European Para Youth Games

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European Para Youth Games
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First event 2011 European Para Youth Games Brno, Czech Republic
Occur everyUsually 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

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]

Contents

Editions

NumberYearHostSportsAthletesCountriesChampion
1 2011 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Brno, Czech Republic 526013Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
2 2012 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Brno, Czech Republic 1134714Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
3 2015 Flag of Croatia.svg Varaždin, Croatia 422322Flag of Spain.svg  Spain [5]
4 2017 Flag of Italy.svg Liguria, Italy 860026Flag of Germany.svg  Germany [6]
5 2019 Flag of Finland.svg Lahti, Finland 8600+27Flag of Italy.svg  Italy [7]
6 2022 Flag of Finland.svg Lahti, Finland 841528Flag of Spain.svg  Spain [8]
7 2025 Flag of Turkey.svg Istanbul, Turkey [9]
Opening ceremony of the 2017 European Para Youth Games, Genoa, Italy Cerimonia di apertura epyg 2017.jpg
Opening ceremony of the 2017 European Para Youth Games, Genoa, Italy

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] Istanbul was awarded hosting rights in July 2024. [15]

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