Team SA are being represented by 14 athletes across four different sports at the 25th Summer Deaflympics in Tokyo, which takes place from 15-26 November.
The sports being represented are athletics, golf, table tennis and swimming and 2000 Sydney Olympic silver medallist Terence Parkin, now 45, has become a legend of the pool. He attended his first Deaflympics in 1997, before he was part of Team SA’s swimming squad at the 2000 Sydney and 2004 Athens Olympics.
Team SA’s squad at Tokyo 2025 is:
ATHLETICS
Men: Ronnies Shabalala, Karabo Moeletsi, Aobakwe Mphahlele, Obaken Thlako
Women: Nikysha Pieters
Coach: Jackson Malindi
GOLF
Men: Charles Williams
Women: Gail Klichowicz
Coach: Albertus Louw
TABLE TENNIS
Women: Sinovuyo Tyulu, Thabisa Qhude
Coach: Nicolene Goliath
SWIMMING
Men: Terence Parkin, Mark Roach, Amkele Qamarana, James Willers
Women: Kate Allywood
Coach: Candice McKenzie
Support staff
Men: Brian Mkhie, Amos Mashele
Women: Christili Muller, Katlego Moje, Innocentia Nyathi
