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[4] [5] [6] (Rubens-Alcais had previously founded France's first sports federation for the deaf and mute, in 1918. [7]) The 1924 Games were "the first games ever" for athletes with a disability, preceding the World Wheelchair and Amputee Games in 1948, which became the Paralympic Games in 1960 but which did not include events for deaf athletes.
3rd World Deaf Championships Coimbra, Portugal [5] [6] 800m freestyle: 8:27.85 Federico Tamborrino Italy 17 August 2023: 6th World Deaf Championships Buenos Aires, Argentina [7] 1500m freestyle: 16:08.92 Satoi Fujihara Japan 31 August 2019: 5th World Deaf Championships São Paulo, Brazil [8] 50m backstroke: 26.80 Lars Kochmann Germany 26 August ...
The Deaf Among Hearing Persons: 6 (VI) 1971: 31 July–5 August: Paris, France: The Deaf Person in the World in Evolution: 7 (VII) 1975: 31 July–8 August: Washington, D.C., United States of America: Full Citizenship for All Deaf People: 8 (VIII) 1979: 20–27 July: Varna, Bulgaria: The Deaf People in Modern Society: 9 (IX) 1983: 28 June–6 ...
World Deaf Championships San Antonio, United States [2] 200m breaststroke: 2:35.65 Aksana Petrushenka Belarus: 8 August 2011: World Deaf Championships Coimbra, Portugal [10] [15] 50m butterfly: 27.48 Olga Kliuchnikova Russia 25 August 2019: World Deaf Championships São Paulo, Brazil [16] 100m butterfly: 1:03.69 Peggy de Villiers South Africa ...
From 1966 to 1999 they were called the "World Games for the Deaf", and occasionally referred to as the "World Silent Games". From 2001, the games have been known by their current name Deaflympics (often mistakenly called the Deaf Olympics). [5] To qualify for the games, athletes must have a hearing loss of at least 55 dB in their "better ear".
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Assia Uhanany (born 1987) [1] is an Israeli deaf model and beauty pageant contestant. On 29 September 2018, she was crowned as the Miss Deaf World 2018 which was held in Prague, Czech Republic. [2] She also became the first Israeli to win the Miss Deaf World contest. [3]
Connie, a deaf character that fights zombies in AMC's The Walking Dead series. Echo, a deaf Native American martial artist from Marvel Comics. Drury Lane, a deaf detective written by Ellery Queen. Jade Lovall, a partially deaf nurse in the BBC medical drama Casualty. Gabriella, a deaf mermaid and one of Ariel's friends in The Little Mermaid.