World Deaf Athletics Championships

World Deaf Athletics Championships
Status	active
Genre	sports event
Date(s)	midyear
Frequency	4 Years
Inaugurated	2008
Organised by	CISS

The World Deaf Athletics Championships is a quadrennial global competitions in the sport of athletics for deaf people. It is organised by the International Committee of Sports for the Deaf and was first held in 2008.

Editions

Outdoor

Edition	Year	Venue	Place	Country	Dates	Events	Athletes	Teams	Ref
1	2008	İzmir Atatürk Stadium	İzmir	Turkey	22–29 September		318	32
2	2012	Varsity Stadium	Toronto	Canada	14–21 July		241	27
3	2016	Beroe Stadium	Stara Zagora	Bulgaria	25 June – 3 July		262	38
4	2021	Lublin Athletics Stadium	Lublin	Poland	23 – 28 August	47	330	41

Indoor

Edition	Year	Venue	Place	Country	Dates	Events	Athletes	Teams	Ref
1	2019	Lasnamäe Kergejõustikuhall	Tallinn	Estonia

Medals

See also

• European Deaf Athletics Championships
• Asian Deaf Athletics Championships

The 2021 World Deaf Athletics Championships was originally scheduled from 18 to 25 July 2020 and was going to be held in Radom, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and moved to Lublin.