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Deaflympic Games

The Deaflympic Games, under the patronage of the International Olympic Committee, is the second oldest multi sport and cultural festival on earth with a long and proud history since the Inaugural Games in Paris in 1924.

In the years prior to 1924, International sports provided limited opportunities for deaf people. Deaf sporting leaders assembled in 1924 and agreed to establish an organisation called the Comité International des Sports des Sourds (CISS); to establish a union between all deaf National sporting federations and to draft statutes for this organisation to institute and control the quadrennial Games.

This historic meeting heralded the commencement of the Deaflympic Games movement.