World Deaf Athletics Championships

The World Deaf Athletics Championships is a quadrennial global competitions in the sport of athletics for deaf people. It is organised by the International Committee of Sports for the Deaf and was first held in 2008.[1]

World Deaf Athletics Championships
Statusactive
Genresports event
Date(s)midyear
Frequency4 Years
Inaugurated2008
Organised byCISS

Editions edit

Outdoor edit

Edition Year Venue Place Country Dates Events Athletes Teams Ref
1 2008 İzmir Atatürk Stadium İzmir   Turkey 22–29 September 318 32 [2][3]
2 2012 Varsity Stadium Toronto   Canada 14–21 July 241 27 [4]
3 2016 Beroe Stadium Stara Zagora   Bulgaria 25 June – 3 July 262 38 [5][6]
4 2021 Lublin Athletics Stadium Lublin   Poland 23 – 28 August 47 330 41 [7]

Indoor edit

Edition Year Venue Place Country Dates Events Athletes Teams Ref
1 2019 Lasnamäe Kergejõustikuhall Tallinn   Estonia [8]

Medals edit

See also edit

Notes edit

The 2021 World Deaf Athletics Championships was originally scheduled from 18 to 25 July 2020 and was going to be held in Radom, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and moved to Lublin.[9]

References edit

  1. ^ Athletics. Deaflympics. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
  2. ^ 1st World Deaf Athletics Championships. Deaflympics. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
  3. ^ Deaflympics.com - Athletics, besøkt 26. juli 2016.
  4. ^ 2012 World Deaf Athletics Championships. USADTF. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
  5. ^ 2016 World Deaf Athletics Championships. WDAC 2016. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
  6. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). www.fmds.es. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 July 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ WDAC 2021
  8. ^ 2019 World Deaf Indoor Athletics Championships Competition Results
  9. ^ 4th World Deaf Athletics Championships in 2020