Deaf people in the Olympics

A number of deaf people have competed in the modern Olympic Games, with the earliest known being Carlo Orlandi, an Italian boxer who competed in the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam.

In some cases, adaptations have been made to accommodate deaf athletes.[1][2]

(There is also a specific event for the deaf, the Deaflympics, organized by the International Committee of Sports for the Deaf. This is also held every four years, and some of the people listed in this article will have also competed there).

Summer games
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Athletes

The table below shows Deaf athletes known to have competed in the Olympics. All either competed at the Deaflympics, or would have qualified to do so. To qualify for the Deaflympics, "athletes must have a hearing loss of at least 55db in their 'better ear'. Hearing aids, cochlear implants and the like are not allowed to be used in competition, to place all athletes on the same level"[3] In the Olympics, there is no restriction on hearing loss or use of hearing aids.

Person (Nation) Deaflympic Games Olympic Games
Games Sport Games Sport References
 Oskar Wetzell (FIN) 1908 London
1912 Stockholm		 Diving [4]
 Carlo Orlandi (ITA) 1928 Amsterdam Boxing [5]
 Donald Gollan (GBR) 1928 Amsterdam Rowing [5]
 Ignazio Fabra (ITA) 1961 Helsinki
1965 Washington DC
1969 Belgrade		 Wrestling 1952 Helsinki
1956 Melbourne		 Wrestling [6]
 Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő (HUN) 1960 Rome
1964 Tokyo
1968 Mexico City
1972 Munich
1976 Montreal		 Fencing [7]
 Gerhard Sperling (GER) 1961 Helsinki

1969 Belgrade

1977 Bucharest

 Athletics 1964 Tokyo

1968 Mexico City

1972 Munich

 Athletics [8]
 Vyacheslav Skomorokhov (URS) 1969 Belgrade
1973 Malmö
1977 Bucharest
1981 Köln		 Athletics 1968 Mexico City Athletics [9]
 Jeffrey Float (USA) 1977 Bucharest Swimming 1984 Los Angeles Swimming [10] [11]
 Dean Barton-Smith (AUS) 1985 Los Angeles
1989 Christchurch
1993 Sofia
2005 Melbourne		 Athletics 1992 Barcelona Athletics [12][13]
 Terence Parkin (RSA) 1997 Copenhagen
2001 Rome
2005 Melbourne
2009 Taipei
2013 Sofia		 Swimming
Cycling		 2000 Sydney
2004 Athens		 Swimming [14][15]
 Frank Bartolillo (AUS) 2004 Athens Fencing [15][16]
 Hugo Passos (POR) 1997 Copenhagen
2001 Rome
2005 Melbourne
2009 Taipei		 Wrestling 2004 Athens Wrestling [15][17]
 Tony Ally (GBR) 2004 Athens Diving [15]
 Tamika Catchings (USA) 2004 Athens
2008 Beijing
2012 London		 Women's Basketball [18]
 Chris Colwill (USA) 2008 Beijing
2012 London		 Diving [19]
 David Smith (USA) 2012 London
2016 Rio		 Volleyball [20][21]
 Jakub Nosek (CZE) 2009 Taipei
2013 Sofia
2017 Samsun		 Athletics 2018 Pyeongchang Bobsleigh [22][23]

Opening ceremony
Person (Nation)
Games Role References
KAOS Choir (GBR) 2012 London Performed British National anthem [24]
Evelyn Glennie (GBR) 2012 London Lead percussionist [25]
Mike Hawthorne (GBR) 2012 London Dancer [26]

See also
  • Deaf people in the Commonwealth Games

References
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  5. "Disabled Olympic Participants". Top End Sports. Retrieved 2012-08-15.
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  22. "Deaf Czech Bobsledder, Jakub Nosek, at the Pyeongchang 2018 | ICSD". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 2018-03-13.
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