Asia Pacific Deaf Games is a deaf multi-sport event established in 1984 which is held every 4 years in the Asia Pacific region. It is the successor to the "Far Eastern Deaf Football Championship" which was held in
Taipei
Taipei (), officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about southwest of the ...
in 1983. The inaugural games was held in 1984 in
Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta i ...
. At that time, the games was known as the Asia Pacific Deaf Football Championship which was held biennially until 1988. In 1988, the games' governing body Asia Pacific Deaf Sports Confederation was formed during the 3rd Championship in Melbourne, Australia with Ms. Wendy Home as its first administrator. The games changed its name to its present name, the Asia Pacific Deaf Games when the games was held in
Seoul
Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 of ...
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South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing a land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eas ...
in 1992 after Asia Pacific Deaf Sports Confederation passed a resolution to change the name of the games, which has since been held once every four years.
List of Asia Pacific Deaf Games
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List of Asia Pacific Deaf Games sports
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All-time medal table
1984 Asia Pacific Deaf Football Championship
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1986 Asia Pacific Deaf Football Championship
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1988 Asia Pacific Deaf Football Championship
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1992 Asia Pacific Deaf Games
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1996 Asia Pacific Deaf Games
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2012 Asia Pacific Deaf Games
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Seoul
Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 of ...
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Seoul Sports Complex
Seoul Sports Complex ( ko, 서울종합운동장), also known as Jamsil Sports Complex ( ko, 잠실종합운동장), is a group of sports facilities in Songpa-gu in Seoul, South Korea. It was built for the 1986 Asian Games and 1988 Summer Olympi ...
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Seoul Olympic Stadium
The Seoul Olympic Stadium (), also known as Jamsil Olympic Stadium (formerly romanised as ''Chamshil''), is a multi-purpose stadium in Seoul, South Korea. It is the main stadium built for the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 10th Asian Games in 1 ...
- Athletics
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Jamsil Students' Gymnasium
Jamsil Students' Gymnasium () is an indoor sporting arena located in Seoul, South Korea. The capacity of the arena is 7,500 and was built from November 1972 to December 1976 to host Boxing events at the 1986 Asian Games and 2-years later the same ...
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Jamsil Arena - Opening ceremony
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Olympic Park
An Olympic Park is a sports campus for hosting the Olympic Games. Typically it contains the Olympic Stadium and the International Broadcast Centre. It may also contain the Olympic Village or some of the other sports venues, such as the aquatics ...
**Olympic Park - Cycling
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Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center
Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center is a tennis venue in Seoul, South Korea, located in the Olympic Park. It hosted the tennis events for the 1988 Summer Olympics and has hosted several South Korea Davis Cup team and South Korea Fed Cup team ties. ...
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SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium
SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium () is an indoor sporting arena located at the Olympic Park in Bangi-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul, South Korea. The arena was built from September 1984 to April 1986.
History
It was known as the Olympic Fencing Gymnasi ...
- Futsal
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**Jamsil High school - Judo
**Seoul Physical Education High school - Swimming
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Gyeonggi Province
Gyeonggi-do (, ) is the most populous province in South Korea. Its name, ''Gyeonggi'', means "京 (the capital) and 畿 (the surrounding area)". Thus, ''Gyeonggi-do'' can be translated as "Seoul and the surrounding areas of Seoul". Seoul, the na ...
*Namyangju Sports Complex
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**Gymnasium - Badminton
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Tancheon Sports Complex
Tancheon Sports Complex ( ko, 탄천종합운동장) is a group of sports facilities in Seongnam, South Korea. Its name was Seongnam 2 Sports Complex but changed to Tancheon Sports Complex in January 2006, naming after Tancheon. The complex consis ...
**Tancheon Bowling Alley - Bowling
**Tancheon Secondary Stadium - Baseball (Demonstration)
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**Korea Armed Forces Athletic Corps Gymnasium - Basketball, Taekwondo
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Samsung Training Center - Volleyball
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2015 Asia Pacific Deaf Games
zh, c=2015年亞太聽障運動會, p=2015 Nián yàtài tīng zhàng yùndònghuì
Officially known as: 8th Asia Pacific Deaf Games ( zh, c=第8屆亞太聽障運動會, p=Dì 8 jiè yàtài tīng zhàng yùndònghuì)
Motto: The Power of Silence ( zh, c=安靜的力量, p=Ānjìng de lìliàng)
Officially opened by:
Cheng Wen-tsan
Cheng Wen-tsan (; born 6 July 1967) is a Taiwanese politician. He is the first and incumbent Mayor of the newly established Taoyuan City, having served since 25 December 2014.
Education
Cheng received his bachelor's degree from the Department of ...
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Mayor of Taoyuan
The Mayor of Taoyuan is the chief executive of the Taoyuan City Government. Taoyuan City is a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan). It was formerly known as the magistrate of Taoyuan before 25 December 2014 when Taoyuan was stil ...
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Athlete's oath: Huang Shu Min (Bowling)
Torch lighter: Wang Shih Wei (Athletics), Peng Si Ting (Taekwondo)
Venues
* Taoyuan Arena: Opening and closing ceremony, Table tennis
* Taoyuan City Track Field: Athletics, Football
* Luzhu District Badminton Hall: Badminton
* Da Taoyuan Bowling Center: Bowling
* Blue Pond Park: Cycling
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No. 61 Provincial Highway northbound 30-48 km: Cycling (road race)
* National Taoyuan Agricultural & Industrial Vocational High School: Judo, Taekwondo
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National Taiwan Sport University
The National Taiwan Sport University (NTSU; ) is a public university specialized in sports in Taoyuan, Taiwan.
History
NTSU was originally established as National College of Physical Education and Sports on 1 July 1987. On 1 February 2008, th ...
**Outdoor tennis court: Tennis
**Gymnasium: Futsal
* Taoyuan City Swimming Pool: Swimming
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Ming Chuan University
Ming Chuan University (MCU; ) is a private university in Shilin District, Taipei, Taiwan, accredited in the United States of America and by AACSB. Ming Chuan University was ranked in the 451-500 range in QS Top Asia Universities Ranking 202 ...
(Taoyuan Campus)
**Gymnasium: Basketball
**Athletic field: Football
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Central Police University: Football
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Non-Deaflympics sport is denoted with asterisk (*)
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5 Games records were broken, all were from athletics.
Athletics
Badminton
Basketball
Bowling
Cycling
Football
Futsal
Judo
Swimming
Table tennis
Taekwondo
Tennis
Logos and mascots of the Asia Pacific Deaf Games
File:2012 Asia Pacific Deaf Games logo.jpg, Logo of the 2012 Asia Pacific Deaf Games
File:2015 Asia Pacific Deaf Games logo.png, Logo of the 2015 Asia Pacific Deaf Games
File:2015 Asia Pacific Deaf Games mascot.png, Mascot of the 2015 Asia Pacific Deaf Games
See also
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ASEAN Deaf Games
References
External links
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Asia Pacific Games For The Deaf (APGD)Games HistoryAsia Pacific Deaf Sports Confederation website2012 Asia Pacific Deaf Games website2015 Asia Pacific Deaf Games website2019 Asia Pacific Deaf Games website{{International multi-sport events
Deaflympics
Deaf sports competitions
Multi-sport events in Asia
Disabled multi-sport events
Disability in Asia