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The Deaf Man Who Won 11 Gold Medals In His Olympic Career

Deaf Niche — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 05:10:00 +0000

Jeff Float is a former American swimmer who had a successful career at the collegiate and international level. His matter of fact nature and sense of humor defined his career: “With the last name of Float, what else was I going to do?” Born in Buffalo, New York, he contracted viral meningitis which destroyed his […]

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Running as The First Deaf Runner for NCAA’S Cross-Country Title

Katie Dicus — Sat, 18 Nov 2017 06:46:17 +0000

November 18, 2017– The National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Division III cross-country race will be held in Elsah, Illinois. Student athletes from all over the nation will be there to compete, including the deaf runner Otto Kingstedt. Otto Kingstedt is a deaf student from Sweden who is currently studying at Rochester Institute of Technology. He is […]

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First Ever Deaf Golfer Competes In PGA Genesis Open

Deaf Niche — Thu, 16 Feb 2017 01:26:41 +0000

Kevin Hall is confident about his first time in a PGA tour at the Genesis Open in Pacific Palisades, California. When asked why, he says it’s because no matter what happens he’s very happy to have made it this far. Hall became deaf at 2 years old and started learning golf at 9 years old. […]

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Deaf Swimmer Competes for Olympic Spot

Deaf Niche — Fri, 12 Aug 2016 12:48:39 +0000

Marcus Titus joined the Olympic trials for a spot in Rio While watching the swimmers at the trials for the coveted Olympic spot, no one would have guessed that one of the hopefuls is deaf. Marcus Titus is a 30 year old swimmer from Tucson, Arizona. He started swimming at 12 years old with the […]

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Did you know the first woman to swim the English Channel, Gertrude Ederle, was deaf?

Deaf Niche — Sat, 26 Mar 2016 02:43:56 +0000

Ederle broke 10 world records in 1926 Gertrude Ederle was the daughter of German immigrants and she was deaf from childhood due to measles. This didn’t stop her from swimming competitively! When she was only twelve years old, she set the world record for the 880 meter freestyle! After that, she participated in many competitions […]

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Zach LaVine involved with the Deaf Community

Deaf Niche — Wed, 23 Mar 2016 02:42:42 +0000

Minnesota Timberwolves and UCLA graduate Zach LaVine has a program with The Metro Deaf School Zach LaVine, the basketball player on the Minnesota Timberwolves, revealed that he learned ASL in high school and has been involved in the Deaf community since then. The kids are excited as he enters the school and he greets them, […]

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Did you know James “Deaf” Burke is in the Boxing Hall of Fame for being the first British boxer to fight in the USA?

Deaf Niche — Sun, 20 Mar 2016 08:13:23 +0000

People said that he was deaf because sound was too scared to go near him! James “Deaf” Burke was born deaf and all his life was a humble laborer in London, training in his free time. He became so strong that the champion at the time, Jem Ward, refused to fight him out of fear […]

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