# 2015 Winter Deaflympics

The 2015 Winter Deaflympics (Russian: Зимние Сурдлимпийские игры 2015 года), officially known as the 18th Winter Deaflympics (Russian: 18-е зимние сурдлимпийские игры), is an international multi-sport event that took place in Khanty-Mansiysk and Magnitogorsk, Russia from 28 March to 5 April 2015.

## Venues

| Sport | Venue | Location |
| Alpine skiing (all except Slalom) | Alpine skiing Centre "Metallurg – Magnitogorsk" | Magnitogorsk |
| Cross-country skiing | Winter Sports Center n.a. A.V. Filipenko | Khanty-Mansiysk |
| Curling | Ice Palace | Khanty-Mansiysk |
| Ice Hockey | Arena Ugra | Khanty-Mansiysk |
| Alpine skiing (Slalom), Snowboarding | Alpine skiing Complex "Khvoyny Urman" | Khanty-Mansiysk |

## Logo

The games' logo is an abstract of a black grouse that symbolizes the wealth of khanti culture which resembles a hand of a man, the main device for communication of deaf and hard-of-hearing athletes and a bird. It consists of 4 colors which are red and orange that mean motion and energy and blue and violet that mean firmness and endurance. The ethnical ornament of khanti “hare’s ears” which is used in household items and clothes of khanti and mansi in the middle of the logo symbolizes motion. Overall, the logo represents host city, Khanty-Mansiysk as a confluence of two great rivers – Ob and Irtysh.

## Mascot

The games' mascot is a baby mammoth, a symbol of Russian north that represents beauty and strength of Siberia and is described to have kind eyes crystal clear like rivers and lakes of Ugra and open as Russian soul. The name of the mascot was chosen as "Spartak" from an online voting process.

## Participating nations

* Armenia
* Austria
* Canada
* China
* Croatia
* Czech Republic
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Germany
* Hungary
* Italy
* Japan
* Kazakhstan
* South Korea
* Mongolia
* Norway
* Pakistan
* Poland
* Russia
* Slovenia
* Slovakia
* Spain
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Ukraine
* United States

## Schedule

| OC | Opening ceremony | ● | Event competitions | 1 | Gold medal events | CC | Closing ceremony |
| March/April | 28th Sat | 29th Sun | 30th Mon | 31st Tue | 1st Wed | 2nd Thu | 3rd Fri | 4th Sat | 5th Sun | Events |
| Ceremonies | OC | | | | | | | | CC | — |
| Alpine skiing | | | | | 2 | | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| Cross-country skiing | | 2 | 1 | | 2 | 1 | | 2 | | 8 |
| Curling | | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 2 | 2 |
| Ice hockey | | ● | ● | | ● | ● | | ● | 1 | 1 |
| Snowboarding | | 2 | 2 | | 2 | | 2 | | 2 | 10 |
| Daily medal events | | 4 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 31 |
| Cumulative total | | 4 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 20 | 24 | 31 | 31 |
| March/April | 28th Sat | 29th Sun | 30th Mon | 31st Tue | 1st Wed | 2nd Thu | 3rd Fri | 4th Sat | 5th Sun | Events |

## Medal table

* Host nation (Russia)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Russia (RUS)* | 12 | 6 | 12 | 30 |
| 2 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | United States (USA) | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | Italy (ITA) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | Japan (JPN) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | China (CHN) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 11 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 12 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Slovenia (SLO) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (15 entries) | Totals (15 entries) | 31 | 31 | 31 | 93 |

