European Para Youth Games
| 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 |
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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 |
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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] | 8 | 415 | 28 | Spain[9] |
| 7 | 2025 | TBA[10] |
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.[11][12][13]
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. [14] In February 2024, Portugal and Turkey submitted bids for the games.[15]
See also
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ "News". Epyg2022.fi. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
- ^ "Medal Count – European Para Youth Games". Epyg2022.fi. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
- ^ https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1140018/european-para-youth-games-2025-bidding
- ^ 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
External links
- European Paralympic Committee - Events
- 2022 European Para Youth Games
