Malaysia at the 2017 Summer Deaflympics

Malaysia competed in the 2017 Summer Deaflympics which was held in Samsun, Turkey after narrowly missing the opportunity to compete at the 2013 Summer Deaflympics due to the Malaysian players' allegation for not having enough practices to compete at the event.[1] Malaysia sent a delegation consisting of 16 participants for the event though it was earlier announced that only 10 competitors would take part in the multi-sport event.[2][3] This was only the fifth time that Malaysia was eligible participate at the Summer Deaflympics after making its Deaflympic debut in 1993.

Malaysia at the
2017 Summer Deaflympics
IOC codeMAS
NOCMalaysian Deaf Sports Association
Websitewww.msdeaf.org.my
in Samsun
18 – 30 July 2017
Competitors16
Medals
Ranked 39th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
0
Total
1

Prior to the Deaflympic event, the Malaysian government announced that the medal winners would be rewarded.[4] Malaysia claimed its only medal in the badminton mixed doubles event.[5]

Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Silver Boon Wei Ying
Francis Tan Heng Bock		 Badminton Mixed doubles 28 July

Medal table
Sport  Gold  Silver  Bronze Total
Badminton 0 1 0 1

See also

References
  1. "All geared up for Turkey task - Scoreboard | The Star Online". www.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2018-05-09.
  2. "Malaysia | 2017 Summer Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 2017-12-18.
  3. "10 to represent Malaysia at 2017 Summer Deaflympics | ATHLETICS News | Stadium Astro". Retrieved 2017-12-18.
  4. "Government to reward Malaysian medal winners in Summer Deaflympics". NST Online. 2017-12-18. Retrieved 2017-12-18.
  5. "Countries | 2017 Summer Deaflympics". Retrieved 2017-12-18.
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