European Athletics U18 Championships

The Athletics U18 Championships ( English European Athletics U18 Championships ) in 2016 as the Athletics European Youth Championships ( European Athletics Youth Championships called), were presented at the European Athletics Association Congress (ger .: European Athletics Congress) on 12/13. April 2013 in Skopje ( Macedonia ), where all 50 member associations were represented, unanimously launched. Since 2016, they have been held every two years at the beginning of July. Participants aged 17 or younger ( U18 for short ) are eligible to start .

The competition program is the same as that of the U18 World Athletics Championships , with the option of adding pole vault to the eightfold. A maximum of two athletes per nation are allowed to start per discipline. In addition to the U20 European Athletics Championships and the U23 European Athletics Championships, it is the third European Championship for an age group organized by the EAA .

The first European Youth Athletics Championships were held from July 14th to 17th, 2016 in Tbilisi . The annual election means that the competitions alternate with the European Youth Olympic Festival , another U18 event that takes place every two years and is supported by the European Olympic Committee .

At its meeting in Amsterdam at the end of April 2016, the European Athletics Council decided to award the European Youth Championships 2018 to Győr ( Hungary ) and 2020 to Rieti ( Italy ).

Competitions

No.	year	city	country	date	Stadion	athlete	Nations
1	2016	Tbilisi	Georgia	July 14th to 17th	Athletics Stadium of Tbilisi	900	46
2	2018	Győr	Hungary	July 12-15	Olimpiai Sports Park	1135	50
3	2021	Rieti	Italy	postponed to 2021	Raul Guidobaldi Stadium
4th	2022	Jerusalem	Israel	July 4th to 7th	Givat Ram Stadium

Footnotes

1. ↑ European Athletics Congress: Introduction of U18 European Championships from 2016 decided ( Memento of the original from October 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) 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. ÖLV on oelv.at, from April 14, 2013, accessed September 9, 2013 
2. ↑ Jan-Henner Reitze: Flash News of the Day ( Memento of the original from July 17, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) 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. , eme / aj, on: Leichtathletik.de, from April 13, 2013, repaired July 17, 2016 
3. ↑ Duncan Mackay: European Athletics Under-18 Championships awarded to Győr and Rieti , on: insidethegames.biz, from April 24, 2016, accessed July 17, 2016
4. ↑ because of the COVID-19 pandemic , s. European Athletics U18 Championships confirmed for Rieti in 2021 , on: european-athletics.org, from May 8, 2020, accessed May 9, 2020