2013 Summer Deaflympics

22nd Summer Deaflympics
Host city	Sofia
Country	Bulgaria
Nations	90
Athletes	2879
Sport	17 sports (20 disciplines)
Events	203
Opening	July 26, 2013
Closing	August 4, 2013
Opened by	Rosen Plevneliev
Main venue	Armeets Arena / Vasil Levski National Stadium
Website	sofia 2013
Summer
	← Taipei 2009 Samsun 2017 →
Winter
	← Vysoké Tatry 2011 Khanty-Mansiysk 2015 →

The 2013 Summer Deaflympics (Bulgarian: 2013 летни дефлимпийски игри), officially known as the 22nd Summer Deaflympics (Bulgarian: 22-ра лятна глуха олимпиада), was an international multi-sport event that took place in Sofia, Bulgaria from July 26 to August 4, 2013.^[1] The marathon had been held before in Füssen, Germany on 21 July.^[2]
Sofia was hosting the biggest sports event for deaf athletes for a second time. In the past the Bulgarian capital hosted the 1993 Summer Deaflympics, thus becoming only the second city, together with Copenhagen, which has hosted two Summer Deaflympics.^[3]

The 22nd Summer Deaflympics Games were originally scheduled to be held from 28 September to 9 October 2012 in London, but was decided to withdraw and host it in 2013 due to the schedule of 2012 Summer Olympics.

The 2013 games was then to be held in Athens, Greece, but the city decline the hosting rights citing no Organising Committee for the event and economic turmoil in the country.^[4]

Sports

The sports offered at the 2013 Summer Deaflympics was held in 19 disciplines, including 14 individual sports and 5 team sports:^[5]

Individual sports

Athletics (44)
Badminton (5)
Bowling (8)
Cycling (9)
- Road (3W+4M=7)
- Mountain biking (2)

Judo (7M+6W+2Open+1Mens team+1 Men Kata=17)
Karate (5M+4W+2Open+2KATA+1kata team men+1kumite team men=15)
Orienteering (8)
Shooting (5W+6M=11)
Swimming (38)

Table tennis (7)
Taekwondo (4W+4M+5poomsae=13)
Tennis (5)
Wrestling (14)
- Freestyle (7)
- Greco-Roman (7)

Team sports

Basketball (2)
Football (2)
Handball (1)
Volleyball (4)
- Beach (2)
- Indoor (2)

Venues

Armeets Arena was announced as the venue of the 2013 Summer Deaflympics opening and closing ceremonies in February 2013.^[6] It was also announced as venue of volleyball.
Vasil Levski National Stadium is the venue of athletics and football finals.^[7]
Carlsberg National Tennis Center - Tennis
Universiada Hall – Basketball
Overgas Hall – Basketball
Borisova gradina Velodrome – Cycling
Winter Palace of Sports – Table tennis
Mega Extreme Sky City Mall – Bowling
Riu Resort and Spa Pravets – Football
National Sports Academy – Beach volleyball, handball, karate, judo, taekwondo
MoI Shooting Range Geo Milev – Shooting
Spartak Sofia Aquatics Centre – Swimming
Sofia Sports Hall – Table tennis
Dema Sports Complex – Tennis
Hristo Botev Hall – Badminton
Zapaden Park – Orienteering
Füssen Course – Marathon

Medal table

* Host nation (Host countries (Bulgaria/Germany))


