South Africa at the Deaflympics explained

Npc:	RSA
Npcname:	South African Deaf Sports Federation
Games:	Deaflympics
Gold:	35
Silver:	18
Bronze:	9

South Africa has been participating at the Deaflympics from 1993 and have bagged 62 medals at the Summer Deaflympics^[1] South Africa has never participated in Winter Deaflympics.

Medal tallies

Summer Deaflympics

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1993	1	3	0	4
1997	5	2	2	9
2001	8	2	3	13
2005	13	5	1	19
2009	8	2	2	12
2013	0	2	1	3
2017	0	2	0	2

Notable athletes

• Swimmer Terence Parkin's tally of 33 medals is the most at Deaflympics for any individual athlete.^{[2] [3] [4]} He also broke seven Deaflympics records during his career.^[5]

See also

• South Africa at the Olympics
• South Africa at the Paralympics

Notes and References

1. Web site: Countries Deaflympics. www.deaflympics.com. en. 2017-08-22.
2. News: More gold for Parkin . Cape Argus . Iol.co.za . SAPA . 2005-01-09 . 2018-01-15.
3. Web site: Terence Parkin has always been a star in swimming « Midmar Mile . Midmarmile.co.za . 2018-01-15.
4. SA athlete Terence Parkin takes to the world stage as a Princess Charlene of Monaco Foundation Ambassador | Get It Online Durban . Durban.getitonline.co.za . 2017-10-16 . 2018-01-15.
5. Web site: Deaflympics records for swimming. www.deaflympics.com. en. 2017-09-01.