2017 Summer Deaflympics
summer deaflympics turkish yaz i̇şitme engelliler olimpiyat oyunları officially known rd summer deaflympics turkish üncü yaz i̇şitme engelliler olimpiyat oyunları international multisport event took place samsun turkey july july athlete country competed sport discipline record broken world record deaflympics record rd summer deaflympics game originally scheduled held october rio de janeiro decided host due schedule summer olympics summer deaflympics offered sport including golf made debut largest venue game term seating capacity seat samsun mayıs stadium served ceremony venue total national deaf sport association world participated game highest number nation edition afghanistan cameroon ivory coast mali made debut game logo game combination element olympic game olympic flame deaf communication samsun pheasant bird turkish tulip peace friendship official mascot summer deaflympics unveiled june represents local male resident wearing regional outfit name mascot chosen çakır literally greyish blue following voting official website deaflympics deaflympic torch brought lausanne switzerland batı park samsun turkish olympic champion wrestling taha akgül torch relay began lighting torch turkish sportspeople olympic ambassador footballer gökhan gönül sabri sarıoğlu worldrecord holder female diver şahika ercümen television host ece vahapoğlu led minister youth sport akif çağatay kılıç marched mustafa dağıstanlı sport hall torch handed mayor samsun metropolitan municipality yusuf ziya yılmaz currently based schedule released official website game date turkish time utc table medal count summer deaflympics based medal count international olympic committee ioc ranking sort number gold medal earned national deaf sport association ndsa number silver medal taken consideration next number bronze medal country still tied equal ranking given listed alphabetically ioc country code although information provided ioc cis recognize endorse ranking system final medal table host nation turkey official website archived wayback machine