title: World Deaf Athletics Championships
text: # World Deaf Athletics Championships
  
  The World Deaf Athletics Championships is a quadrennial global competitions in the sport of athletics for deaf people. It is organised by the International Committee of Sports for the Deaf and was first held in 2008.
  
  ## Editions
  
  ### Outdoor
  
  | Edition | Year | Venue | Place | Country | Dates | Events | Athletes | Teams |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 2008 | İzmir Atatürk Stadium | İzmir | Turkey | 22–29 September | | 318 | 32 |
  | 2 | 2012 | Varsity Stadium | Toronto | Canada | 14–21 July | | 241 | 27 |
  | 3 | 2016 | Beroe Stadium | Stara Zagora | Bulgaria | 25 June – 3 July | | 262 | 38 |
  | 4 | 2021 | Lublin Athletics Stadium | Lublin | Poland | 23 – 28 August | 47 | 330 | 41 |
  
  ### Indoor
  
  | Edition | Year | Venue | Place | Country | Dates | Events | Athletes | Teams | Ref |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 2019 | Lasnamäe Kergejõustikuhall | Tallinn | Estonia | | | | | |
  