WAfghanistan competed at the Deaflympics for the first time during the 2017 Summer Deaflympics which was held in Samsun, Turkey. Afghani team sent a five-member delegation for the Deaflympic event held in 2017, which is the only Deaflympic event where Afghanistan took part. The five members were: Ahmad Reshad Azizi (400m), Faiz Ahmad Faizi, Ekilil Khaliqyar (200m), Payman Noori (100m) and Ahman Fawad Sultani (100m). Afghanistan is yet to earn a medal at the Deaflympics.
WArgentina completed at the Deaflympics for the first time in 1965. Since then Argentina has been regularly participating at the Deaflympics. Argentina won its first Deaflympics medal in 1965. Argentina has never competed at the Winter Deaflympics.
WAustria has been participating at the Deaflympics since 1931 and has earned a total of 78 medals.
WBelarus has been participating at the Deaflympics since 1993 and has earned a total of 87 medals.
WBelgium has been participating at the Deaflympics since its inception in 1924 and has earned a total of 85 medals.
WBrazil competed at the Deaflympics for the first time in 1993. Since then Brazil has been regularly participating at the Deaflympics. Brazil won its first Deaflympics medal in 2009. Brazil has never competed at the Winter Deaflympics.
WDeaf peddlers are Deaf people who sell to the wider public manual alphabet cards, keychains, nail clippers, pencils and pens, national flags, or receipts in various amounts, which they have printed themselves. In this peddling, the sellers claim that they are deaf, as a manipulation or a pressure upon the buyer. Some "Deaf" peddlers are hearing people who do not know sign language and run away when a signing person approaches them.
WDenmark has been participating at the Deaflympics since 1931 and has earned a total of 139 medals.
WEcuador first competed at the Deaflympics for the first time in 2013 and also went on to participate at the 2017 Summer Deaflympics, winning a silver medal in 2017.
WEstonia has been participating at the Deaflympics since 1993 and has earned a total of 32 medals.
WFrance has been participating at the Deaflympics since 1924 and has earned a total of 268 medals.
WGreat Britain has been participating at the Deaflympics since 1924 and has earned 249 medals.
WHungary has been participating at the Deaflympics since its inception in 1924 and has earned a total of 132 medals.
WThe Illinois School for the Deaf (ISD), located in Jacksonville, Illinois, is a state-operated pre-kindergarten, elementary and high school for the deaf and hard-of-hearing. ISD uses both English and American Sign Language, with a policy modeled after the Wisconsin School for the Deaf.
WInstitut National de Jeunes Sourds de Paris is the current name of the school for the Deaf founded by Charles-Michel de l'Épée, in stages, between 1750 and 1760 in Paris, France.
WIran has been participating at the Deaflympics since 1957 and has earned a total of 234 medals.
WIreland has been participating at the Deaflympics since 1973 and has earned a total of 42 medals.
WLithuania has been participating at the Deaflympics since 1993 and has earned a total of 49 medals.
WMalta has been participating at the Deaflympics since 2001 and has yet to win any medals.
WJean Massieu was a pioneering deaf educator. One of six deaf siblings, he was denied schooling until age thirteen when he met Abbé Sicard, who enrolled him in the Bordeaux School for Deaf Children. There he learned to read and write French, and later helped develop the first formalized French Sign Language. He taught at the famous school for the deaf in Paris where Laurent Clerc was one of his students. He began work after a scandal in Paris in Rodez and dedicated his life to educating deaf children. Later he founded a deaf school in Lille, France.
WMexico has been participating at the Deaflympics since making its debut way back in 1965. Mexico won its first Deaflympic medal in the 2001 Summer Deaflympics for Athletics. In the 2017 Summer Deaflympics, Mexico won its first ever gold medal in Deaflympics history for Judo.
WMoldova first competed at the Summer Deaflympics in 1993. The country has competed at five Summer Deaflympics and has not yet competed at the Winter Deaflympics.
WPierre Pélissier was a pioneer for deaf education in France in the mid 19th century. He was born September 22, 1814 in Gourdon, Lot, and died April 30, 1863. He was a teacher of the deaf and also wrote a dictionary for an early form of French Sign Language in 1856. He studied first at Rodez and Toulouse, under Abbot Chazottes. He then became a teacher at the School of the Deaf in Toulouse. He was the deputy secretary of the Central Society for Deaf Mutes in Paris in 1842. At 29, in 1843, he went to Paris to teach at the Imperial School for Deaf Mutes, until his death.
WSaudi Arabia first competed at the Deaflympics for the first time in 2001. Saudi Arabia won its first Deaflympic medal (bronze) in the 2009 Summer Deaflympics for bowling, which is also the only medal won by them in Deaflympic history.
WSee What I'm Saying: The Deaf Entertainers Documentary is a 2009 documentary produced and directed by Hilari Scarl. It focuses on the lives of deaf artists Bob Hiltermann, TL Forsberg, CJ Jones, and Robert DeMayo.
WSilence is a Hong Kong charity, with a focus on Deaf people who use Hong Kong Sign Language and their family and friends, and is also a member of the Hong Kong Council of Social Service.
WSouth Africa has been participating at the Deaflympics from 1993 and have bagged 62 medals at the Summer Deaflympics South Africa has never participated in Winter Deaflympics.
WSpain competed at the inaugural edition of the Deaflympics in 1957. But they did not participate in a Deaflympics competition until 1973. Since then Spain has been regularly participating at the Deaflympics. Spain won its first Deaflympics medal way back in 1981.
WTurkey has been participating at the Deaflympics since 1989 and has earned a total of 108 medals.
WTurkmenistan first competed at the Summer Deaflympics in 2001. The country also competed at the Summer Deaflympics in 2005, 2013 and 2017.
WUganda competed at one edition of the Deaflympics: the 1997 Summer Deaflympics held in Copenhagen, Denmark. The country sent a delegation of twelve athletes and did not win any medals.
WThe United States has been participating at the Deaflympics from 1935 and it is also currently placed first in the all time Deaflympics medal list. US has won more than 1000 medals, the only nation to do so in Deaflympics.
WUzbekistan has been participating at the Deaflympics since 1997. Uzbekistan won its first Deaflympic medal in the 2009 Summer Deaflympics for Taekwondo, which is also their only medal in Deaflympics history.
WVenezuela has been participating at the Deaflympics since 1969 and has earned a total of 37 medals.
WZambia first competed at the Summer Deaflympics in 2013. The country also competed at the 2017 Summer Deaflympics held in Samsun, Turkey.