2022 European Para Youth Games Explained

2022 European Para Youth Games
Host City:Lahti, Finland
Nations:28
Athletes:415
Events:8 sports
Opening:27 June 2022
Closing:4 July 2022
Stadium:Pajulahti Olympic and Paralympic Training Center

The 2022 European Para Youth Games were the 6th edition of the European Para Youth Games (EPYG), a 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] They were held between 27 June and 4 July 2022 in Lahti, Finland. 415 athletes from 28 countries took part.[5] This was the second time Lahti had hosted the event, having also hosted the previous edition in 2019.

Sports

The following competitions took place:[6]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: European Para Youth Games line-up revealed. Paralympic.org.
  2. Web site: 2015 European Para Youth Games in Croatia (EPYG 2015) . Oepc.at . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20181120221317/http://www.oepc.at/index.php/en/sports-and-media/archive/news-archive/681-2015-european-para-youth-games-in-croatia-epyg-2015 . 2018-11-20.
  3. Web site: Three IBSA sports on 2019 European Youth Games programme - News - IBSA . Ibsasport.org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20181120221057/http://www.ibsasport.org/news/1647/three-ibsa-sports-on-2019-european-youth-games-programme . 2018-11-20.
  4. Web site: European Para Youth Games - Calendar - IBSA . Ibsasport.org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20181119232518/http://www.ibsasport.org/calendar/1019/european-para-youth-games . 2018-11-19.
  5. https://www.europaralympic.org/post/portugal-and-t%C3%BCrkiye-in-the-running-to-host-european-para-youth-games
  6. https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1a81ef_fd4e99e58eff431489244c6ab827b537~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_404,h_472,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/1_PNG.png