First event | 2011 European Para Youth Games Brno, Czech Republic |
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Occur every | Usually 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 |
Paralympic Games |
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Main topics |
Games |
Regional games |
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]
Number | Year | Host | Sports | Athletes | Countries | Champion |
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1 | 2011 | ![]() |
5 | 260 | 13 | ![]() |
2 | 2012 | ![]() |
11 | 347 | 14 | ![]() |
3 | 2015 | ![]() |
4 | 223 | 22 | ![]() |
4 | 2017 | ![]() |
8 | 600 | 26 | ![]() |
5 | 2019 | ![]() |
8 | 600+ | 27 | ![]() |
6 | 2022 | ![]() |
8 | 415 | 28 | ![]() |
7 | 2025 | ![]() |
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]
The 6th edition took place in Lathi, Finland between 27 June and 4 July 2022.
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]