2015 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival

Last updated
2015 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival
EYOF 2015 Vorarlberg Liechtenstein Logo.png
Host city Vorarlberg and Liechtenstein
CountryFlag of Austria.svg  Austria
Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein
MottoRock the Alps !
Nations45
Athletes1,509
Sport8
Events30
Opening25 January 2015
Closing30 January 2015
Opened by Heinz Fischer (Austria) and Alois of Liechtenstein
Athlete's Oath Xaver Kuster
Judge's Oath Marion Vettori
Torch lighterChiara
Main venueMontafon Nordic Sportszentrum
Summer
Winter

The 2015 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival was held in Vorarlberg, Austria and Liechtenstein between 25 and 30 January 2015. It was the first time that two countries become hosts in a European Youth Olympic Festival.

Contents

Sports

2015 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival Sports Programme

Mascot

Alpy the marmot is the mascot for 2015 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival. [1]

Venues

The venues are divided between places in the Vorarlberg region of Austria and in Liechtenstein. [2]
Venues in Austria:

VenueLocationSports
Aktivpark Montafon Tschagguns Ice hockey
Gaschurn Gemeinde Gaschurn-Partenen Nordic combined
Messestadion Dornbirn Dornbirn Figure skating
Montafon Nordic Sportszentrum Tschagguns Ski jumping, Nordic combined
Tschengla Bürserberg Biathlon
Garfrescha St. Gallenkirch Alpine skiing
„Hochjoch“ ski area Schruns Snowboarding

Venues in Liechtenstein:

VenueLocationSports
Bergbahnen Malbun Malbun Alpine skiing
Steg Steg Cross country skiing

Schedule

The competition schedule for the 2015 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival is as follows:

OCOpening ceremony1Event finalsCCClosing ceremonyEvent competitions
January25
Sun
26
Mon
27
Tue
28
Wed
29
Thu
30
Fri
Events
CeremoniesOCCC
Alpine skiing pictogram.svg Alpine skiing 111115
Biathlon pictogram.svg Biathlon 2215
Cross country skiing pictogram.svg Cross-country skiing 22217
Figure skating pictogram.svg Figure skating 22
Ice hockey pictogram.svg Ice hockey 11
Nordic combined pictogram.svg Nordic combined 1113
Ski jumping pictogram.svg Ski jumping 2114
Snowboarding pictogram.svg Snowboarding 213
Total events 4 7 8 5 6 30
Cumulative total 4 11 19 24 30
January25
Sun
26
Mon
27
Tue
28
Wed
29
Thu
30
Fri
Events

Opening Ceremony

The opening ceremony for 2015 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival took place on 25 January in Montafon Nordic Sportszentrum in Tschagguns, Austria. Featuring about 150 amateur performers, the show focused about the close relation between the two co-hosts. [3] The ceremony started with the parade of athletes from 45 countries, with the team from Austria and Liechtenstein marched together at the end of the parade. Carmen Wyler (Liechtenstein) and Thomas Pegram (Austria) then sang the national anthems of the hosts. After the speeches from ÖOC Secretary General Peter Mennel and EOC President Patrick Hickey, the Games were officially opened together by Heinz Fischer, President of Austria and Alois, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein. Then, Xaver Kuster, an Austrian snowboarder took the athletes' oath, followed by Marion Vettori for the judges' oath and Ralf Jegler (alpine skiing coach of Liechtenstein) for the coaches' oath. [4]

Medal table

Russia topped the medal standings with 6 golds, 6 silvers, and four bronzes. Meanwhile, Germany had the highest medal count with 20. [5]

  *   Host nation (Austria)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)66416
2Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)641020
3Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT)*55313
4Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)44311
5Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)42511
6Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)1214
7Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia  (SLO)1102
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)1102
9Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia  (CRO)1001
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)1001
11Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria  (BUL)0202
12Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)0112
13Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)0101
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia  (LAT)0101
15Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland  (SUI)0033
16Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)0011
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)0011
Totals (17 entries)30303292

Related Research Articles

The 1992 Winter Paralympics were the fifth Winter Paralympics. They were the first Winter Paralympics to be celebrated with the International Olympic Committee cooperation. They were also the first ever Paralympics or a Winter Parasports event held in France. They were held at the resort of Tignes as a support venue of the main host city Albertville, France, from 25 March to 1 April 1992. For the first time, demonstration events in Alpine and Nordic Skiing for athletes with an intellectual disability and Biathlon for athletes with a visual impairment were held.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2022 Winter Olympics</span> Multi-sport event in Beijing, China

The 2022 Winter Olympics (2022年冬季奥林匹克运动会), officially called the XXIV Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Beijing 2022 (北京2022), was an international winter multi-sport event held from 4 to 20 February 2022 in Beijing, China, and surrounding areas with competition in selected events beginning 2 February 2022. It was the 24th edition of the Winter Olympic Games.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2024 Summer Olympics</span> Multi-sport event in Paris, France

The 2024 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad and also known as Paris 2024, is an upcoming international multi-sport event that is scheduled to take place from 26 July to 11 August 2024 with Paris as its main host city and 16 cities spread across Metropolitan France and one in Tahiti—an island within the French overseas country and overseas collectivity of French Polynesia—as a subsite.

