United States at the Deaflympics explained
| Npc: | USA |
| Npcname: | USA Deaf Sports Federation |
| Games: | Deaflympics |
| Rank: | 1 |
| Gold: | 375 |
| Silver: | 321 |
| Bronze: | 363 |
The United States has been participating at the Deaflympics from 1935[1] and it is also currently placed first in the all time Deaflympics medal list.US has won more than 1000 medals, the only nation to do so in Deaflympics.[2]
USA has been participating at the Winter Deaflympics from 1967.
Medal tallies
Summer Universiade
Host nation| Edition | | | | |
|---|
| 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 6 | 10 | 23 |
| 14 | 14 | 12 | 40 |
| 9 | 21 | 23 | 53 |
| 22 | 23 | 21 | 66 |
| 29 | 22 | 31 | 82 |
| 38 | 35 | 30 | 103 |
| 45 | 30 | 35 | 110 |
| 46 | 30 | 33 | 109 |
| 22 | 30 | 23 | 75 |
| 36 | 25 | 23 | 84 |
| 28 | 21 | 27 | 76 |
| 26 | 21 | 23 | 70 |
| 9 | 12 | 12 | 33 |
| 10 | 5 | 7 | 22 |
| 8 | 8 | 13 | 29 |
| 5 | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 20 | 11 | 24 | 55 |
| align-right | Total | 375 | 321 | 363 | 1056 | |
|---|
Winter Deaflympics
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|
| 1967 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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Notable achievements
- In the 1977 Summer Deaflympics held in Romania, Jeff Float of US won 10 gold medals in Swimming, which is still considered as a unique and unprecedented record in Deaflympics history[3]
- Reed Gershwind holds the record for winning the most number of medals for United States in the Deaflympics history with 30 medals. This medal tally is also the second highest for any deaflympian just behind Terence Parkin of South Africa.[4]
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: United States . Deaflympics.com . International Committee of Sports for the Deaf . 7 December 2018.
- Web site: Countries Deaflympics. www.deaflympics.com. en. 2017-08-22.
- Web site: Jeff Float Deaflympics. www.deaflympics.com. en. 2017-08-30.
- Web site: Reed Gershwind Deaflympics. www.deaflympics.com. en. 2017-09-04.
