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.[1][2]
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.[3]
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.[4] The name of the mascot was chosen as "Spartak" from an online voting process.[5][6]
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
