European Para Youth Games
First event2011 European Para Youth Games Brno, Czech Republic
Occur everyUsually 2 years
Last event2022 European Para Youth Games Lahti, Finland
PurposeMulti-sport event for young athletes with physical disabilities from nations on the European continent
HeadquartersVienna, Austria
Websitehttps://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]

Editions

Number Year Host Sports Athletes Countries Champion
1 2011 Czech Republic Brno, Czech Republic 5 260 13  Czech Republic
2 2012 Czech Republic Brno, Czech Republic 11 347 14  Czech Republic
3 2015 Croatia Varaždin, Croatia 4 223 22  Spain[5]
4 2017 Italy Liguria, Italy 8 600 26  Germany[6]
5 2019 Finland Lahti, Finland 8 600+ 27  Italy[7]
6 2022 Finland Lahti, Finland[8] 8 415 28  Spain[9]
7 2025 TBA[10]
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.[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]

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