Cédric Grand is a Swiss bobsledder who competed from 1997 to 2010. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the four-man event at Turin in 2006. He was born in Geneva.
The European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) is a biennial multi-sport event for youth athletes from the 50 member countries of the association of European Olympic Committees. The festival has a summer edition, held for the first time in Brussels in 1991, and a winter edition, which began two years later in Aosta. It was known as the European Youth Olympic Days from 1991 to 1999.
Asha Solette Philip is an English sprinter and former junior gymnast specialising in double mini-trampoline. She was the first British woman to achieve a global 100 metres title at any age-group, winning gold at the 2007 World Youth Championships aged 16. Following a serious knee injury in gymnastics, and a rehabilitation period of several years, she returned to athletics full-time in 2014, winning gold at the European Athletics Championships in the 4 x 100 metres relay for Great Britain, and bronze in the same event at the Commonwealth Games for England.
Poland competed at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, in Nanjing, China from 16 August to 28 August 2014.
Russia competed at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, in Nanjing, China from 16 August to 28 August 2014.
Ukraine competed at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, in Nanjing, China from 16 August to 28 August 2014.
Hungary competed at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, in Nanjing, China from 16 August to 28 August 2014.
The athletics competition at the 2009 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival was held from 20 to 24 July. The events took place at the Tampere Stadium in Tampere, Finland. Boys and girls born 1992 or 1993 or later participated 36 track and field events, divided evenly between the sexes.
The athletics competition at the 2007 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival was held from 23 to 27 July. The events took place in Belgrade, Serbia. Boys and girls born 1990 or 1991 or later participated 34 track and field events, with similar programmes for the sexes with the exception of no steeplechase or hammer throw event for girls.
The athletics competition at the 2005 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival was held from 3 to 8 July. The events took place at the Stadio Comunale G. Teghil in Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy. Boys and girls born 1988 or 1989 or later participated 33 track and field events, with similar programmes for the sexes with the exception of no steeplechase event for girls. A girls' and a boys' triple jump were contested for the first time.
Athletics has featured as a sport at the European Youth Summer Olympic Festival since its first edition in 1991. It has appeared on the programme at every subsequent edition of the biennial multi-sport event for European athletes under the age of 18. This age group corresponds with the youth category of athletics competition. However, during the games 2013, 2015 and 2017, the age group was changed to only include athletes under the age of 17. From the Baku games in 2019, the under-18 is again the age standard. That is, athletes must be either at the age of 16 or 17 of the year of the festival.
The 1991 European Youth Olympic Days was the inaugural edition of multi-sport event for European youths between the ages of 13 and 18. It was held in Brussels, Belgium from 12 to 21 July. A total of nine sports were contested by 2084 athletes representing 33 European nations. The idea for the competition came from Jacques Rogge, an International Olympic Committee member, as the continent did not have its own multi-sport event at the time.
The athletics competition at the 2003 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival was held from 28 to 31 July. The events took place at the Charléty Stadium in Paris, France. Boys and girls born 1986 or 1987 or later participated 31 track and field events, with similar programmes for the sexes with the exception of no steeplechase event for girls.
The athletics competition at the 1999 European Youth Summer Olympic Days was held from 11 to 14 July. The events took place in Esbjerg, Denmark. Boys and girls born 1982 or 1983 or later participated 24 track and field events, divided equally between the sexes. The programme was reduced that year, with the 1500 metres, 400 metres hurdles and discus throw events being dropped for both boys and girls. It marked the first time that girls' pole vault and 3000 metres were contested.
The athletics competition at the 1997 European Youth Summer Olympic Days was held from 20 to 23 July. The events took place in Lisbon, Portugal. Boys and girls born 1980 or 1981 or later participated 29 track and field events, divided equally between the sexes with the exception of 3000 metres, 2000 metres steeplechase and pole vault for boys but not girls.
The athletics competition at the 1995 European Youth Summer Olympic Days was held from 10 to 13 July. The events took place at the University of Bath, United Kingdom. Boys and girls born 1978 or 1979 or later participated 27 track and field events, divided equally between the sexes with the exception of 3000 metres, 2000 metres steeplechase and pole vault for boys but not girls.
The athletics competition at the 1993 European Youth Summer Olympic Days was held from 5 to 8 July. The events took place in Valkenswaard, Netherlands. Boys and girls born 1976 or 1977 or later participated 24 track and field events, divided equally between the sexes with the exception of 2000 metres steeplechase and pole vault for boys but not girls.
The athletics competition at the 1991 European Youth Olympic Days was held from 18 to 20 July. The events took place in Brussels, Belgium. Boys and girls born 1976 or 1977 or later participated 24 track and field events, divided equally between the sexes with the exception of 2000 metres steeplechase and pole vault for boys but not girls.
Ewa Nikola Swoboda is a Polish track and field sprinter who specialises in the short sprints. She is a two-time European indoor championship medallist in the 60 metres, having won a gold medal in 2019 and a silver in 2017.
The European Athletics U18 Championships are a biennial athletics competition for European athletes under the age of eighteen.
Ivor-Tit Jurisic (CRO)
Simon Maestra (ESP)
Clive Turner (GBR)
David Alerte (FRA)
Piotr Zrada (POL)
Darjan Murko (SLO)
David Fiegen (LUX)
Andreas Felix (SUI)
Jozef Pelikán (SVK)
Olle Walleräng (SWE)
Joris De Vulder (BEL)
Yevgeny Rybakov (RUS)
Markus Tuomela (FIN)
Gotthard Schöpf (AUT)
Eelco Veldhuyzen (NED)
Razvan Cantaragiu (ROU)
Miloš Vučković (YUG)
Vitaliy Piskun (BLR)
Vladislav Revenko (UKR)
Nelson Évora (POR)
Georgi Ivanov (BUL)
Zurab Gigaia (GEO)
Zoltán Magyari (HUN)
