| Spain at the Deaflympics | |
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| IPC code | ESP |
| NPC | Spanish Federation of Sports for the Deaf |
| Website | www |
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Spain competed at the inaugural edition of the Deaflympics in 1957. [1] But they did not participate in a Deaflympics competition until 1973. Since then Spain has been regularly participating at the Deaflympics. Spain won its first Deaflympics medal way back in 1981. [2] [3]
Spain has competed at the Winter Deaflympics in 1985 and in 2015.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1973 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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