Russia at the 2019 Winter Deaflympics explained

Npc:RUS
Country:Russia
Year:2019
Games:Winter Deaflympics
Flagcaption:Flag of Russia
Location:Province of Sondrio, Italy
Sports:6
Rank:1
Gold:18
Silver:18
Bronze:14

Russia competed at the 2019 Winter Deaflympics held between 12 and 21st December 2019 in Province of Sondrio in Northern Italy. Russian competitors won medals in each of the sports contested at the games and the country finished in 1st place in the medal table.

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Women's 5 km free technique
Women's blitz tournament
Women's downhill
Men's parallel giant slalom
Women's parallel giant slalom
Men's sprint classic
Women's sprint classic
Men's parallel slalom
Women's parallel slalom
Women's alpine combined
Women's Super-G
Women's 3 km individual
Women's snowboard cross
Women's 3.3 km pursuit
Team sprint free technique
Women's slalom
Men's big air
Women's big air
Men's 10 km free technique
Women's 5 km free technique
Men's downhill
Men's parallel giant slalom
Women's sprint classic
Men's alpine combined
Men's parallel slalom
Women's 3 km individual
Men's snowboard cross
Men's 10 km pursuit
Women's 3.3 km pursuit
Women's giant slalom
Men's slopestyle
Women's slopestyle
Russia Men's tournament
Russia Women's tournament
Women's team tournament
Men's big air
Men's 10 km free technique
Women's blitz tournament
Men's parallel giant slalom
Women's parallel giant slalom
Men's sprint classic
Women's sprint classic
Men's parallel slalom
Men's 5 km individual
Women's 3 km individual
Men's snowboard cross
Men's slalom
Men's slopestyle
Women's slopestyle
Men's team Men's tournament

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 2019 Winter Deaflympics.

Elena Yakovishina won the gold medal in the women's downhill event and in the women's alpine combined event.[1] [2] Yakovishina also won the silver medal in the women's giant slalom event.[3] She also won the gold medals in the women's slalom and the women's Super-G events.[4]

Pavel Kazakov finished in 2nd place in the men's downhill event.[1]

Chess

See main article: Chess at the 2019 Winter Deaflympics.

Yulia Turkeeva won the gold medal in the women's blitz tournament and Olga Gerasimova won the bronze medal in that event.[5]

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2019 Winter Deaflympics.

In total cross-country skiers representing Russia won six gold medals, six silver medals and five bronze medals and the country finished in 1st place in the cross-country skiing medal table.

Lyubov Misharina won the gold medal in the women's sprint classic event.[1] Anna Fedulova and Tatyana Gorbunova, also representing Russia, finished in 2nd and 3rd place in that event.[1]

Vladimir Mayorov won the gold medal in the men's sprint classic event and Andrey Dubovskikh won the bronze medal in that event.[1]

Anna Fedulova won the gold medal in the women's 5 km free technique event and Lyubov Misharina won the silver medal in that event.[6]

In the men's 10 km free technique event Vladimir Mayorov and Maksim Kovalev finished in 2nd and 3rd place respectively.[6]

Curling

See main article: Curling at the 2019 Winter Deaflympics.

Russia won the silver medal in both the men's and women's curling tournaments.[7]

Ice hockey

See main article: Ice hockey at the 2019 Winter Deaflympics.

Russia competed in the ice hockey tournament and won the bronze medal.[8]

Snowboarding

See main article: Snowboarding at the 2019 Winter Deaflympics.

Russia won most of the medals in the snowboarding competition.[9] In total snowboarders representing Russia won seven gold medals, six silver medals and six bronze medals.

In each of the snowboarding events at least one medal was won by a Russian competitor. Additionally, in two events, the men's parallel giant slalom and men's slalom, all medals were won by Russian competitors.

Notes and References

  1. News: Pierbon and Yakovishina win again at Winter Deaflympics. Etchells. Daniel. 14 December 2019. InsideTheGames.biz. 18 December 2019.
  2. Web site: Women's Downhill. live. 2019 Winter Deaflympics. https://web.archive.org/web/20200719164925/http://www.2019deaflympics.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Results_DH_13Dic19-W.pdf. 19 July 2020. 19 July 2020.
  3. News: Alpine skier Pierbon continues superb showing at home Winter Deaflympics. Etchells. Daniel. 17 December 2019. InsideTheGames.biz. 18 December 2019.
  4. Web site: Women's Super-G. live. 2019 Winter Deaflympics. https://web.archive.org/web/20200719165100/http://www.2019deaflympics.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Result-AS-Super-G-15dic-W.pdf. 19 July 2020. 19 July 2020.
  5. Web site: Chess. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200719134429/http://www.2019deaflympics.com/schedule-chess/. 19 July 2020. 19 July 2020. 2019 Winter Deaflympics.
  6. News: Home favourite Pierbon claims men's downhill title at Winter Deaflympics. Etchells. Daniel. 13 December 2019. InsideTheGames.biz. 18 December 2019.
  7. Web site: Curling. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200107025541/http://www.2019deaflympics.com/schedule-curling/. 7 January 2020. 19 July 2020. 2019 Winter Deaflympics.
  8. Web site: Ice hockey. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200719133138/http://www.2019deaflympics.com/schedule-ice-hockey/. 19 July 2020. 19 July 2020. 2019 Winter Deaflympics.
  9. Web site: Noskova continues Russian success at Winter Deaflympics. Gillen. Nancy. 16 December 2019. InsideTheGames.biz. 19 December 2019.