The European Para Youth Games (EPYG) is a biennial multi-sport event for young para-athletes aged between 13 and 23 from the member countries of the European Paralympic Committee (EPC).[1][2][3][4]
First event | 2011 European Para Youth Games Brno, Czech Republic |
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Occur every | Usually 2 years |
Last event | 2022 European Para Youth Games Lahti, Finland |
Purpose | Multi-sport event for young athletes with physical disabilities from nations on the European continent |
Headquarters | Vienna, Austria |
Website | https://www.europaralympic.org/games-events |
Editions
editNumber | Year | Host | Sports | Athletes | Countries | Champion |
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1 | 2011 | Brno, Czech Republic | 5 | 260 | 13 | Czech Republic |
2 | 2012 | Brno, Czech Republic | 11 | 347 | 14 | Czech Republic |
3 | 2015 | Varaždin, Croatia | 4 | 223 | 22 | Spain[5] |
4 | 2017 | Liguria, Italy | 8 | 600 | 26 | Germany[6] |
5 | 2019 | Lahti, Finland | 8 | 600+ | 27 | Italy[7] |
6 | 2022 | Lahti, Finland | 8 | 415 | 28 | Spain[8] |
7 | 2025 | Istanbul, Turkey[9] |
2019
editItaly topped the medal table with 14 gold, 8 silver and 8 bronze medals closely followed by France with 12 and Germany with 11.[10][11][12]
2022
editThe 6th edition took place in Lathi, Finland between 27 June and 4 July 2022.
2025
editIn August 2023, seven countries were interested in hosting the 7th edition in 2025. [13] In February 2024, Portugal and Turkey submitted bids for the games.[14]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "European Para Youth Games line-up revealed". Paralympic.org.
- ^ "2015 European Para Youth Games in Croatia (EPYG 2015)". Oepc.at. Archived from the original on 2018-11-20.
- ^ "Three IBSA sports on 2019 European Youth Games programme - News - IBSA". Ibsasport.org. Archived from the original on 2018-11-20.
- ^ "European Para Youth Games - Calendar - IBSA". Ibsasport.org. Archived from the original on 2018-11-19.
- ^ "2015 EUROPEAN PARA YOUTH GAMES, VARAŽDIN, 16-19.07.2015, MEDAL RANKING" (PDF). Europaralympic.org. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
- ^ "2017 European Para Youth Games Final Report" (PDF). Europaralympic.org. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
- ^ "EPYG 2019 DECLARED THE "BEST GAMES EVER" BY EPC PRESIDENT RATKO KOVACIC". Europaralympic.org. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
- ^ "Medal Count – European Para Youth Games". Epyg2022.fi. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
- ^ "Istanbul, Türkiye, to host 2025 European Para Youth Games". Retrieved 4 July 2024.
- ^ https://epyg2022.fi/epyg2019/
- ^ https://www.paralympic.org/news/european-para-youth-games-line-revealed
- ^ https://www.eusa.eu/european-para-youth-games-continues-to-grow
- ^ https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1140018/european-para-youth-games-2025-bidding
- ^ https://www.europaralympic.org/post/portugal-and-t%C3%BCrkiye-in-the-running-to-host-european-para-youth-games