Youth Olympic Winter Games 2020

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III. Youth Olympic Winter Games
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Venue: Lausanne , Switzerland
Stadion: Vaudoise aréna
Opening ceremony: January 9, 2020
Closing ceremony: January 22, 2020
Opened by: Simonetta Sommaruga
Olympic oath : Noah Bodenstein (athlete), Eric Catanio (referee), Stefan Meienberg (trainer)
Competitions: 81 in 16 sports
Countries: 79
Athletes: 1788 (913 Mars symbol (male), 875 Venus symbol (female))
Lillehammer 2016
Gangwon 2024
Medal table
space country gold silver bronze total
1 RussiaRussia Russia 10 11 8th 29
2 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 10 6th 8th 24
3 JapanJapan Japan 9 7th 1 17th
- Mixed teamMixed team Mixed team 6th 6th 6th 18th
4th SwedenSweden Sweden 6th 4th 7th 17th
5 AustriaAustria Austria 6th 2 5 13
6th GermanyGermany Germany 5 7th 6th 18th
7th Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea 5 3 - 8th
8th NorwayNorway Norway 4th 2 3 9
9 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China China 3 3 4th 10
Complete medal table

The III. The Winter Youth Olympic Games were held in Lausanne , Switzerland , from January 9-22, 2020 . The capital of the canton of Vaud and the second largest city in French-speaking Switzerland was awarded the contract on July 31, 2015, beating its competitor Brașov ( Romania ).

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Aerial view of Lausanne
Headquarters of the IOC

Pierre de Coubertin , the founder of the modern Olympic Games , moved the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to Lausanne in 1915 . Over the years, more than 40 sports federations have set up in the city, and since 1994 Lausanne has officially held the title “Capital of the Olympic Movement”. This status is underlined by other organizations such as the International Sports Court , the Olympic Museum and Sportaccord . Despite the outstanding position in sport politics, the Olympic Games have never been held in Lausanne . The city applied unsuccessfully to host the 1936, 1944, 1948, 1952 and 1960 summer games. A candidacy for the 1994 winter games was also planned. After the clear approval of the Conseil communal ( local parliament ), a committee collected over 17,000 in just three weeks Signatures and thus forced a referendum . In the local referendum on June 26, 1988, the candidacy project was clearly rejected with 62% of the votes.

The application phase for the 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games began on June 6, 2013 when the IOC invited interested National Olympic Committees . They had until the end of November 2013 to name a city as a candidate. By mid-June 2014, all necessary documents for the candidacy had to be submitted to the IOC. Lake Placid ( USA ) and Sofia ( Bulgaria ) showed interest in running, but ultimately decided against it. In addition to Lausanne, only the Romanian city ​​of Brașov remained, where the European Youth Olympic Winter Festival took place in 2013 .

In June 2014 Patrick Baumann , the general secretary of the basketball world association FIBA , was appointed president of the candidacy committee. Baumann died in October 2018 at the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, followed by former freestyle skier Virginie Faivre as President of the OC in January 2019 .

The Lausanne candidacy, supported by Swiss Olympic , had various prominent advocates, including Virginie Faivre, the figure skater Stéphane Lambiel and the tennis player Roger Federer . On the occasion of the 128th IOC session in Kuala Lumpur , at which Federal Councilor Ueli Maurer was also present, Lausanne was awarded the contract on July 31, 2015 with 71 to 10 votes.

Sports facilities

The following sports facilities were used at the Youth Olympic Winter Games in Lausanne:

local community Place / facility Sport / event
Lausanne Le Flon Award ceremonies
Le Chenit La Thomassette (Le Brassus) Cross-country skiing
Leysin Park & ​​Pipe (Tour d'Aï) Freestyle skiing, snowboarding
Champéry Palladium de Champéry Curling
Ollon Villars-sur-Ollon Ski mountaineering, ski cross, snowboard cross
Ormont-Dessus Les Diablerets Alpine skiing
Prémanon Les Tuffes Biathlon, Nordic combined, ski jumping
Prilly / Renens Vaudoise aréna Opening and closing ceremonies, ice hockey
Patinoire de Malley 2.0 Figure skating, short track
St. Moritz Olympia Bobrun St. Moritz – Celerina Bobsleigh, sledding, skeleton
St. Moritzersee (open-air lift) Speed ​​skating

Almost all of the venues were in the canton of Vaud and were spread across the Lausanne agglomeration, the Vaud Alps and the Vallée de Joux . In accordance with the IOC's “Agenda 2020”, existing sports facilities were used wherever possible. The exception was the Patinoire de Malley used for ice hockey tournaments , which was demolished and replaced by the Vaudoise aréna with 10,000 seats (the project was not primarily related to the Winter Youth Olympic Games, however). Work started in October 2016 and was completed in September 2019. For the first time ever in the history of the Olympic Games, there was cross-border cooperation: the ski jumping and biathlon competitions were held in Prémanon in the French Jura department , right on the Swiss border. In addition, the bobsleigh run , which had already proven itself at many sporting events (for example the Olympic Winter Games in 1928 and 1948 ) was used in St. Moritz .

Olympic Village

Olympic Village ("Vortex")

The Olympic village for most of the participants in the 2020 Winter Youth Games was in the Lausanne suburb of Chavannes-près-Renens . A new student dormitory called Vortex was built right next to the campus of the University of Lausanne and the Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne . The eight-story building with a height of 27 meters and a diameter of 137 meters comprises 1182 residential units. It is built up in a spiral; A 2.8 km long ramp leads from the ground floor over all floors to the roof. Construction began in May 2017 and was completed in November 2019. The cost was 156 million francs. In the St. Moritz branch, the youth hostel served as accommodation for 350 athletes.