European Youth Olympic Festival is a multi-sport event held in both summer and winter disciplines every second year. Figure skating is one of the sports in its winter edition. The competition is held in junior category.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2012 Winter Youth Olympics</span>

The 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games, officially known as the I Winter Youth Olympic Games (YOG), were an international multi-sport event for youths that took place in Innsbruck, Austria, on 13–22 January 2012. They were the inaugural Winter Youth Olympics, a major sports and cultural festival celebrated in the tradition of the Olympic Games. Approximately 1100 athletes from 70 countries competed. The decision for Innsbruck to host the Games was announced on 12 December 2008 after mail voting by 105 International Olympic Committee (IOC) members. Innsbruck is the first city to host three winter Olympic events, having previously hosted the 1964 Winter Olympics and the 1976 Winter Olympics.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2014 Summer Youth Olympics</span> Sports festival for teenagers in Nanjing, China

The 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, officially known as the II Summer Youth Olympic Games Chinese: 第二届夏季青年奧林匹克运动会; pinyin: Dì'èrjiè Xiàjì Qīngnián Àolínpǐkè Yùndònghuì, and commonly known as Nanjing 2014, were the second Summer Youth Olympic Games, an international sports, education and cultural festival for teenagers, held from 16 to 28 August 2014 in Nanjing, China. These were the first Youth Olympic Games held in China, making it the first country to host both regular and Youth Olympics following the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Olympic Games ceremony</span> Ceremonial events of the ancient and modern Olympic Games

The Olympic Games ceremonies of the Ancient Olympic Games were an integral part of these Games; the modern Olympic games have opening, closing, and medal ceremonies. Some of the elements of the modern ceremonies date back to the Ancient Games from which the Modern Olympics draw their ancestry. An example of this is the prominence of Greece in both the opening and closing ceremonies. During the 2004 Games, the medal winners received a crown of olive branches, which was a direct reference to the Ancient Games, in which the victor's prize was an olive wreath. The various elements of the ceremonies are mandated by the Olympic Charter, and cannot be changed by the host nation. This requirement of seeking the approval of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) includes the artistic portion of opening and closing ceremonies.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2017 Asian Winter Games</span>

The 2017 Asian Winter Games was the 8th edition of the Asian Winter Games. They were hosted in Sapporo and Obihiro in Hokkaido, Japan. These Games were originally scheduled for 2015, however, in the Olympic Council of Asia's general assembly in Singapore on 3 July 2009, the committee decided to move the Games to one year before the Winter Olympics moving forward. The games began on 19 February with the opening ceremony and ended with the closing ceremony on 26 February.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2020 Summer Paralympics</span> Multi-parasport event in Tokyo, Japan held in 2021

The 2020 Summer Paralympics, branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, was an international multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2017 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival</span> 2017 edition of the European Youth Olympic Winter Festival

The 2017 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival was held in Erzurum, Turkey from 12 to 17 February 2017.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2019 Summer Universiade</span> Sports event

The 2019 Summer Universiade, officially known as the XXX Summer Universiade and also known as Napoli 2019, was held in Naples, Italy, between 3 and 14 July 2019.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2009 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival</span> 2009 edition of the European Youth Olympic Winter Festival

The 2009 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival was held between 15 and 20 February 2009 in Poland. The host cities are 5 cities in the Silesian province of Poland, namely Bielsko-Biala, Cieszyn, Szczyrk, Tychy, and Wisla.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2017 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival</span>

The 2017 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival was held in Győr, Hungary, between 23 July and 30 July 2017.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2019 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival</span>

The 2019 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival was held in Baku, Azerbaijan, between 21 and 27 July 2019.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2019 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival</span> 2019 edition of the European Youth Olympic Winter Festival

The 2019 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival was held in Sarajevo & Istočno Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina from 10 to 15 February 2019.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2022 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival</span> 2022 edition of the European Youth Olympic Winter Festival

The 2022 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival was held in Vuokatti, Finland, between 20 and 25 March 2022. The festival was postponed from original dates in February to December 2021. Later it was announced that the games will be moved to 2022 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Vuokatti previously hosted 2001 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2022 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival</span>

The 2022 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival was held in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia, between 24 and 30 July 2022.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2023 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival</span>

The 2023 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival was held in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy, between 21 and 28 January 2023. This was Italy's second time as host of the winter festival after Aosta 1993. As the 2003 Winter Universiade, in addition of Italy, several events were held in Austria and Slovenia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">EOC Refugee Team at the European Youth Olympic Festival</span> Sporting event delegation

The EOC Refugee Team has participated at the European Youth Olympic Festival summer editions in 2019 and 2022. The team competes under the flag of the European Olympic Committees and uses the code “EOC”.

Figure skating at the 2023 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival will be held from 25 to 27 January 2023 at the Ice Stadium “Claudio Vuerich” in Pontebba, Italy. Medals will be awarded in boys' and girls' singles. To be eligible, skaters must have been born between 1 July 2006 and 30 June 2008.

References

  1. "Alpy". EYOF 2015. Archived from the original on 8 November 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  2. "EYOF 2015 Venues". EYOF 2015. Archived from the original on 7 November 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  3. "European Youth Olympic Festival begins with Opening Ceremony in Tschagguns". insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  4. "Stars of Tomorrow". eyof2015.org. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  5. "Germany take top spot ahead of Russia at European Youth Olympic Festival". insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 7 February 2015.