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European Para Youth Games
First event2011 European Para Youth Games Brno, Czech Republic
Occur everyUsually 2 years
Last event2022 European Para Youth Games Lahti, Finland
PurposeMulti-sport event for young athletes with physical disabilities from nations on the European continent
HeadquartersVienna, Austria
Websitehttps://www.europaralympic.org/games-events

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]

Editions

Number Year Host Sports Athletes Countries Champion
1 2011 Czech Republic Brno, Czech Republic 5 260 13  Czech Republic
2 2012 Czech Republic Brno, Czech Republic 11 347 14  Czech Republic
3 2015 Croatia Varaždin, Croatia 4 223 22  Spain[5]
4 2017 Italy Liguria, Italy 8 600 26  Germany[6]
5 2019 Finland Lahti, Finland 8 600+ 27  Italy[7]
6 2022 Finland Lahti, Finland 8 415 28  Spain[8]
7 2025 Turkey Istanbul, Turkey[9]
Opening ceremony of the 2017 European Para Youth Games, Genoa, Italy

2019

Italy 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

The 6th edition took place in Lathi, Finland between 27 June and 4 July 2022.

2025

In 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] Istanbul was awarded hosting rights in July 2024.[15]

See also

References

  1. ^ "European Para Youth Games line-up revealed". Paralympic.org.
  2. ^ "2015 European Para Youth Games in Croatia (EPYG 2015)". Oepc.at. Archived from the original on 2018-11-20.
  3. ^ "Three IBSA sports on 2019 European Youth Games programme - News - IBSA". Ibsasport.org. Archived from the original on 2018-11-20.
  4. ^ "European Para Youth Games - Calendar - IBSA". Ibsasport.org. Archived from the original on 2018-11-19.
  5. ^ "2015 EUROPEAN PARA YOUTH GAMES, VARAŽDIN, 16-19.07.2015, MEDAL RANKING" (PDF). Europaralympic.org. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  6. ^ "2017 European Para Youth Games Final Report" (PDF). Europaralympic.org. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  7. ^ "EPYG 2019 DECLARED THE "BEST GAMES EVER" BY EPC PRESIDENT RATKO KOVACIC". Europaralympic.org. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  8. ^ "Medal Count – European Para Youth Games". Epyg2022.fi. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  9. ^ "Istanbul, Türkiye, to host 2025 European Para Youth Games". 4 July 2024. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
  10. ^ https://epyg2022.fi/epyg2019/
  11. ^ "European Para Youth Games line-up revealed".
  12. ^ "European Para Youth Games continues to grow | EUSA".
  13. ^ "Seven nations interested in staging 2025 European Para Youth Games, says Blondel". 19 August 2023.
  14. ^ "Portugal and Türkiye in the running to host European Para Youth Games". 23 February 2024.
  15. ^ "Istanbul, Türkiye, to host 2025 European Para Youth Games". 4 July 2024. Retrieved 4 July 2024.