Paris Olympics-Part 3: 6 Deaf Olympians' Results
Two More Hard-of-Hearing Olympians
Ensure you have read Part One - Six Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Athletes.
Swimmer Meg Harris of Australia
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Results: 1 Gold Medal and 2 Silver Medals
Gold in Women's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay
Silver in Women's 4 x 100m Medley Relay
Silver in Women's 50m Freestyle
Media Link on her hearing loss:
Volleyball Player David Smith of the U.S.A.
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Results: 1 Bronze Medal
His team won the Men’s Preliminary Round - Pool C
Won over Argentina 3-0
Beat Germany 3-2
Defeated Japan 3-1.
Won over Brazil 3-1 in the Men’s Quarterfinals.
Lost to Poland 2-3 in the Men’s Semifinals.
Took Bronze by winning over Italy 3-0 in the Men’s Bronze Medal Match
Media Link on his hearing loss:
Basketball Player Emma Meesseman of Belgium
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Results:
Her team won the Women’s Basketball Group Phrase - Group C
Lose to Germany 69-83 (She scored 25 points)
Lose to USA 74-87 (24 points)
Won over Japan 85-58 (30 points)
Won the Women’s Quarterfinals by beating Spain 79-66 (19 points)
Lost to France 75-81 in the Women’s Semifinals (19 points)
Lost to Australia in the Women’s Bronze Medal Match 81-85 (23 points)
Media Link on her hearing loss:
Kayaker Aaron Small of the U.S.A
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Results:
Ranked 25th in the Men's Kayak Single 1000m.
Ranked 8th in the Men's Kayak Single 500m
Became one of two first U.S. kayakers to qualify for an Olympic A final in 24 years
Media Links on his hearing loss:
Hard-of-hearing Olympian Aaron Small went from being bullied to going for gold in Paris. (July 30)
Watch his Instagram video - Special thanks to the Deaf/HoH community for all your support!
Footballer MacKenzie Arnold of Australia
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Results:
Her team ranked 9th in the Women’s Football.
In the Women’s Football Preliminary Round - Group B
Lost Germany 0-3
Won over Zambia 6-5
Lost to USA 2-3
Media Link on her hearing loss:
Golfer Diksha Dagar of India
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Results:
Finished at 49th out of 59 entries in the Women’s Individual Stroke Play
71 in the First Round
72 in the Second Round
80 in the Third Round
78 in the Fourth Round
Media Link on her hearing loss:
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Two More Hard-of-Hearing Olympians
One of two more hard-of-hearing Olympians is USA Swimmer Drew Kibler. When several deaf friends asked why I did not list him in my original post, I reasoned that I was TOLD that he already knew about the Deaflympics, but he feared that he could not meet the 55dB rule.
To participate in the Deaflympics, the 55dB rule is explained as “deaf, defined as a hearing loss of at least 55 dB in the better ear (3 tone frequency average of 500, 1,000, and 2,000 Hertz, ANSI 1969 standard).”
Swimmer Drew Kibler of the USA
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Results: 1 Silver Medal
His team placed second in the Men's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay
Media Link on his hearing loss:
Overcoming Obstacles (September 2, 2021)
The second one is British Runner Keely Hodgkinson, who is 95 percent deaf in her left ear following surgery in 2015 to remove a non-cancerous tumor. She has joined the celebrities with one deaf ear, such as actor Rob Lowe, actress Halle Berry, comedian Stephen Colbert, and others.
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Result: 1 Gold Medal
Captured the gold in the Women's Running 800m
Media Link on her hearing loss: