European Para Youth Games Explained

European Para Youth Games
Formation:2011 European Para Youth Games Brno, Czech Republic
Recurrence:Usually 2 years
Last:2022 European Para Youth Games Lahti, Finland
Headquarters:Vienna, Austria
Website:https://www.europaralympic.org/games-events
Purpose:Multi-sport event for young athletes with physical disabilities from nations on the European continent

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 YearHostSportsAthletesCountriesChampion
12011 Brno, Czech Republic526013
22012 Brno, Czech Republic1134714
32015 Varaždin, Croatia422322[5]
42017 Liguria, Italy860026[6]
52019 Lahti, Finland8600+27[7]
62022 Lahti, Finland841528[8]
72025 Istanbul, Turkey[9]

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]

See also

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. Web site: 2015 EUROPEAN PARA YOUTH GAMES, VARAŽDIN, 16-19.07.2015, MEDAL RANKING . Europaralympic.org. 29 July 2022.
  6. Web site: 2017 European Para Youth Games Final Report. Europaralympic.org. 29 July 2022.
  7. Web site: EPYG 2019 DECLARED THE "BEST GAMES EVER" BY EPC PRESIDENT RATKO KOVACIC. Europaralympic.org. 29 July 2022.
  8. Web site: Medal Count – European Para Youth Games. Epyg2022.fi. 29 July 2022.
  9. Web site: Istanbul, Türkiye, to host 2025 European Para Youth Games. 4 July 2024 . 4 July 2024.
  10. https://epyg2022.fi/epyg2019/
  11. Web site: European Para Youth Games line-up revealed .
  12. Web site: European Para Youth Games continues to grow | EUSA .
  13. Web site: Seven nations interested in staging 2025 European Para Youth Games, says Blondel . 19 August 2023 .
  14. Web site: Portugal and Türkiye in the running to host European Para Youth Games . 23 February 2024 .