South Africa at the 2017 Summer Deaflympics

Sporting event delegation

South Africa at the 2017 Summer Deaflympics

IOC code	RSA
NOC	South African Deaf Sports Federation
Website	www.sadeafsport.com
in Samsun
Competitors	4 in 2 sports
Medals Ranked 35th	Gold 0 Silver 2 Bronze 0 Total 2
Summer Deaflympics appearances (overview)
1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021

South Africa competed in the 2017 Summer Deaflympics for the 7th consecutive time in the Summer Deaflympics since making its debut in 1993.^[1]

South Africa sent a delegation of just 4 participants in the Games including 3 swimmers and an athlete.^[2]^[3] South African team received 2 silver medals in the competition. Cornell Loubser was the only medalist for South Africa during the event bagging 2 silver medals.^[4]

Participants

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Swimming	1	2	3
Athletics	1	0	1

Medalists

Name	Medal	Sport	Event
Cornell Loubser	Silver	Swimming	Women's Butterfly 100m
Cornell Loubser	Silver	Swimming	Women's Butterfly 200m

Medal table

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Swimming	0	2	0	2
Athletics	0	0	0	0

References

^ "Deaflympics 2017 Samsun". deaflympics2017.org (in Turkish). Retrieved 15 October 2017.
^ "Games | Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
^ "SA team in Turkey to tackle Deaflympics | TeamSA". TeamSA. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
^ "Countries | Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 15 October 2017.