Rafael Pinchas has written another book on Deaf Olympics.
This latest book is “Deaf Athletes at the Olympic Games” and the author says it is the first book about Deaf Olympians since the Olympic Games started in 1896.
“During my countless appearances at various international and national sporting events including the Deaflympic Summer and Winter Games,” Pinchas says, “in different parts of the globe, I had often been approached by people asking the same questions such as whether there were any deaf athlete who participated at the Olympic Games?”
“In what sports did he/she compete?
“What did he/she accomplish at the Olympic Games?”
“Now, this book will finally provide answers to these relevant questions. Throughout the illustrious Olympic history, there was a very small group of athletes who not only impressed and astonished the world with their athletic prowess, but also for a very different reason: they didn’t let their hearing and/or speech handicap interfere with becoming an Olympian.”
The author continues, “According to my thorough statistical research work done at the premises of the Lausanne, Switzerland-based Olympic Studies Centre, from 1896 through 2018, a total of 143,862 The book includes 30 deaf Olympians coming from the following countries: USA (9 athletes), Great Britain (3) and Italy (3), Australia (2), Estonia (2), Soviet Union (2), South Africa (2), 1 each – from China, Germany, Hungary, Finland, Russian Federation, Mexico, Portugal, Czech Republic. Each athlete, who had the honor of participating at the Olympic Games, had his/her own remarkable story, and now this book is focusing on each of those 30 Olympic participants who had not only overcome the odds, but also their hearing and/or speech handicap. The book also prominently features two deaf Olympians who had Jewish roots – Ildiko Rejto, a fencing sensation from Hungary, and Max Ordman, a wrestler from the Republic of South Africa. It should also be noted that the whole deaf sports world community has always been proud to bask in these elite athletes’ Olympic glory.
“Through my long time and extensive, arduous and self-financed research work done at various locations I was able to factually compile and accurately narrate the unique accomplishments of these extraordinary athletes – twenty three (23) men and seven (7) women, whose inspiring personal backgrounds are now being shared in the book pages.”
The book has photos, interviews, and newspaper stories describing the deaf athletes who competed in the Olympics.
For details to order the book, contact: [email protected]
Source: Rafael Pinchas
