Barbara Oddone (born 5 April 1970) is a former Italian deaf female tennis player. She has represented Italy at the Deaflympics from 1989 to 2013. Oddone has won a total of 18 medals at the Deaflympics, which enlightens the career best performance by any Italian player at the Deaflympic history.[1]

Barbara Oddone
Country (sports) Italy
Born (1970-04-05) 5 April 1970 (age 54)
Singles
Career record3/1
Doubles
Career record0/1
Medal record
Women's Tennis
Representing  Italy
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Deaflympics 15 2 1
Deaflympics
Gold medal – first place Christchurch 1989 singles
Gold medal – first place Christchurch 1989 doubles
Gold medal – first place Christchurch 1989 mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place Sofia 1993 singles
Gold medal – first place Sofia 1993 mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place Copenhagen 1997 singles
Gold medal – first place Copenhagen 1997 doubles
Gold medal – first place Copenhagen 1997 mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place Rome 2001 singles
Gold medal – first place Rome 2001 doubles
Gold medal – first place Rome 2001 mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place Melbourne 2005 singles
Gold medal – first place Melbourne 2005 doubles
Gold medal – first place Melbourne 2005 mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place Taipei 2009 singles
Silver medal – second place Sofia 1993 doubles
Silver medal – second place Taipei 2009 mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place Taipei 2009 doubles

She is also regarded as one of the greatest tennis players to have competed at the Deaflympics with a record haul of 18 medals including 15 gold medals.

Oddone was awarded the Deaf Sportswoman of the Year in 1997 by the ICSD after winning gold medals in the women's singles,[2] doubles[3] and mixed doubles[4] at the 1997 Summer Deaflympics. She was also nominated for the Deaf Sportswoman of the Year award in 1996, 2001 and in 2009.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Barbara Oddone | Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Archived from the original on 4 July 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Women's singles | 1997 Summer Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Archived from the original on 14 November 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Women's doubles | 1997 Summer Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Archived from the original on 14 November 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Mixed doubles | 1997 Summer Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Archived from the original on 14 November 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  5. ^ "Championships | ICSD". www.ciss.org. Archived from the original on 14 November 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
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