Cecilia Ferm

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Cecilia Ferm
Personal information
Born (1975-10-09) 9 October 1975 (age 48)
Stockholm, Sweden
Listed height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Position Forward
Number12
Career history
2003–2007 Solna Vikings
2007–2008 KFUM Järfälla
2008–2009 Solna Vikings
2009–2010 Stockholmspolisens IF
2010–2011 KFUM Järfälla
2012–2016 Akropol BBK
2016–2017 AIK Basket
Medals
Women's basketball
Deaflympics
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg Copenhagen 1997 team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg Rome 2001 team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg Melbourne 2005 team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg Taipei 2009 team

Cecilia Helena Ferm (born 9 October 1975) is a Swedish deaf female basketball player. [1] She has represented both national and deaf basketball teams. Ferm has participated at the Deaflympics on 5 occasions since making her debut in the 1993 Summer Deaflympics. [2]

She was the key member of the Swedish deaf basketball team that won silver medals at the 1997, [3] 2001 [4] and 2005 [5] Deaflympic events. In her last Deaflympic event, she was able to claim the gold medal for Sweden in the basketball for the first time in Deaflympic history after a stunning victory over favourites USA and it ended the gold medal jinx for Sweden. [6] [7]

She won the ICSD Deaf Sportswoman of the Year award in 2000 and in 2004 for her outstanding performance in the deaf basketball competitions including the deaflympic basketball. [8] [9] Cecilia Ferm was also nominated for the Deaf Sportswoman of the Year award by the ICSD in 1998, 1999, 2002 and in 2007.

She too has played for some elite basketball club teams such as Solna Vikings, Akropol and Nerike Basket. Cecilia Ferm is currently playing for the Swedish club side, AIK Basket. [10] [11]

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