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New Official Summer and Winter Deaflympics Logo

Press Release
FREDERICK, MD — June 25, 2003 — Deaflympics, a major quadrennial Olympic-equivalent for the Deaf, finally has a new and official Deaflympic logo.

In May 2001, the International Olympic Committee approved the request from ICSD for a change of name from Deaf World Games to Deaflympics.

With input from delegates during the 38th ICSD Congress in February 2003, the logo design was then modified and recently approved by the ICSD Management Team.

The logo designer is Mr. Ralph Fernandez, a 1985 silver medalist in 1000m-sprint cycling. Mr. Fernandez, a professional graphic and web designer, was selected among deaf designers to finalize the design. Detailed description of the logo will be released shortly.

About Summer and Winter Deaflympics
The Summer and Winter Deaflympics, under the auspices of the International Committee of Sports for the Deaf (ICSD, formerly known in French as Comité International des Sports des Sourds, CISS) were first competed in Paris in 1924, making it the oldest among the disabled sports organizations. It also receives official recognition and patronage from the International Olympic Committee.

ICSD is an international governing body for deaf sports, with nearly 90 nation members and is led by an executive committee of 8 Deaf persons. Mr. John M. Lovett, of Melbourne, Australia, is President, with Dr. Donalda K. Ammons, of Washington, D.C. USA, as Secretary General. The ICSD headquarters are in Frederick, Maryland.