2017 Summer Deaflympics

23nd Summer Deaflympics

Host city	Samsun Turkey
Opening ceremony	July 18, 2017
Closing ceremony	July 30, 2017

The 2017 Summer Deaflympics, officially known as the 23rd Summer Deaflympics, is an international multi-sport event that will take place in Samsun, Turkey from July 18 to July 30, 2017.^[1]

Sports

The sports offered at the 2017 Summer Deaflympics will be held in 21 disciplines, including 16 individual sports and 5 team sports.^[2]

Individual sports

Athletics
Badminton
Bowling
Cycling Road
Golf
Judo
Karate
Mountain Bike
Orienteering
Shooting
Swimming
Table Tennis
Taekwondo
Tennis
Wrestling Freestyle
Wrestling Greco-Roman

Team sports

Basketball
Beach Volleyball
Football
Handball
Volleyball

References

Preceded by 2013 XXII Sofia, Bulgaria	2017 Summer Deaflympics XXIII Samsum, Turkey	Succeeded by 2021 XXIV TBA

Deaflympics

* International Committee of Sports for the Deaf (CISS) International Olympic Committee (IOC)

Summer Deaflympics	1924 1928 1931 1935 1939 1949 1953 1957 1961 1965 1969 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017

Winter Deaflympics	1949 1953 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019

Sports at the Deaflympics	Badminton

Sports federations	CISS DIBF (basketball) AHIHA (ice hockey)

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