok", "good", and "great" that overlap each other in a circle, to represent the original sign for "deaflympics”.

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-Curling
-Ice Hockey
-Snowboarding
-Alpine Skiing
-Cross Country Skiing

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-Golf
-Judo
-Handball
-Basketball
-Shooting
-Football (soccer)

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-"international Games for the Deaf"
-"International Silent Games"

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-Founded in 1924
-Summer Deaflympics were held in Paris, France
-Winter Deaflympics were held in Seefeld, Austria