Deaf Sports Crossword
Across
- 5. Number of events in the Decathalon, which Dean Barton-Smith represented Australia at the 1992 Olympics in (3)
- 8. Australian city where the 2005 Deaflympics were held (9)
- 9. In which sport is the first, and still only, Australian team to win a medal at the Deaflympics? (10)
- 10. Before the first-ever "Australian Deaf Games" began in 1964, this event was called the Deaf ________ (8)
- 12. The main sign language used by the Deaf community in Australia (6)
- 13. Former Deaf Sports Australia President who the ADG Cup is named after: John _____ AM (6)
- 14. In 1950, the first National Deaf _______(ping pong) Association were formed (5,6)
- 15. Along with Sydney, the only other city to host 3 ADGs (5)
Down
- 1. In 1988, the Asia Pacific Deaf __________ Championships were held in Melbourne (8)
- 2. Hobart was host to the 1991/92 ADG, and is the capital city of this state (8)
- 3. Pacific nations will join us at the ADG to compete in the ____ Deaf Games at the same time (7)
- 4. The full word for "dB", as in you need to have a hearing loss of 55dBs or more to qualify for participation in the Deaflympics (7)
- 6. Host of the 19th Australian Deaf Games in 2024. _______ & Lake Macquarie (9)
- 7. Traditional Deaf community sport enjoyed in the early 20th century, involving a netted stick and a rubber ball (8)
- 11. Barry Knapman won Australia's first ever gold medal at the World Summer Games for the Deaf in 1965, in which sport? (6)