South Africa at the 2017 Summer Deaflympics
Appearance
South Africa at the 2017 Summer Deaflympics | |
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IOC code | RSA |
NOC | South African Deaf Sports Federation |
Website | www |
in Samsun | |
Competitors | 4 in 2 sports |
Medals Ranked 35th |
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Summer Deaflympics appearances (overview) | |
South Africa competed in the 2017 Summer Deaflympics for the 7th consecutive time in the Summer Deaflympics since making its debut in 1993.[1]
South Africa sent a delegation of just 4 participants in the Games including 3 swimmers and an athlete.[2][3] South African team received 2 silver medals in the competition. Cornell Loubser was the only medalist for South Africa during the event bagging 2 silver medals.[4]
Participants
[edit]Sport | Men | Women | Total |
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Swimming | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Athletics | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Medalists
[edit]Name | Medal | Sport | Event |
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Cornell Loubser | Silver | Swimming | Women's Butterfly 100m |
Cornell Loubser | Silver | Swimming | Women's Butterfly 200m |
Medal table
[edit]Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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Swimming | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Athletics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Deaflympics 2017 Samsun". deaflympics2017.org (in Turkish). Retrieved 15 October 2017.
- ^ "Games | Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
- ^ "SA team in Turkey to tackle Deaflympics | TeamSA". TeamSA. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
- ^ "Countries | Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 15 October 2017.