Mario Kargl (born 14 May 1986) is an Austrian male professional tennis player. He was a former world no. 1 deaf tennis player and a former world champion at the Deaf tennis Championship in 2011. He has represented Austria at the Deaflympics in

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and

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. He has clinched a medal haul of 4 bronze medals in his Deaflympic career after making his debut at the multi-sport event at the

2005 Summer Deaflympics The 2005 Summer Deaflympics, officially known as the 20th Summer Deaflympics, is an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from 5 January to 16 January 2005 in Melbourne, Australia. Bidding process A bid for the games was held on 9 ...

at the age of 19.

Career

Mario Kargl was named as one of the members of the Austrian delegation for the Melbourne Deaflympics and took part in the men's singles and doubles events but couldn't manage to proceed beyond the group stage after being knocked out of the first round. He again went onto participate at the

Deaflympics The Deaflympics also known as Deaflympiad (previously called World Games for the Deaf, and International Games for the Deaf) are a periodic series of multi-sport events sanctioned by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at which Deaf athlet ...

after gaining the opportunity to represent

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

at the

2009 Summer Deaflympics The 2009 Summer Deaflympics (), officially known as the XXI Summer Deaflympic Games and commonly known as Taipei 2009, is an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from 5 to 15 September 2009 in Taipei, Taiwan (Republic of China). I ...

. At the 2009 Deaflympics, he claimed his maiden Deaflympic medal after clinching a bronze medal in the men's doubles event partnering with Daniel Erlbacher, who also managed to claim his first Deaflympic medal. Mario Kargl also claimed bronze medals at the men's singles and doubles events during the

2013 Summer Deaflympics The 2013 Summer Deaflympics ( bg, 2013 летни дефлимпийски игри), officially known as the 22nd Summer Deaflympics ( bg, 22-ра лятна глуха олимпиада), was an international multi-sport event that took place ...

. He claimed his third successive bronze medal in the men's doubles event at the

2017 Summer Deaflympics ) , nations = 86 , athletes = 2,873 , events = 219 in 18 sports , stadium = Samsun 19 Mayıs Stadium , opened_by = Recep Tayyip Erdoğan , torch_lighter = Ertuğrul Bursa , opening = July 18, 2017 , closing ...

, marking his fourth Deaflympic medal. Mario has also participated at the ITF tennis competitions despite being deaf especially achieving a silver medal in the men's doubles at the 2011 ITF Men's Circuit (July–September). He was nominated for the ICSD Deaf Sportsperson of the Year in 2010.

References

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* 1986 births Living people Austrian male tennis players Deaf tennis players Austrian deaf people {{Austria-tennis-bio-stub