Barbara Oddone

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]

Barbara Oddone
Country (sports) Italy
Born (1970-04-05) 5 April 1970
Singles
Career record3/1
Doubles
Career record0/1
Medal record
Women's Tennis
Representing  Italy
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Deaflympics 15 2 1
Deaflympics
Christchurch 1989singles
Christchurch 1989doubles
Christchurch 1989mixed doubles
Sofia 1993singles
Sofia 1993mixed doubles
Copenhagen 1997singles
Copenhagen 1997doubles
Copenhagen 1997mixed doubles
Rome 2001singles
Rome 2001doubles
Rome 2001mixed doubles
Melbourne 2005singles
Melbourne 2005doubles
Melbourne 2005mixed doubles
Taipei 2009singles
Sofia 1993doubles
Taipei 2009mixed doubles
Taipei 2009doubles

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
  1. "Barbara Oddone | Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Archived from the original on 2017-07-04. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
  2. "Women's singles | 1997 Summer Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Archived from the original on 2017-11-14. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
  3. "Women's doubles | 1997 Summer Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Archived from the original on 2017-11-14. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
  4. "Mixed doubles | 1997 Summer Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Archived from the original on 2017-11-14. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
  5. "Championships | ICSD". www.ciss.org. Archived from the original on 2017-11-14. Retrieved 2017-11-14.


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