Deaflympics
Hearing-impaired athletic games
The Deaflympics is an international multi-sport competition for deaf athletes, held every four years and organized separately from both the Olympics and Paralympics.
Founded in 1924, it is the oldest athletic competition for athletes with disabilities.
Participants must have significant hearing loss.
She won three gold medals at the Deaflympics in Caxias do Sul.
Multi-round competitive event
- medalsAwards for achievement
- podiumRaised platform for speakers
- recordsStored data or albums
- finalsConcluding tests or matches
heats · qualifiers · brackets · elimination · events · matches · scoreboard · venues
Competitive physical activities
- badmintonRacquet sport with shuttlecocks
- basketballTeam sport with hoops
- bowlingPin-toppling pastime
- curlingForming curved shapes
cycling · football · golf · handball · judo · karate · orienteering · shooting
Having partial or total deafness
- empowermentGaining authority or confidence
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- determinationFirmness of purpose
- inspirationSource of creative impulse
perseverance · achievement · training · dedication · teamwork · camaraderie · sportsmanship · ambition
Ease of approach
- diversityState of varied elements
- equalitySame status for all
- integrationCombining into a whole
- acceptanceConsent to receive
awareness · barrier-free · inclusion · participation · adaptation · community · solidarity · respect
Manual visual communication system
- BSLBritish sign language
- interpreterOne who conveys meaning between languages
- fingerspellingLetter-by-letter hand alphabet
- lipreadingInterpreting spoken words visually
signing · captioning · bilingualism · gesture · nonverbal
Relating to entire world
- multiculturalIncluding multiple ethnic traditions
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
- cooperationJoint action toward shared aims
- diplomacyNegotiation between nations
cross-cultural · worldwide · delegations · quadrennial · Sofia
tournament
Multi-round competitive event
finals · heats · qualifiers · brackets · elimination · events · matches · scoreboard · venues · spectators
athletics
Competitive physical activities
- badmintonRacquet sport with shuttlecocks
- basketballTeam sport with hoops
- bowlingPin-toppling pastime
curling · cycling · football · golf · handball · judo · karate · orienteering · shooting · skiing
hearing-impaired
Having partial or total deafness
- empowermentGaining authority or confidence
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- determinationFirmness of purpose
inspiration · perseverance · achievement · training · dedication · teamwork · camaraderie · sportsmanship · ambition · prowess
accessibility
Ease of approach
- diversityState of varied elements
- equalitySame status for all
- integrationCombining into a whole
acceptance · awareness · barrier-free · inclusion · participation · adaptation · community · solidarity · respect · representation
ASL
Manual visual communication system
- BSLBritish sign language
- interpreterOne who conveys meaning between languages
- fingerspellingLetter-by-letter hand alphabet
lipreading · signing · captioning · bilingualism · gesture · nonverbal
global
Relating to entire world
- multiculturalIncluding multiple ethnic traditions
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
- cooperationJoint action toward shared aims
diplomacy · cross-cultural · worldwide · delegations · quadrennial · Sofia
- Paralympic Organizations
- hearingear, cochlea, hearing loss, hearing test, hearing aid
- Sports EventsWorld Cup, Commonwealth Games, Asian Games, Pan American Games, Paralympic Games
- adaptive sportsadaptive sports, racing wheelchair, adaptive skiing, disability sports, sports wheelchair
- deaf servicesASL, sign language, speech therapist, interpreter, sign language interpreter
- multisporttriathlon, decathlete, decathlon, heptathlete, pentathlon
DeaflympicsOlympics
Global athletic contest
Summer Olympics · Winter Olympics · World Cup · Commonwealth Games · Asian Games
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