World Deaf Athletics Championships

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

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]

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