## Results
### Alpine skiing

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men Downhill | Philipp Steiner Switzerland | Giacomo Pierbon Italy | Philipp Eisenmann Germany |
| Women Downhill | Tereza Kmochová Czech Republic | Veronika Grygarová Czech Republic | Anja Drev Slovenia |
| Men Super Combined | Giacomo Pierbon Italy | Philipp Steiner Switzerland | Thomas Luxcey France |
| Women Super Combined | Tereza Kmochová Czech Republic | Melissa Kock Austria | Beatrice Brunnbauer Austria |
| Men Super-G | Giacomo Pierbon Italy | Philipp Steiner Switzerland | Nicolas Sarremejane France |
| Women Super-G | Tereza Kmochová Czech Republic | Melissa Kock Austria | Beatrice Brunnbauer Austria |
| Men Giant Slalom | Nicolas Sarremejane France | Giacomo Pierbon Italy | Christoph Lebelhuber Austria |
| Women Giant Slalom | Tereza Kmochová Czech Republic | Melissa Kock Austria | Beatrice Brunnbauer Austria |
| Men Slalom | Giacomo Pierbon Italy | Thomas Luxcey France | David Pelletier France |
| Women Slalom | Tereza Kmochová Czech Republic | Melissa Kock Austria | Kristina Kock Austria |

### Cross Country skiing

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men 10 km + 10 km Skiathlon | Vladimir Mayorov Russia | Andriy Andriyishyn Ukraine | Pavlo Mandziuk Ukraine |
| Women 10 km Mass Start | Anna Fedulova Russia | Lyubov Misharina Russia | Raisa Golovina Russia |
| Women 5 km + 5 km Skiathlon | Anna Fedulova Russia | Lyubov Misharina Russia | Raisa Golovina Russia |
| Men Sprint Free | Alexey Groshev Russia | Pavlo Mandziuk Ukraine | Volodymyr Pyshniak Ukraine |
| Women Sprint Free | Anna Fedulova Russia | Lyubov Misharina Russia | Alisa Pyshniak Ukraine |
| Men 15 km Mass Start | Vladimir Mayorov Russia | Andriy Andriyishyn Ukraine | Sergey Ermilov Russia |
| Men 3x10km Relay | Russia (RUS) Sergey Ermilov, Alexey Groshev, Vladimir Mayorov | Ukraine (UKR) Andriy Andriyishyn, Pavlo Mandziuk, Volodymyr Pyshniak | China (CHN) Ren Jianchao, Wang Liguo, Zhang Xiaokun |
| Men team sprint classic | Russia (RUS) Sergey Ermilov, Vladimir Mayorov | Ukraine (UKR) Andriy Andriyishyn, Volodymyr Pyshniak | China (CHN) Ren Jianchao, Zhang Xiaokun |

### Curling
#### Men
##### Round-robin

Key :
* Teams to playoffs
* Teams to tiebreaker
| Country | W | L |
| China | 8 | 0 |
| Canada | 6 | 2 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 2 |
| Russia | 4 | 4 |
| Japan | 4 | 4 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 5 |
| South Korea | 2 | 6 |
| United States | 2 | 6 |
| Hungary | 1 | 7 |

##### Tiebreaker

Russia 7 : 6 Japan

##### Playoff

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold medal | Gold medal |
| 4 April | 4 April |
| China | 5 |
| China | 5 | 5 April | 5 April |
| Russia | 4 | 5 April | 5 April |
| Russia | 4 | China | 7 |
| 4 April | 4 April | | China | 7 |
| 4 April | 4 April | Canada | 6 |
| Canada | 8 | Canada | 6 |
| Switzerland | 4 | | |
| Switzerland | 4 | Bronze medal | Bronze medal |
| | | 5 April | 5 April |
| | | Russia | 11 |
| | | Switzerland | 3 |

#### Women
##### Round-robin

Key :
* Teams to playoffs
| Country | W | L |
| Canada | 6 | 1 |
| Croatia | 5 | 2 |
| Russia | 5 | 2 |
| China | 5 | 2 |
| Hungary | 4 | 3 |
| South Korea | 2 | 5 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 6 |
| Slovakia | 0 | 7 |

