| Portugal at the Deaflympics | |
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| IPC code | POR |
| NPC | Portuguese Deaflympic Committee |
| Website | www |
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Portugal competed at the Deaflympics for the first in 1993. Since then Portugal has been regularly participating at the Deaflympics. Portugal won its first Deaflympics medal also in 1993. [1] Portugal has never participated in the Winter Deaflympics.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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