The European Olympic Committees is an organisation based in Rome, Italy, consisting of 50 National Olympic Committees from the continent of Europe. Among other duties, the EOC organizes three major multi-sport events; the European Youth Olympic Festival, the Games of the Small States of Europe and the European Games.
Žarko Varajić was a Serbian professional basketball player and executive. He represented the Yugoslavia national team internationally.
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.
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.
The 2007 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival was held in Belgrade, Serbia, from 21 until 28 July 2007.
Turkey participated in nine editions of eleven European Youth Summer Olympic Festivals since its establishment in 1991.
Nina Micić is a Serbian snowboarder. She won a silver medal at the 2007 European Youth Winter Olympic Festival in the parallel giant slalom event. She is the first Serbian athlete who won a medal at the Winter EYOF. Nina qualified for 2014 Winter Olympics and became first Serbian Olympic snowboarder in history.
The 2017 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival was held in Erzurum, Turkey from 12 to 17 February 2017.
Serbia made its debut as independent country at the 2007 Winter Universiade while previously competed as part of SFR Yugoslavia (1961–1991) and FR Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro (1993–2005). Serbia hosted 2009 Summer Universiade in Belgrade.
The 2009 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival was held in Tampere, Finland.
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 2019 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival was held in Baku, Azerbaijan on 21 to 27 July 2019.
The 2019 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival was held in Sarajevo & Istočno Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina from 10 to 15 February 2019.
Biathlon at the 2017 European Youth Winter Olympic Festival is held from 13 to 17 February 2017 at the Kandilli Ski Resort in Erzurum, Turkey.
Ski jumping at the 2017 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival was held in Erzurum, Turkey at the Kiremitlik Hill Ski Jumping Facility from 13 to 17 February 2017.
Snowboarding at the 2017 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival was held at the Palandoken Ski Centre in Erzurum, Turkey from 13 to 16 February 2017.
Short track speed skating at the European Youth Olympic Winter Festival is held at the Erzurum Ice Skating Arena in Erzurum, Turkey from 15 to 17 February 2017.
Slovakia first participated at the European Youth Olympic Festival at the 1993 Summer Festival and has earned medals at both summer and winter festivals.
Bosnia and Herzegovina first participated at the European Youth Olympic Festival at the 1995 Winter Festival and has earned medals at both summer and winter festivals. Bosnia and Herzegovina hosted the 2019 Winter Festival.
Russia first participated at the European Youth Olympic Festival at the 1993 Winter Festival and has earned medals at both summer and winter festivals.
