Turkey at the 2017 Summer Deaflympics

Turkey as the host nation of the 2017 Summer Deaflympics competed in the event fielding 287 athletes.[1] Turkey finished on 4th in the Medal list after winning 46 medals including 17 gold medals;[2][3] this was also the occasion where Turkey won the highest number of medals in a single Deaflympics event.[4]

Turkey at the
2017 Summer Deaflympics
IOC codeTUR
NOCTurkish Deaf Sport Federation
Websitewww.tiesf.gov.tr
in Samsun
Competitors287 in 15 sports
Medals
Ranked 4th
Gold
17
Silver
7
Bronze
22
Total
46
Summer Deaflympics appearances (overview)
  • 1924
  • 1928
  • 1931
  • 1935
  • 1939
  • 1949
  • 1953
  • 1957
  • 1961
  • 1965
  • 1969
  • 1973
  • 1977
  • 1981
  • 1985
  • 1989
  • 1993
  • 1997
  • 2001
  • 2005
  • 2009
  • 2013
  • 2017
  • 2021

Medal table
Sport  Gold  Silver  Bronze Total
Athletics 1 1 1 3
Football 1 0 0 1
Volleyball 1 0 0 1
Handball 1 0 0 1
Judo 2 1 3 6
Tennis 0 0 1 1
Karate 0 0 7 7
Taekwondo 6 5 4 15
Wrestling 5 0 6 11

Football
Main article: Football at the 2017 Summer Deaflympics

Turkey Men's Deaf national football team competed in the football event as the host nation. Turkey won all 3 matches they played against Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Venezuela in the Group stage. Turkey defeated Ukraine in the finals 4–3 to claim the gold medal for the first time in Deaflympic football.[5]

Final
Turkey Turkey4-3Ukraine Ukraine
Deaflympic football

Handball
Main article: Handball at the 2017 Summer Deaflympics

Turkey went onto participate at the handball event and created history after clinching the gold medal in the Men's Handball event for the very first time beating Russia in the finals.[6][7][8][9]

Volleyball
Main article: Volleyball at the 2017 Summer Deaflympics

Turkey Men's Deaf Volleyball team participated at the Volleyball event and clinched gold medal by defeating Ukraine in the finals 3–0.[10][11][12] In the Women's volleyball tournament Turkey Women's Deaf Volleyball team finished 7th.

Taekwondo
Main article: Taekwondo at the 2017 Summer Deaflympics

Turkey had a great success in the Taekwondo events after finishing strongly with a medal haul of 15 medals including 6 gold medals.

  • Yenigun Elif -  Gold
  • Savan Aslihan -  Gold,  Bronze
  • Gokkaya Ayse Gul -  Gold
  • Karaca Ali -  Gold,  Silver
  • Yazici Merve -  Gold
  • Seker Selver -  Gold
  • Caliskan Zeki -  Silver
  • Atamer Ibrahim -  Silver,  Bronze
  • Guler Muhammad -  Silver
  • Simsek Batuhan -  Bronze
  • Gecit Osman -  Bronze

References
  1. "Turkey | 2017 Summer Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 2017-10-13.
  2. "Medalists for Turkey | Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 2017-10-13.
  3. "Turkey completed Summer Deaflympics with 46 medals". www.deaflympics2017.org (in Turkish). Retrieved 2017-10-13.
  4. "Turkey ranks 4th in Deaflympics games". Anadolu Agency. Retrieved 2017-10-14.
  5. "Football |2017 Summer Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 2017-10-13.
  6. "Deaflympics 2017 Samsun". www.deaflympics2017.org (in Turkish). Retrieved 2017-10-13.
  7. "Deaflympics 2017 Samsun". www.deaflympics2017.org (in Turkish). Retrieved 2017-10-13.
  8. "Handball |2017 Summer Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 2017-10-13.
  9. "Turkey's men's volleyball and handball teams win gold in Deaflympics". DailySabah. Retrieved 2017-10-13.
  10. "Deaflympics 2017 Samsun". deaflympics2017.org (in Turkish). Retrieved 2017-10-13.
  11. "Volleyball |2017 Summer Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 2017-10-13.
  12. "Turkey Men's Deaf Volleyball team claims gold". deaflympics2017.org (in Turkish). Retrieved 2017-10-13.
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