Cecilia Ferm Explained

Cecilia Ferm
Birth Date:1975 10, df=yes
Birth Place:Stockholm, Sweden
Height:180 cm
Career Position:Forward
Career Number:12
Years1:2003–2007
Team1:Solna Vikings
Years2:2007–2008
Team2:KFUM Järfälla
Years3:2008–2009
Team3:Solna Vikings
Years4:2009–2010
Team4:Stockholmspolisens IF
Years5:2010–2011
Team5:KFUM Järfälla
Years6:2012–2016
Team6:Akropol BBK
Years7:2016–2017
Team7:AIK Basket

Cecilia Helena Ferm (born 9 October 1975) is a Swedish deaf female basketball player.[1] She has represented both national and deaf basketball teams. Ferm has participated at the Deaflympics on 5 occasions since making her debut in the 1993 Summer Deaflympics.[2]

She was the key member of the Swedish deaf basketball team that won silver medals at the 1997,[3] 2001[4] and 2005[5] Deaflympic events. In her last Deaflympic event, she was able to claim the gold medal for Sweden in the basketball for the first time in Deaflympic history after a stunning victory over favourites USA and it ended the gold medal jinx for Sweden.[6] [7]

She won the ICSD Deaf Sportswoman of the Year award in 2000 and in 2004 for her outstanding performance in the deaf basketball competitions including the deaflympic basketball.[8] [9] Cecilia Ferm was also nominated for the Deaf Sportswoman of the Year award by the ICSD in 1998, 1999, 2002 and in 2007.

She too has played for some elite basketball club teams such as Solna Vikings, Akropol and Nerike Basket. Cecilia Ferm is currently playing for the Swedish club side, AIK Basket.[10] [11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cecilia Ferm SBBF. basketligandam.se. sv-SE. 2017-11-24.
  2. Web site: Cecilia Ferm Deaflympics. www.deaflympics.com. en. 2017-11-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20170711000640/http://deaflympics.com/athletes.asp?10083. 2017-07-11. dead.
  3. Web site: Women's basketball 1997 Summer Deaflympics. www.deaflympics.com. en. 2017-11-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20171201035256/https://www.deaflympics.com/games.asp?results%2Fdeaflympics%2F4%2F490. 2017-12-01. dead.
  4. Web site: Women's basketball 2001 Summer Deaflympics. www.deaflympics.com. en. 2017-11-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20171201032240/https://www.deaflympics.com/games.asp?results%2Fdeaflympics%2F4%2F264. 2017-12-01. dead.
  5. Web site: Women's basketball 2005 Summer Deaflympics. www.deaflympics.com. en. 2017-11-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20171201035548/https://www.deaflympics.com/games.asp?results%2Fdeaflympics%2F4%2F100. 2017-12-01. dead.
  6. Web site: The Swedish Sports Gala 2002 was held in the Globe on 14 January 2002. Below is a list of all of the winners and nominees . idrottsgalan.se . 24 November 2017 . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304213807/http://idrottsgalan.se/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Vinnare-nominerade-Idrottsgalan-2002.pdf . dead .
  7. Web site: Women's basketball 2009 Summer Deaflympics. www.deaflympics.com. en. 2017-11-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20171201030458/https://www.deaflympics.com/games.asp?results%2Fdeaflympics%2F4%2F1850. 2017-12-01. dead.
  8. Web site: ICSD Deaf Sportswoman of the Year 2000 Deaflympics. www.deaflympics.com. en. 2017-11-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20170709121559/http://www.deaflympics.com/athletes.asp?sport-person-of-the-year%2F2000%2Fwomen. 2017-07-09. dead.
  9. Web site: ICSD Deaf Sportswoman of the Year 2004 Deaflympics. www.deaflympics.com. en. 2017-11-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20170709114932/http://www.deaflympics.com/athletes.asp?sport-person-of-the-year%2F2004%2Fwomen. 2017-07-09. dead.
  10. News: Cecilia Ferm Basketball Player Profile, AIK Basket Solna, News, Damligan stats, Career, Games Logs, Best, Awards – eurobasket. www.eurobasket.com. 2017-11-24.
  11. News: De tävlar i Mästarnas mästare 2017. Sweden. Sveriges Television AB, Stockholm. svt.se. 2017-11-24. sv.