2022 European Para Youth Games
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| Host city | Lahti, Finland |
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| Nations | 28 |
| Athletes | 415 |
| Events | 8 sports |
| Opening | 27 June 2022 |
| Closing | 4 July 2022 |
| Main venue | Pajulahti Olympic and Paralympic Training Center |
The 2022 European Para Youth Games were the 6th edition of the European Para Youth Games (EPYG), a 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] They were held between 27 June and 4 July 2022 in Lahti, Finland. 415 athletes from 28 countries took part.[5] This was the second time Lahti had hosted the event, having also hosted the previous edition in 2019.
Sports
[edit]The following competitions took place:[6]
| 2022 European Para Youth Games sports programme |
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Medals table
[edit]| Rank | NPC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Germany (GER) | 19 | 14 | 14 | 47 |
| 2 |  Italy (ITA) | 15 | 15 | 14 | 44 |
| 3 |  France (FRA) | 14 | 12 | 16 | 42 |
| 4 |  Finland (FIN) | 8 | 6 | 5 | 19 |
| 5 |  Slovakia (SVK) | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 |  Portugal (POR) | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 |  Austria (AUT) | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 |  Belgium (BEL) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 9 |  Norway (NOR) | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 10 |  Croatia (CRO) | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| 11 |  Sweden (SWE) | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 12 |  Romania (ROU) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 |  Russia (RUS) | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 14 |  Turkey (TUR) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 15 |  Slovenia (SLO) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
 Spain (ESP) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| 17 |  Montenegro (MNE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Poland (POL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 20 |  Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 21 |  Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 22 |  Estonia (EST) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Israel (ISR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 24 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (26 entries) | 89 | 84 | 80 | 253 | |
Source: [7]
References
[edit]- ^ "European Para Youth Games line-up revealed". Paralympic.org.
- ^ "2015 European Para Youth Games in Croatia (EPYG 2015)". Oepc.at. Archived from the original on 2018-11-20.
- ^ "Three IBSA sports on 2019 European Youth Games programme - News - IBSA". Ibsasport.org. Archived from the original on 2018-11-20.
- ^ "European Para Youth Games - Calendar - IBSA". Ibsasport.org. Archived from the original on 2018-11-19.
- ^ "Portugal and Türkiye in the running to host European Para Youth Games". 23 February 2024.
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