The 2013 Summer Deaflympics (), officially known as the 22nd Summer Deaflympics (), was an international

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that took place in

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from July 26 to August 4, 2013. The marathon had been held before in

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on 21 July.
Sofia was hosting the biggest sports event for deaf athletes for a second time. In the past the Bulgarian capital hosted the 1993 Summer Deaflympics, thus becoming only the second city, together with

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, which has hosted two Summer Deaflympics. The 2013 games were scheduled for Athens, Greece, but the city decline the hosting rights citing no Organising Committee for the event and economic turmoil in the country.

Sports

The sports offered at the 2013 Summer Deaflympics was held in 19 disciplines, including 14 individual sports and 5 team sports:

Individual sports

Team sports

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(2) *

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(2) *

Handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

(1) *

Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

(4) **

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(2) ** Indoor (2)

Venues

Vassil Levski National Stadium in Bulgaria

* Armeets Arena was announced as the venue of the 2013 Summer

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opening and closing ceremonies in February 2013. It was also announced as venue of volleyball. *

Vasil Levski National Stadium Vasil Levski National Stadium (), named after Bulgarian Folk hero, national hero and revolutionary Vasil Levski (1837–1873), is the country's second largest stadium. The stadium has 43,230 seats and is located in the centre of Sofia, on the te ...

is the venue of athletics and football finals. * Carlsberg National Tennis Center - Tennis *

Universiada Hall Universiada Hall () is an Indoor arena in Sofia, Bulgaria. Opened in 1961 for the II Summer Universiade, the arena has a seating capacity for 4,000 people and is the regular home venue of the Levski Sofia basketball Basketball is a team s ...

– Basketball * Overgas Hall – Basketball * Borisova gradina Velodrome – Cycling * Winter Palace of Sports – Table tennis * Mega Extreme Sky City Mall – Bowling * Riu Resort and Spa Pravets – Football * National Sports Academy – Beach volleyball, handball, karate, judo, taekwondo * MoI Shooting Range Geo Milev – Shooting *

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Aquatics Centre – Swimming * Sofia Sports Hall – Table tennis * Dema Sports Complex – Tennis * Hristo Botev Hall – Badminton * Zapaden Park – Orienteering * Füssen Course – Marathon

Medal table

References

External links

International Committee of Sports for the DeafOfficial site for the 2013 Summer DeaflympicsResults site
{{Deaflympics Summer Deaflympics Sports competitions in Sofia Summer Deaflympics International sports competitions hosted by Bulgaria Summer Deaflympics Summer Deaflympics Multi-sport events in Bulgaria 2010s in Sofia July 2013 sports events in Europe August 2013 sports events in Europe Parasports in Bulgaria