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia (RUS)	67	52	58	177
2	Ukraine (UKR)	21	30	37	88
3	South Korea (KOR)	19	11	12	42
4	Belarus (BLR)	12	11	4	27
5	China (CHN)	12	5	8	25
6	United States (USA)	9	8	12	29
7	Turkey (TUR)	7	9	17	33
8	Iran (IRI)	7	4	21	32
9	Kenya (KEN)	6	5	5	16
10	Lithuania (LTU)	4	5	4	13
11	Venezuela (VEN)	4	4	5	13
12	Italy (ITA)	4	3	5	12
13	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	3	12	9	24
14	Germany (GER)*	3	6	5	14
15	Hungary (HUN)	3	0	1	4
16	Japan (JPN)	2	10	9	21
17	France (FRA)	2	6	3	11
18	Poland (POL)	2	1	1	4
19	Cuba (CUB)	2	0	0	2
19	Puerto Rico (PUR)	2	0	0	2
21	Bulgaria (BUL)*	1	4	6	11
22	Sweden (SWE)	1	1	2	4
23	Australia (AUS)	1	1	1	3
	Estonia (EST)	1	1	1	3
	Portugal (POR)	1	1	1	3
	Slovakia (SVK)	1	1	1	3
27	Croatia (CRO)	1	1	0	2
28	Macau (MAC)	1	0	1	2
29	India (IND)	1	0	0	1
	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	1	0	0	1
	Norway (NOR)	1	0	0	1
	Switzerland (SUI)	1	0	0	1
33	Great Britain (GBR)	0	2	3	5
34	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	2	1	3
34	South Africa (RSA)	0	2	1	3
36	Brazil (BRA)	0	1	3	4
36	Mongolia (MGL)	0	1	3	4
38	Argentina (ARG)	0	1	1	2
38	Spain (ESP)	0	1	1	2
40	Greece (GRE)	0	1	0	1
41	Austria (AUT)	0	0	2	2
41	Indonesia (INA)	0	0	2	2
43	Armenia (ARM)	0	0	1	1
	Cyprus (CYP)	0	0	1	1
	Latvia (LAT)	0	0	1	1
	Mexico (MEX)	0	0	1	1
	Moldova (MDA)	0	0	1	1
	Nigeria (NGR)	0	0	1	1
	Turkmenistan (TKM)	0	0	1	1
Totals (49 entries)		203	203	253	659

Source: ^[8]

References

^ "Sofia 2013 – 22nd Summer Deaflympics". International Committee of Sports for the Deaf. Archived from the original on 2013-04-01. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
^ "Sofia 2013 22nd Deaflympics Marathon Details". CISS. Archived from the original on 2015-07-23. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
^ "22nd Summer Deaflympics 2013". H3 TV. Archived from the original on 14 July 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
^ Greek Government officially confirms lack of support for Athens 2013 Deaflympics
^ "Official Schedule of the 2013 Deaflympics". International Committee of Sports for the Deaf. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
^ ""Arena Armeec" – Opening and closing ceremony for Sofia 2013 Deaflympics". Sofia 2013 Deaflympics. Archived from the original on 7 May 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
^ "Договорът за летните олимпийски игри през 2013 бе подписан" (in Bulgarian). Bulgarian National Sports Federation for the Deaf. Archived from the original on 25 August 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
^ "2013 Summer Deaflympics Medal Tally". Archived from the original on 2013-10-02. Retrieved 2013-10-02.

External links

Preceded by 2009 XXI Taipei	Summer Deaflympics XXII Sofia	Succeeded by 2017 XXIII Samsun (TUR)

[1] "Sofia 2013 – 22nd Summer Deaflympics". International Committee of Sports for the Deaf. Archived from the original on 2013-04-01. Retrieved 6 April 2013.

[2] "Sofia 2013 22nd Deaflympics Marathon Details". CISS. Archived from the original on 2015-07-23. Retrieved 11 April 2013.

[3] "22nd Summer Deaflympics 2013". H3 TV. Archived from the original on 14 July 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2013.

[4] Greek Government officially confirms lack of support for Athens 2013 Deaflympics

[5] "Official Schedule of the 2013 Deaflympics". International Committee of Sports for the Deaf. Retrieved 6 April 2013.

[6] ""Arena Armeec" – Opening and closing ceremony for Sofia 2013 Deaflympics". Sofia 2013 Deaflympics. Archived from the original on 7 May 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2013.

[7] "Договорът за летните олимпийски игри през 2013 бе подписан" (in Bulgarian). Bulgarian National Sports Federation for the Deaf. Archived from the original on 25 August 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2013.

[8] "2013 Summer Deaflympics Medal Tally". Archived from the original on 2013-10-02. Retrieved 2013-10-02.

[CdS2021-9] Bowling was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 2021 games were postponed to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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^ Bowling was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 2021 games were postponed to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.