DEAFLYMPICS™

The DEAFLYMPICS™ is the premier international winter competition for the hearing impaired. Held every four years, the 17th Winter Deaflympics™ competition is scheduled to take place in High Tatras, Slovakia on February 10, 2011.

Founded in 1924, the DEAFLYMPICS™ were formerly known as the International Silent Games, the World Silent Games, the World Winter Games for the Deaf, and since 2003 the event has been known as "DEAFLYMPICS."

The DEAFLYMPICS™ is equivalent to the Olympic Games and is recognized by the International Olympic Committee. The winter version of this world-class international sporting event includes ice hockey, alpine skiing, nordic skiing and snowboarding.

Team USA Ice Hockey is usually comprised of members from AHIHA’s Varsity team, and has won four medals in the last four international competitions.

• 1991 – Silver Medal
  XII World Winter Games for the Deaf
  Banff, Canada


• 1995 – Gold Medal
  XIII World Winter Games for the Deaf
  Rovaniemi, Finland


• 1999 – Silver Medal
  XIV World Winter Games for the Deaf


• 2003 – Bronze Medal
  XV Winter Deaflympics
  Sundsvall, Sweden


• 2007 – Gold Medal
  XVI Winter Deaflympics
  Salt Lake City, Utah

The DEAFLYMPICS™ are run by CISS (Comité International des Sports des Sourds – International Committee of Deaf Sports), which organizes both summer and winter versions for nearly 80 member nations.