2011 Winter Deaflympics

17th Winter Deaflympics January 2022 17th Winter Deaflympics Deaflympics logo.svg Vysoké Tatry, Slovakia 25 countries 252 athletes 30 (5 disciplines) 18 February 2011 26 February 2011 Taipei 2009 Sofia 2013 Salt Lake City 2007 Khanty-Mansiysk 2015 The 2011 Winter Deaflympics (sk Zimné Deaflympijské hry 2011), officially known as the 17th Winter Deaflympics (sk 17. Zimná Deaflympiáda) was originally scheduled to be held from 18 February 2011 to 26 February 2011 in Vysoké Tatry, Slovakia. This was the first time that Slovakia was selected to host a Deaflympic event. But the multi-sporting event was cancelled due to the lack of preparations, lack of readiness and reluctance by the Deaflympic Committee of Slovakia prior to the event. The event was also cancelled mainly due to the alleged fraud by the former President of the Deaflympic Committee of Slovakia, Jaromir Ruda.https://limpingchicken.com/2013/07/24/deaf-news-organiser-of-the-failed-2011-winter-deaflympics-sentenced-to-prison-for-fraud/ Deaf News: Organiser of the failed 2011 Winter Deaflympics sentenced to prison for fraud 2013-07-24 The Limping Chicken 2017-11-01 en-US The Winter Games was cancelled and was postponed to 2015, which was the 18th Winter Deaflympics.https://www.disabled-world.com/sports/deaflympics/officially-cancelled.php Slovakia Winter Deaflympics Officially Declared Cancelled Disabled World 2017-11-01 en-UShttps://www.cbc.ca/sports/2.723/winter-deaf-games-cancellation-met-with-anger-1.990271 Winter deaf games cancellation met with anger CBC Sports Malcolm Kelly 12 February 2011 2022-01-09 en Bidding and organization Vysoke Tatry was selected as the host city for the 17th Winter Deaflympics as a replacement of Vancouver which was approved by the 39th Congress of International Committee of Sports for the Deaf on 4 January 2005 in Australia, Melbourne just before the 2005 Summer Deaflympics.http://www.deaflympics.com/icsd.asp?614 39th Congress of ICSD Deaflympics www.deaflympics.com en 2017-11-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20150923223127/http://www.deaflympics.com/icsd.asp?614 2015-09-23 dead About 438 athletes and 25 countries were estimated to compete in the multi-sport event.https://spravy.pravda.sk/domace/clanok/169343-z-olympiady-su-zatial-len-sluby/ Z olympiády sú zatiaľ len sľuby 2011-02-10 Pravda.sk 2017-11-01 sk-SKhttps://storify.com/paulocosta/deaflympics Winter Deaflympic Games Fiasco - Slovakia 2011 Storify 2017-11-01 Crisis and controversies The 2011 Winter Games were also temporarily cancelled by the Comite International des Sports des Sourds on 11 May 2010, due to the delay in arrangements for the commencement of the Winter Games.http://www.deaflympics.com/news.asp?1536 News Deaflympics www.deaflympics.com en 2017-11-01https://globalvoices.org/2011/02/11/slovakia-deaflympics-2011-controversy/ Slovakia: Deaflympics 2011 Controversy · Global Voices 2011-02-11 Global Voices 2017-11-01 enhttp://ukdeafsport.org.uk/icsd-statement-on-2011-winter-deaflympics/ ICSD statement on 2011 Winter Deaflympics UK Deaf Sport ukdeafsport.org.uk en-GB 2017-11-01 Apart from the lack of preparations, it was revealed that the President of the Deaflympic Organizing Committee of Slovakia involved in the fraud scam (accused of diverting in excess of 1.7 million euros) relating to the funds which was transferred to the Deaflympic Committee of Slovakia by other national deaf sports federations was misused by the Committee and the President of the Federation.https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/deaflympics-the-rubbish-tycoon-and-the-games-that-were-dumped-2266957.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/deaflympics-the-rubbish-tycoon-and-the-games-that-were-dumped-2266957.html 1 May 2022 subscription live Deaflympics: The rubbish tycoon and the games that were dumped 2011-04-13 The Independent 2017-11-01 en-GBhttps://spravy.pravda.sk/domace/clanok/169380-deaflympiadu-zrusili-slovensko-ma-svetovu-hanbu/ Deaflympiádu zrušili, Slovensko má svetovú hanbu 2011-02-14 Pravda.sk 2017-11-01 sk-SK The ICSD filed a criminal complaint against him and against the Committee demanding the reimbursement of the funds in order to cover the hotel accommodations and other relevant expenditures for the arrangement of the multi-sporting event. In 2011 August, Jaromir Ruda was sentenced to 13 years in prison for also involving in 11 other fraud cases.https://www.thedaily.sk/deaflympics-fraudster-ruda-guilty-of-11-more-crimes/ Deaflympics Fraudster Ruda Guilty of 11 More Crimes The Daily Slovak News en-US 2017-11-01https://www.pluska.sk/krimi/domace-krimi/exsef-deaflympionikov-jaromir-ruda-dostal-145-roka.html Exšéf deaflympionikov Jaromír Ruda dostal 14,5 roka 2013-11-06 www.pluska.sk 2017-11-01https://www.topky.sk/cl/100370/1356267/Kauza-tunelovania-deflympiady-ukoncena--Jaromir-Ruda-dostal-13-rokov- Kauza tunelovania deflympiády ukončená: Jaromír Ruda dostal 13 rokov! Topky.sk 2017-11-01https://spectator.sme.sk/c/20047701/ruda-sentenced-to-13-years-in-prison.html Ruda sentenced to 13 years in prison a.s. Petit Press spectator.sme.sk 2017-11-01 en The FIR also resulted in the suspension of the Deaflympic Committee of Slovakia and the ICSD decided to skip the planned Winter Games after the ICSD couldn't able to refund the sufficient funds.https://wfdeaf.org/news/wfd-statement-on-the-cancellation-of-the-17th-winter-deaflympics/ WFD Statement on the Cancellation of the 17th Winter Deaflympics - WFD 2011-02-18 WFD 2017-11-01 en-UShttps://www.deaflympics.com/news.asp?1487 ICSD regrets for cancellation of 2011 Winter Deaflympics www.deaflympics.com en 2017-11-01 References 2007XVISalt Lake City, USA 2011XVIIVysoké Tatry, Slovakia 2015XVIIIKhanty-Mansiysk and Magnitogorsk, Russia Category:Winter Deaflympics Category:Cancelled multi-sport events Category:2011 in multi-sport events Category:2011 in disability sport Category:2011 in Slovak sport Category:Multi-sport events in Slovakia