Attendees

Participants of the III. Youth Olympic Winter Games
Europe (1,242 athletes from 48 nations)
America (222 athletes from 10 nations)
Asia (242 athletes from 19 nations)
Africa (2 athletes from 1 nation)
Oceania (52 athletes from 2 nations)
(Number of athletes)
* first participation in youth winter games

Sports and schedule

On July 9, 2017, the Executive Council of the IOC definitely determined the competitions to be held. Here was ski mountaineering for Olympic sport explained; Individual, sprint and relay competitions are planned. The IOC also strives for the greatest possible gender equality in terms of the number of participants. For this purpose, competitions in two-seater tobogganing and Nordic combined are also held for the girls. An ice hockey tournament with mixed teams and three players each is planned.

2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games schedule
(with number of decisions)
EF Opening ceremony Qualifying competitions 1 Final decisions / number SV Show events SF Closing ceremony
January 9
Thu
10
Fr
11
Sat
12
Sun
13
Mon
14
Tues.
15
Wed
16
Thu
17
Fr
18
Sa
19
Sun
20
mo
21
Tues.
22
Wed
total
Olympic rings with transparent rims.svg Opening ceremony EF
Biathlon pictogram.svg biathlon 2 1 2 1 6th
Bobsleigh Bobsleigh pictogram.svg bob 1 1 2
Skeleton pictogram.svg skeleton 1 1 2
Curling pictogram.svg Curling 1 1 2
Ice hockey pictogram.svg ice Hockey 2 1 1 4th
Ice skating Figure skating pictogram.svg figure skating 2 2 1 5
Speed ​​skating pictogram.svg Speed ​​skating 2 2 1 2 7th
Short track speed skating pictogram.svg Short track 2 2 1 5
Luge pictogram.svg Luge 2 2 1 5
Ski mountaineering pictogram.svg Ski mountaineering 2 2 1 5
Skiing Freestyle skiing pictogram.svg Freestyle skiing 1 2 2 1 2 8th
Alpine skiing pictogram.svg Alpine skiing 2 2 1 1 2 1 9
Nordic skiing Nordic combined pictogram.svg Nordic combination 2 1 3
Cross country skiing pictogram.svg Cross-country skiing 2 2 2 6th
Ski jumping pictogram.svg Ski jumping 2 1 3
Snowboarding pictogram.svg Snowboard 1 4th 2 2 9
Olympic rings with transparent rims.svg Closing ceremony SF
Daily decisions 4th 4th 6th 7th 5 6th 3 2 10 8th 12 6th 8th 81
decisions 4th 8th 14th 21st 26th 32 35 37 47 55 67 73 81
January 9
Thu
10
Fr
11
Sat
12
Sun
13
Mon
14
Tues.
15
Wed
16
Thu
17
Fr
18
Sa
19
Sun
20
mo
21
Tues.
22
Wed
total

Last column: total number of decisions in the individual sports

Athlete role models

As in previous Youth Olympic Games, experienced former athletes, mostly participants in the Olympic Games themselves, will be available as symbolic figures and role models for the young participants in 2020. They also take on roles at the awards ceremony.

sport man woman
Biathlon pictogram.svg biathlon NorwayNorway Henrik L'Abée-Lund FranceFrance Marie-Laure Brunet
Bobsleigh pictogram.svg bob - United StatesUnited States Jamie Greubel Poser
Curling pictogram.svg Curling CanadaCanada John Morris SwitzerlandSwitzerland Marlene Albrecht
Ice hockey pictogram.svg ice Hockey SwitzerlandSwitzerland Mark dispute SwitzerlandSwitzerland Florence Schelling
Figure skating pictogram.svg figure skating CanadaCanada Patrick Chan SwitzerlandSwitzerland Sarah Meier-van Berkel Nathalie Péchalat
FranceFrance 
Speed ​​skating pictogram.svg Speed ​​skating SwitzerlandSwitzerland Livio Wenger AustriaAustria Vanessa Herzog
Freestyle skiing pictogram.svg Freestyle skiing - United StatesUnited States Hannah Kearney
Nordic combined pictogram.svg Nordic combination - United StatesUnited States Tara Geraghty-Moats
Luge pictogram.svg Luge SwitzerlandSwitzerland Gregory Carigiet GermanyGermany Tatjana Huefner
Short track speed skating pictogram.svg Short track HungaryHungary Viktor Knoch -
Skeleton pictogram.svg skeleton SwitzerlandSwitzerland Pascal Oswald -
Alpine skiing pictogram.svg Alpine skiing SwitzerlandSwitzerland Sandro Viletta ItalyItaly Verena Stuffer
Ski mountaineering pictogram.svg Ski mountaineering SwitzerlandSwitzerland Yannick Ecoeur RussiaRussia Ekaterina Osichkina
Cross country skiing pictogram.svg Cross-country skiing SwitzerlandSwitzerland Gianluca Cologna GreeceGreece Maria Danou
Ski jumping pictogram.svg Ski jumping SloveniaSlovenia Jernej Damjan -
Snowboarding pictogram.svg Snowboard United StatesUnited States Alex Deibold -

Web links

Commons : Winter Youth Olympic Games 2020  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

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