Barbara Oddone

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
Singles
Career record	3/1
Doubles
Career record	0/1
Medal record Women's Tennis Representing  Italy Event 1st 2nd 3rd Deaflympics 15 2 1 Deaflympics Christchurch 1989 singles Christchurch 1989 doubles Christchurch 1989 mixed doubles Sofia 1993 singles Sofia 1993 mixed doubles Copenhagen 1997 singles Copenhagen 1997 doubles Copenhagen 1997 mixed doubles Rome 2001 singles Rome 2001 doubles Rome 2001 mixed doubles Melbourne 2005 singles Melbourne 2005 doubles Melbourne 2005 mixed doubles Taipei 2009 singles Sofia 1993 doubles Taipei 2009 mixed doubles 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]