III Winter Youth Olympic Games
Host cityLausanne, Switzerland
MottoStart Now
Nations79
Athletes1,788
Events81
Opening9 January
Closing22 January
Opened by
President Simonetta Sommaruga
Cauldron
Gina Zehnder
StadiumVaudoise Aréna
Winter
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2020 Winter Youth Olympics

The 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games (German: Olympische Jugend-Winterspiele 2020; French: Jeux olympiques de la jeunesse d'hiver de 2020; Italian: Giochi olimpici giovanili invernali del 2020; Romansh: Gieus olimpics da giuvenils d'enviern 2020), officially known as the III Winter Youth Olympic Games and commonly known as Lausanne 2020 (Italian and Romansh: Losanna 2020), were the third edition of the Winter Youth Olympics; a major international multi-sport event and cultural festival for teenagers that was held in Lausanne, Switzerland, the home of the International Olympic Committee, between 9 and 22 January 2020.

Bidding process

Further information: Bids for the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

The bidding calendar was announced by the IOC on 6 June 2013, with the application deadline set for 28 November 2013.[1] Lausanne (Switzerland) and Brașov (Romania) were only two cities that submitted the bids and were selected as the final candidates.[2]

Host city selection

Main article: 128th IOC Session

The IOC voted to select the host city of the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics on 31 July 2015 at the 128th IOC Session at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Lausanne was selected by 71 votes to 10, as it got at least 41 votes needed for a majority.[1][3]

2020 Winter Youth Olympics bidding results
City Nation Votes
Lausanne  Switzerland 71
Brașov  Romania 10

Venues

The opening ceremony in the Vaudoise Aréna.
The circular "Vortex" building which houses the Olympic village on the Lausanne campus (it will later become a student residence).

Lausanne

Vallée de Joux

Alps

The Games

Sports

The Youth Olympic Games featured 8 sports and 16 disciplines. 81 events took place which included 13 mixed team events (NOCs), 34 men's events, and 34 women's events. Ski mountaineering and women's Nordic combined was featured for the first time in an Olympic event. A mixed-NOC 3-on-3 ice hockey tournament and a women's doubles event in luge were also contested for the first time.[5]

Participating National Olympic Committees

A total of 1,788 athletes from 79 nations qualified, the most for any edition of a Winter Youth Olympics.[6] 12 NOCs made their Winter Youth Olympics debuts: Albania, Azerbaijan, Ecuador, Haiti, Hong Kong, Kosovo, Pakistan, Qatar, Singapore, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, and Turkmenistan.[7] Qatar and Turkmenistan have never competed at the Winter Olympics and Haiti competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Participating National Olympic Committees

Number of athletes by National Olympic Committee

Calendar

All dates are CET (UTC+1)
OC Opening ceremony ● Event competitions 1 Event finals EG Exhibition Gala CC Closing ceremony
January 9
Thu 		10
Fri 		11
Sat 		12
Sun 		13
Mon 		14
Tue 		15
Wed 		16
Thu 		17
Fri 		18
Sat 		19
Sun 		20
Mon 		21
Tue 		22
Wed 		Events
Ceremonies OC CC
Alpine skiing 2 2 1 1 2 1 9
Biathlon 2 1 2 1 6
Bobsleigh 1 1 2
Cross-country skiing 2 2 2 6
Curling ● ● ● ● ● ● 1 ● ● ● ● 1 2
Figure skating ● ● 2 2 1 5
Freestyle skiing 1 2 2 1 2 8
Ice hockey ● ● ● ● ● 2 ● ● ● ● 1 1 4
Luge 2 2 1 5
Nordic combined 2 1 3
Short track speed skating 2 2 1 5
Skeleton 1 1 2
Ski jumping 2 1 3
Ski mountaineering 2 2 1 5
Snowboarding 1 4 2 2 9
Speed skating 2 2 1 2 7
Total events 4 4 6 7 5 6 3 2 10 8 12 6 8 81
Cumulative total 4 8 14 21 26 32 35 37 47 55 67 73 81
January 9
Thu 		10
Fri 		11
Sat 		12
Sun 		13
Mon 		14
Tue 		15
Wed 		16
Thu 		17
Fri 		18
Sat 		19
Sun 		20
Mon 		21
Tue 		22
Wed 		Events

