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South Africa at the 2017 Summer Deaflympics

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South Africa at the
2017 Summer Deaflympics
IOC codeRSA
NOCSouth African Deaf Sports Federation
Websitewww.sadeafsport.com
in Samsun
Competitors4 in 2 sports
Medals
Ranked 35th
Gold
0
Silver
2
Bronze
0
Total
2
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

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Sport Men Women Total
Swimming 1 2 3
Athletics 1 0 1

Medalists

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Name Medal Sport Event
Cornell Loubser  Silver Swimming Women's Butterfly 100m
Cornell Loubser  Silver Swimming Women's Butterfly 200m

Medal table

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Sport  Gold  Silver  Bronze Total
Swimming 0 2 0 2
Athletics 0 0 0 0

References

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  1. ^ "Deaflympics 2017 Samsun". deaflympics2017.org (in Turkish). Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Games | Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  3. ^ "SA team in Turkey to tackle Deaflympics | TeamSA". TeamSA. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  4. ^ "Countries | Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
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