In the morning of August 7th, 2013, President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) met with the Taiwanese Deaflympics delegation. They had just returned from the 22nd Summer Deaflympics, which was held in Sofia, Bulgaria from July 26th to August 4th, 2013. The delegation won a total of 3 gold, 12 silver and 9 bronze medals and ranked 13th among 90 participating countries. President Ma used sign language to extend his best regards to the athletes of the delegation.