Comité International des Sports des Sourds

International Committee of Sports for the Deaf
Comité International des Sports des Sourds Inc
Formation	August 10, 1924; 100 years ago
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	deaflympics.com

The International Committee of Sports for the Deaf 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 Comité International des Sports des Sourds (CISS). 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

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References

^ "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

[about-1] "About the ICSD Archived 2016-08-04 at the Wayback Machine". International Committee of Sports for the Deaf. Retrieved 9 August 2016.

[auto-2] 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.

[3] "ICSD Presidents". Deaflympics. Retrieved 9 December 2021.

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