Medal table

Main article: 2020 Winter Youth Olympics medal table

  *   Host nation (Switzerland)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia1011829
2 Switzerland*106824
3 Japan97117
– Mixed-NOCs66618
4 Sweden64717
5 Austria62513
6 Germany57618
7 South Korea5308
8 Norway4239
9 China33410
10 France25512
11–33Remaining17232868
Totals (33 entries)837981243
Source: Lausanne 2020

Athlete Rolemodels

Sports Male Rolemodels Female Rolemodels
Alpine skiing Sandro Viletta ( Switzerland) Verena Stuffer ( Italy)
Biathlon Henrik L'Abée-Lund ( Norway) Marie-Laure Brunet ( France)
Bobsleigh – Jamie Greubel Poser ( United States)
Cross-country skiing Gianluca Cologna ( Switzerland) Maria Danou ( Greece)
Curling John Morris ( Canada) Marlene Albrecht ( Switzerland)
Figure skating Patrick Chan ( Canada) Sarah Meier-van Berkel ( Switzerland
Nathalie Péchalat ( France))
Freestyle skiing – Hannah Kearney ( United States)
Ice hockey Mark Streit ( Switzerland) Florence Schelling ( Switzerland)
Luge Gregory Carigiet ( Switzerland) Tatjana Hüfner ( Germany)
Nordic combined – Tara Geraghty-Moats ( United States)
Short track speed skating Viktor Knoch ( Hungary) –
Skeleton Pascal Oswald ( Switzerland) –
Ski jumping Jernej Damjan ( Slovenia) –
Ski mountaineering Yannick Ecoeur ( Switzerland) Ekaterina Osichkina ( Russia)
Snowboarding Alex Deibold ( United States) –
Speed skating Livio Wenger ( Switzerland) Vanessa Herzog ( Austria)

[8]

Records

Main article: World Junior and Youth Olympic records set at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Opening ceremony

The opening ceremony of the 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games took place on the evening of Thursday 9 January 2020 at the Vaudoise Aréna, in Lausanne.[9]

Closing ceremony

The closing ceremony of the 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games took place on the evening of Thursday 22 January 2020 at the Medals Plaza Lausanne. The ceremony featured the flag handover from mayor of Lausanne Grégoire Junod to IOC President Thomas Bach and to the governor of Gangwon Choi Moon-soon as host of the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics and the extinguishing of the Youth Olympic flame.

Marketing

Mascot

Yodli, mascot of the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics.

Yodli the official mascot was unveiled on 8 January 2019 at CIG de Malley before the match between Lausanne HC and HC Davos. Yodli is inspired by a combination of a cow, a Saint Bernard dog, and a goat, and was created by ERACOM. Blue represents the Swiss lakes. [10]

Colours

   Magenta, Sky Blue

Tickets

It was announced that all events apart from the opening ceremony would be free to watch in January 2020.[11]

Media coverage

See also

References

  1. ^ a b IOC opens bids for 2022 Olympic Winter Games, YOG 2020 International Olympic Committee - 06/06/2013
  2. ^ New horizons for Olympic Movement as Brasov and Lausanne bid for 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games - International Olympic Committee - 27/11/2013
  3. ^ "2020 candidature acceptance procedure" (PDF). – International Olympic Committee
  4. ^ "FAQ". www.lausanne2020.sport. Archived from the original on 2 November 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  5. ^ "IOC Executive Board confirms gender equality and more innovation for Winter Youth Olympic Games Lausanne 2020". International Olympic Committee. 9 July 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  6. ^ "Athletes". lausanne2020.sport. Archived from the original on 26 February 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  7. ^ "The Lausanne 2020 athletes in numbers!". IOC. 8 January 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  8. ^ "Athlete Role Models for Lausanne 2020 announced". 29 July 2019.
  9. ^ "Lausanne 2020 - Opening Ceremony". lausanne2020.sport. Archived from the original on 14 December 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  10. ^ Morgan, Liam (8 January 2019). "Yodli unveiled as mascot for Lausanne 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games". inside the games.
  11. ^ Morgan, Liam (9 January 2020). "Lausanne 2020 to offer free access to sports events at Winter Youth Olympic Games". inside the games.
  12. ^ "แพลนบี คว้าสิทธิ์ถ่ายทอดสดโอลิมปิก 2020 ที่ประเทศญี่ปุ่น". Brandinside. brandinside.asia. 5 August 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2019.

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Preceded byLillehammer Winter Youth Olympic Games Lausanne 2020 Succeeded byGangwon Province
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