2015 Winter Deaflympics
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Magnitogorsk
Russia | |
| Host city | Khanty-Mansiysk Magnitogorsk Russia |
|---|---|
| Motto | Let’s give a voice to our sport success |
| Nations | 27 countries |
| Athletes | 336 athletes |
| Events | 31 in 5 sports |
| Opening | 28 March 2015 |
| Closing | 5 April 2015 |
| Opened by | Vitaly Mutko |
| Winter | |
| Summer | |
The 2015 Winter Deaflympics (Russian: Зимние Сурдлимпийские игры 2015 года), officially known as the 18th Winter Deaflympics (Russian: 18-е зимние сурдлимпийские игры), is an international multi-sport event that took place in Khanty-Mansiysk and Magnitogorsk, Russia from 28 March to 5 April 2015.[1][2]
| Sport | Venue | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Alpine skiing (all except Slalom) | Alpine skiing Centre "Metallurg – Magnitogorsk" | Magnitogorsk |
| Cross-country skiing | Winter Sports Center n.a. A.V. Filipenko | Khanty-Mansiysk |
| Curling | Ice Palace | Khanty-Mansiysk |
| Ice Hockey | Arena Ugra | Khanty-Mansiysk |
| Alpine skiing (Slalom), Snowboarding | Alpine skiing Complex "Khvoyny Urman" | Khanty-Mansiysk |
Logo
The games' logo is an abstract of a black grouse that symbolizes the wealth of khanti culture which resembles a hand of a man, the main device for communication of deaf and hard-of-hearing athletes and a bird. It consists of 4 colors which are red and orange that mean motion and energy and blue and violet that mean firmness and endurance. The ethnical ornament of khanti “hare’s ears” which is used in household items and clothes of khanti and mansi in the middle of the logo symbolizes motion. Overall, the logo represents host city, Khanty-Mansiysk as a confluence of two great rivers – Ob and Irtysh.[3]
Mascot
The games' mascot is a baby mammoth, a symbol of Russian north that represents beauty and strength of Siberia and is described to have kind eyes crystal clear like rivers and lakes of Ugra and open as Russian soul.[4] The name of the mascot was chosen as "Spartak" from an online voting process.[5][6]
Participating nations
Schedule
| OC | Opening ceremony | ● | Event competitions | 1 | Gold medal events | CC | Closing ceremony |
| March/April | 28th Sat |
29th Sun |
30th Mon |
31st Tue |
1st Wed |
2nd Thu |
3rd Fri |
4th Sat |
5th Sun |
Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ceremonies | OC | CC | N/a | |||||||
 Alpine skiing
| 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |||||
 Cross-country skiing
| 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | ||||
 Curling
| ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 2 | 2 | |
 Ice hockey
| ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | |||
 Snowboarding
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | ||||
| Daily medal events | 4 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 31 | |
| Cumulative total | 4 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 20 | 24 | 31 | 31 | |
| March/April | 28th Sat |
29th Sun |
30th Mon |
31st Tue |
1st Wed |
2nd Thu |
3rd Fri |
4th Sat |
5th Sun |
Events |
