Barbara Oddone (born 5 April 1970) is a former Italian deaf female tennis player. She has represented Italy at the Deaflympics from 1989 to 2013. Oddone has won a total of 18 medals at the Deaflympics, which enlightens the career best performance by any Italian player at the Deaflympic history.[1]
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Medal record
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She is also regarded as one of the greatest tennis players to have competed at the Deaflympics with a record haul of 18 medals including 15 gold medals.
Oddone was awarded the Deaf Sportswoman of the Year in 1997 by the ICSD after winning gold medals in the women's singles,[2] doubles[3] and mixed doubles[4] at the 1997 Summer Deaflympics. She was also nominated for the Deaf Sportswoman of the Year award in 1996, 2001 and in 2009.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Barbara Oddone | Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Archived from the original on 4 July 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
- ^ "Women's singles | 1997 Summer Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Archived from the original on 14 November 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
- ^ "Women's doubles | 1997 Summer Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Archived from the original on 14 November 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
- ^ "Mixed doubles | 1997 Summer Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Archived from the original on 14 November 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
- ^ "Championships | ICSD". www.ciss.org. Archived from the original on 14 November 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
External links
edit- Barbara Oddone at the Women's Tennis Association
- Barbara Oddone at the International Tennis Federation
- Barbara Oddone at MatchStat
- Barbara Oddone at Deaflympics
- 2009 Deaflympics video at the Wayback Machine (archived 15 November 2017)