European Youth Olympic Festival

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The European Youth Olympic Festival ( English European Youth Olympic Festival , in short EYOF ), partly as a European Youth Olympic Games or Olympic Festival European Youth called, is a European multi-sport event, which in the odd years between Olympic Games takes place. It was introduced in 1991 on the initiative of Jacques Rogge and is organized under the direction of the European Olympic Committees . From 1991 to 1999, the event was called European Youth Olympic Days ( English European Youth Olympic Days , in short EYOD ).

Attendees

The European participants are between 13 and 17 years old and have to meet high selection criteria and performance requirements of the national sports associations. Participation in the EYOF is intended to familiarize the young athletes with international, interdisciplinary competition situations and prepare them for possible participation in the Olympic Games. The athletes compete for medals in selected Olympic sports. The number of competitions is reduced compared to the Olympic Games in order to be able to guarantee the implementation within a week. As with the Olympic Games, a kind of Olympic flame burns for the duration of the festival and there is an opening and closing ceremony with flag bearers for each participating nation.

sports

As with the Olympic Games, summer and winter competitions are held. The number of disciplines is limited so that the competitions can be held within seven days.

Two age groups per sport are admitted to the competitions, so that in principle each athlete can only take part in the youth festival once, provided that his sport is also played. In winter, only alpine skiing has been on the program continuously, in summer athletics , basketball , gymnastics , judo and swimming .

Venues

Summer festivals Winter festivals

See also

Web links

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