##### Playoff

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold medal | Gold medal |
| 4 April | 4 April |
| China | 9 |
| China | 9 | 5 April | 5 April |
| Canada | 4 | 5 April | 5 April |
| Canada | 4 | China | 5 |
| 4 April | 4 April | | China | 5 |
| 4 April | 4 April | Russia | 9 |
| Croatia | 2 | Russia | 9 |
| Russia | 8 | | |
| Russia | 8 | Bronze medal | Bronze medal |
| | | 5 April | 5 April |
| | | Canada | 10 |
| | | Croatia | 5 |

#### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's team | China (CHN) Ge Shun Hai, Guan Jiquan, Li Haidong, Yang Li Guo, Yang Yan Chao | Canada (CAN) Joseph Comte, Marc Comte, Shawn Demianyk, John Gessner, David Morton | Russia (RUS) Oleg Darchiev, Denis Draga, Yury Makeev, Alexander Pyatkov |
| Women's team | Russia (RUS) Tatiana Karpushenkova, Elena Shagieva, Yulia Tretiakova, Svetlana Tsedik, Olga Yaroslavtsena | China (CHN) Li Hong, Wang Ming Ming, Yang Xue, Yin Yu, Zhao Lingyan | Canada (CAN) Brenda Davidson, Sally Korol, Donna Mcleod, Sarah Rabu, Sylvia Sigurdson |

### Ice hockey

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's team | Russia (RUS) Dmitry Arsenyev Sergey Berlizov Roman Chernov Oleg Danilenko Dmitrii Dernov Pavel Evtushenko Rustam Gafurbaev Konstantin Gamayurov Stanislav Ilichev Yuriy Izmaylov Vyacheslav Kazantsev Orkhan Kazimov Stanislav Khakimov Sergey Kikin Alexey Kulikovskiy Roman Lukianov Vladimir Mashkov Vadim Mazurskii Vitalii Mokhov Andrey Prudnikov Ilya Shevtsov Artur Shimarov Viacheslav Sidorov Dmitrii Yadryshnikov Sergey Yushkin | Canada (CAN) Ryan Chramtchenko Steven Devine Patrick Escalambre Christopher Garbacz Ryan Howich Andrew Hughes Owen Hunter John Kyte Thomas Kyte Cole Laing Graeme Lauersen Jonathan Lobodzinski Jesse Mcintyre Scott Nelson Tyler Plett Matthew Sheffield Dimitrios Theofilaktidis | United States (USA) Troy Benson Joseph Bingham Christian Buczek Jameson Crane III Tyler Devore Max Finley Garrett Gintoli Peter Gintoli Samuel Holzrichter Grant Isenbarger Joseph Lingle Tomas Oricchto Robert Ruef Derek Struwing |

### Snowboarding

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men Parallel Slalom | Noboru Harada Japan | Roman Khamitsevich Russia | Igor Ishatenko Russia |
| Men Half-pipe | Blair Tucker Esson United States | Sean Esson United States | Yasutomo Tsukui Japan |
| Men Giant Slalom | Noboru Harada Japan | Alexey Ignatenko Russia | Roman Khamitsevich Russia |
| Men Snowboard Cross | Tomáš Pazdera Czech Republic | Blair Tucker Esson United States | Alexey Ignatenko Russia |
| Men Snowboard Slopestyle | Blair Tucker Esson United States | Jonas Jenzer Switzerland | Sean Esson United States |
| Women Half-pipe | Ryoko Hanashima Japan | Mayako Okawa Japan | Svetlana Anisimova Russia |
| Women Snowboard Cross | Ella Shevlyakova Russia | Lauren Weibert United States | Svetlana Anisimova Russia |
| Women Snowboard Slopestyle | Lauren Weibert United States | Petrine Olgeirdottir Norway | Svetlana Anisimova Russia |
| Women Giant Slalom | Maria Kapustkina Russia | Cecilia Hanhikoski Finland | Anna Surmilina Russia |
| Women Parallel Slalom | Cecilia Hanhikoski Finland | Maria Kapustkina Russia | Anna Surmilina Russia |