Comité International des Sports des Sourds
International Committee of Sports for the Deaf[1] | |
Formation | August 10, 1924; 99 years ago (1924-08-10)[1] |
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VAT ID no. | CHE-376.811.133 |
Legal status | association registered in the Commercial Register of the Canton of Vaud per art. 60 ff. of the Swiss Civil Code |
Headquarters | Lausanne, Switzerland |
President | Ádám Kósa |
Website | http://deaflympics.com |
Comité International des Sports des Sourds (CISS) is the apex body organizing international sports events for the deaf, particularly the Deaflympics (previously called World Games for the Deaf). It is also called the International Committee of Sports for the Deaf. The organization was founded in Paris by Eugène Rubens-Alcais, who organized the first "International Silent Games" in 1924. Alcais was himself deaf and was the president of the French Deaf Sports Federation.
CISS, now also called ICSD, is headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland.
History
The early pioneers of the international deaf sports movement were Eugène Rubens-Alcais (France) and Antoine Dresse (Belgium).
The first Summer Games were held in Paris in 1924, and started with 148 athletes from nine countries (France, Belgium, Great Britain, Holland, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania and Czechoslovakia). The first Winter Games were instituted in 1949 at Seefeld, Austria. They attracted 33 athletes from five countries.
In 1935, Japan joined CISS as the first Asian member and the United States as the first North American member. Australia and New Zealand joined later in 1955 as the first members from Oceania. The first African member was South Africa, in 1975.
After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the CISS banned athletes from Russia and Belarus from that year's Deaflympics in Caxias do Sul, Brazil.[2]
Events
Deaflympics
The Deaflympics (previously called World Games for the Deaf, and International Games for the Deaf) are an International Olympic Committee (IOC)-sanctioned event at which deaf athletes compete at an elite level.
Presidents
- 1924-1953: France Eugène Rubens-Alcais
- 1953-1955: Sweden Oscar Ryden
- 1955-1961: Denmark Jens Peter Nielsen
- 1961-1971: France Pierre Bernhard
- 1971-1995: United States Jerald M. Jordan
- 1995-2003: Australia John M. Lovett
- 2003-2009: United States Donalda Ammons Kay
- 2009-2013: United Kingdom Craig A. Crowley
- 2013-2018: Russia Valery Nikititch Rukhledev
- 2019-2020: Chinese Taipei Kang Chen
- 2021-2022: Brazil Gustavo de Araújo Perazzolo
- 2022-present: Hungary Ádám Kósa
See also
- Deaf people in sports
- International Olympic Committee
- International Paralympic Committee
- Special Olympics
References
- ^ a b "About the ICSD Archived 2016-08-04 at the Wayback Machine". International Committee of Sports for the Deaf. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- ^ Brennan, Eliott (12 March 2022). "Russia exclusion from Deaflympics after plea from Ukraine set to have major impact on medals table". Inside the Games. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- ^ "ICSD Presidents". Deaflympics. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
External links
- International Committee of Sports for the Deaf
- Welcome!
- CISS.org | ICSD
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- CISS
- IOC
- 1924 Paris
- 1928 Amsterdam
- 1931 Nuremberg
- 1935 London
- 1939 Stockholm
- 1949 Copenhagen
- 1953 Brussels
- 1957 Milan
- 1961 Helsinki
- 1965 Washington DC
- 1969 Belgrade
- 1973 Malmö
- 1977 Bucharest
- 1981 Cologne
- 1985 Los Angeles
- 1989 Christchurch
- 1993 Sofia
- 1997 Copenhagen
- 2001 Rome
- 2005 Melbourne
- 2009 Taipei
- 2013 Sofia
- 2017 Samsun
- 2021 Caxias do Sul[a]
- 2025 Tokyo
- 2029 TBA
- 1949 Seefeld
- 1953 Oslo
- 1955 Oberammergau
- 1959 Montana-Vermala
- 1963 Are
- 1967 Berchtesgaden
- 1971 Adelboden
- 1975 Lake Placid
- 1979 Meribel
- 1983 Madonna di Campigilo
- 1987 Oslo
- 1991 Banff
- 1995 Yilas
- 1999 Davos
- 2003 Sundsvall
- 2007 Salt Lake City
2011 Vysoké Tatry- 2015 Khanty-Mansiysk
- 2019 Sondrio
- 2023 Erzurum
- 2027 TBA
- ^ Bowling was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 2021 games were postponed to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.