Deaflympics
| Comité International des Sports des Sourds | |
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Deaflympics logo | |
| Motto | Per Ludos Aequalitas (Equality Through Sport) |
| First event | 1924 in Paris, France – 1924 Summer Deaflympics |
| Occur every | 4 years |
| Last event | 2023 Winter Deaflympics in Erzurum, Turkey 2025 Summer Deaflympics in Tokyo, Japan |
| Next event | 2027 Winter Deaflympics in Innsbruck, Austria 2029 Summer Deaflympics in Athens, Greece |
| Purpose | To provide opportunities for deaf persons to participate in elite sports |
| Website | www www |
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The Deaflympics, also known as Deaflympiad (previously called World Games for the Deaf, and International Games for the Deaf) are a periodic series of multi-sport events sanctioned by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at which deaf athletes compete at an elite level. Unlike the athletes in other IOC-sanctioned events (the Olympics, the Paralympics, and the Special Olympics), athletes cannot be guided by sounds (such as starting pistols, bullhorn commands or referee whistles). The games have been organized by the Comité International des Sports des Sourds (CISS, "The International Committee of Sports for the Deaf") since the first event in 1924.