European Youth Olympic Winter Festival 2015

European Youth Olympic Winter Festival 2015

motto	Rock the Alps!
venue	Vorarlberg Liechtenstein
Teams	45
Athletes	1632
Competitions	30th
opening	January 25, 2015
Closing ceremony	January 30, 2015
Opened by	Heinz Fischer (Austria) Hans-Adam II. (Liechtenstein)
Torchbearers	Chiara
Athletes oath	Xaver Kuster

The European Winter Youth Olympic Festival 2015 ( European Youth Winter Olympic Festival in 2015 ), took place from 25 to 30 January 2015 in Vorarlberg ( Austria ) and Liechtenstein instead. It was the 12th winter edition of the European Youth Olympic Festival , a biennial multisport event for young athletes from Europe, with the event being held in two host countries for the first time. The most successful nation was Germany with 20 medals won. However, since Russia won two more silver medals, Germany only took second place in the medal table. For the first time in the history of the festival, entry to all events and competitions was free. A total of around 20,000 visitors attended the competitions.

Competition venues

Ski jumping center Montafon - venue for the jumping competitions as well as the opening ceremony and the medal ceremonies

Most of the sports competitions were held in existing facilities and sports facilities. Only at the Montafon ski jumping center was a new stadium built for the opening ceremony. In Austria:

• Bürserberg
  • Tschengla (biathlon)
• Dornbirn
  • Messestadion Dornbirn (figure skating)
• Gaschurn (Nordic combined cross-country skiing)
• Schruns (main place of the festival)
  • Hochjoch (snowboard)
• St. Gallenkirch
  • Garfrescha (Alpine skiing)
• Tschagguns
  • Aktivpark Montafon (ice hockey)
  • Montafon Nordic Sports Center (ski jumping)

In Liechtenstein:

• Malbun (Alpine skiing)
• Footbridge (cross-country skiing)

Sports, schedule and results

Legend for the competition program shown below:

Opening and closing ceremony

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Final decisions

Last column: total number of decisions in the individual sports

2015 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival schedule (with number of decisions)
	So	Mon	Tuesday	Wed	do	Fr.	total
January	25th	26th	27.	28.	29	30th
opening
biathlon			2	2		1	5
ice Hockey						1	1
figure skating		2		2			4th
Nordic combination		1		1		1	3
Alpine skiing		1	1	1	1	1	5
Cross-country skiing		2		2	2	1	7th
Ski jumping			2		1	1	4th
Snowboard			2		1		3
graduation
Medal decisions		6th	7th	8th	5	6th	32
	So	Mon	Tuesday	Wed	do	Fr.	total
January	25th	26th	27.	28.	29	30th

Attendees

1632 participants from 45 countries
Andorra  Armenia  Belgium  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Bulgaria  Denmark  Germany  Estonia  Finland  France  Georgia  Greece  Iceland  Ireland  Italy  Croatia  Latvia  Liechtenstein  Lithuania  Luxembourg  North Macedonia  Moldova  Monaco	Montenegro  Netherlands  Norway  Austria  Poland  Portugal  Romania  Russia  San Marino  Serbia  Slovakia  Slovenia  Spain  Sweden  Switzerland  Czech Republic  Turkey  Ukraine  Hungary  United Kingdom  Belarus  Cyprus

symbolism

mascot

The festival's mascot was the marmot Alpy , which is native to the Alps and symbolizes the local fauna and nature. In addition, the presentation includes, according to the organizers "to preserve the environment and available exclusively sustainably planned resources in the implementation of major sporting events such as the Youth Olympic Games to use." The name is made up of ALP for Alps and Y (for Youth German  Youth ). In addition, the name with the letters A and L contains the first letters for Austria ( German  Austria ) and Liechtenstein. The mascot was designed by students from the HTL Dornbirn . The first draft came from Marianna Ganahl. Alpy is dressed in leather pants and color elements from the two host countries, i.e. red, blue and white.

Logo and slogan

The logo contains a shooting star in the Olympic colors as a symbol of fascination and energy. The slogan of the event "Rock The Alps!" Was the result of a Facebook vote.

Olympic fire

The Olympic flame was carried from school to school through the host region from January 21 to 23, 2015. The design of the torch comes from the HTL Bregenz . Pupils from the respective target schools accompanied the fire on its final meters. The torch relay ended in the Montafon Nordic Sports Center in Tschagguns , where the opening ceremony took place on January 25th.

ambassador

Well-known or former athletes advertised the youth festival before the event and during the sports competitions. In addition to the alpine ski racers Tina Weirather Christina Ager , Marcel Mathis , Rainer Salzgeber , Patrick Ortlieb , Anita Wachter and Marco Büchel , these were also the ice hockey player Reinhard Divis and the cross-country skier Philipp Hälg . Snowboarders Alessandro Hämmerle and Markus Schairer are also among the supporters. Ulrich Wohlgenannt promoted ski jumping .

Medal table

Medal table final after 32 decisions
space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Russia	6th	6th	4th	16
2	Germany	6th	4th	10	20th
3	Austria	5	5	3	13
4th	Norway	4th	4th	3	11
5	France	4th	2	5	11
6th	Finland	1	2	1	4th
7th	Sweden	1	1	-	2
	Slovenia	1	1	-	2
9	Croatia	1	-	-	1
	Ukraine	1	-	-	1
11	Bulgaria	-	2	-	2
12	Czech Republic	-	1	1	2
13	Italy	-	1	-	1
	Latvia	-	1	-	1
15th	Switzerland	-	-	3	3
16	Belgium	-	-	1	1
	Poland	-	-	1	1

Web links

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k} EYOF Spectator Guide 2015 (PDF) European Youth Olympic Games Vorarlberg & Liechtenstein 2015 GmbH. Archived from the original on April 16, 2015. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 1, 2015. 
2. ↑ OPENING CEREMONY . European Youth Olympic Festival Vorarlberg-Liechtenstein 2015 GmbH. Archived from the original on December 29, 2014. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 1, 2015. 
3. ↑ ^{a b} The European Youth Olympic Festival . European Youth Olympic Festival Vorarlberg-Liechtenstein 2015 GmbH. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 1, 2015. 
4. ↑ EVENT PLAN - EVENT SCHEDULE . European Youth Olympic Festival Vorarlberg-Liechtenstein 2015 GmbH. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 1, 2015. 
5. ↑ A positive result . European Youth Olympic Games Vorarlberg & Liechtenstein 2015 GmbH. January 29, 2015. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 1, 2015. 
6. ↑ European Youth Olympic Games Vorarlberg & Liechtenstein 2015 GmbH: Sport Schedule ( Memento from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
7. ↑ ALPY - THE MASCOT OF EYOF 2015 IN VORARLBERG AND LIECHTENSTEIN! . European Youth Olympic Festival Vorarlberg-Liechtenstein 2015 GmbH. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 1, 2015.