The

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

competed 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 ...

for the first time in 1957. Soviet Union competed at each editions of the Summer Deaflympics from 1957 to 1989 except for the

1985 Summer Deaflympics The 1985 Summer Deaflympics, officially known as the 15th Summer Deaflympics, is an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from July 10 to July 20, 1985, in Los Angeles, California United States The United States of America ...

until the

dissolution of the Soviet Union The dissolution of the Soviet Union, also negatively connoted as rus, Разва́л Сове́тского Сою́за, r=Razvál Sovétskogo Soyúza, ''Ruining of the Soviet Union''. was the process of internal disintegration within the Sov ...

. Soviet Union has won medals in every editions of the Summer Deaflympics it has competed and it is considered one of the greatest nations to have participated at the

after earning a medal haul of 524 (223 gold, 165 silver and 136 bronze) at the

Summer 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 ...

. The nation has also competed at the

Winter 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 athl ...

since making its debut in 1971 and last competed at the Winter Deaflympics in 1991. Soviet Union has earned 71 medals at the Winter Deaflympics.

Medal tallies

Summer Deaflympics

Winter Deaflympics

Notable athletes

Valery Rukhledev Valery Nikititch Rukhledev (born 18 January 1948) is a Russian sports activist. He is also a 6 time gold medalist in wrestling for the Soviet Union at the Deaflympics from 1969 to 1977. He served as the president of the Comite Intern ...

- He has represented

at the Summer Deaflympics in 1961, 1965 and 1979 in the men's wrestling freestyle and Greco-Roman events. He has clinched 6 gold medals in 3 consecutive Deaflympic appearances in the men's freestyle and Greco-Roman events. He is considered one of the finest deaflympic competitors of all time and he is the greatest Deaflympic athlete to have represented the nation at the Deaflympics. He is also the current President of the ICSD.

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Medal tallies

Summer Deaflympics

Winter Deaflympics

Notable athletes

See also

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