15th Winter Deaflympics
The National Swedish Association of Deaf Athletics and the City of Sundsvall were proud to be the host of the first-ever Winter Deaflympics. Sundsvall offered excellent winter sport facilities along with past experiences in arranging national and international winter sports events.
Snowboarding is now recognized as a new winter discipline in the Deaflympic sports competition.
Location: Sundsvall Sweden (SWE)Opening Date: 28 Feb 2003
Closing Date: 08 Mar 2003
Nations: 21
Athletes: 247
Men: 205
Women: 42
First Time Athletes: 247
Returning Athletes: 0
Logo designer: Frosting reklambyrå Håkan Björnström
Poster designer: Håkan Danielsson in Fritz Hæggström AB