deaflympics Archives - DeafNiche https://deafniche.com/tag/deaflympics/ Everything about the Deaf Community! Fri, 16 Jun 2023 17:22:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://deafniche.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/cropped-logo_gigantic_png-32x32.png deaflympics Archives - DeafNiche https://deafniche.com/tag/deaflympics/ 32 32 The Deaf Man Who Won 11 Gold Medals In His Olympic Career https://deafniche.com/the-deaf-man-who-won-11-gold-medals-in-his-olympic-career/ https://deafniche.com/the-deaf-man-who-won-11-gold-medals-in-his-olympic-career/#respond Wed, 04 Jan 2023 05:10:00 +0000 https://deafniche.com/?p=11586 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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