2009 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival

2009 European Youth Olympic Festival

Host city| Tampere
Country|  Finland
Nations| 49
Athletes| 3,302
Sport| 9
Events| 109
Opening| 19 July 2009 (2009-07-19)
Closing| 24 July 2009 (2009-07-24)
Opened by| Tarja Halonen
Torch lighter| Pertti Ukkola
Main venue| Tampere Ice Stadium (opening)
Tampere Stadium (closing)
Summer

<- Belgrade 2007

Trabzon 2011 ->

Winter

<- Silesia 2009

Liberec 2011 ->

The 2009 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival was held in Tampere, Finland.

## Sports

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2009 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival Sports Programme

* Athletics (36) (details)
* Basketball (2) (details)
* Cycling (3) (details)
* Gymnastics (details)
* Handball (2) (details)
* Judo (15) (details)
* Swimming (details)
* Tennis (4) (details)
* Volleyball (2) (details)

## Mascot

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The mascot for the 2009 European Youth Olympic Festival is Finx, a Eurasian lynx.[1]

## Venues

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Eight venues were used in this edition of European Youth Olympic Festival.[2]

EYOF olympic village at Tampere University of Technology Campus in 2009. The mascot can be seen on the billboard. Venue  | Location  | Sports

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Tampere Stadium | Tampere | Athletics
Tampere Exhibition and Sports Centre | Tampere | Gymnastics, Handball, Volleyball
Tampere Ice Stadium | Tampere | Judo
Tampere Swimming Centre  | Tampere | Swimming
Pyynikki Ball Games Centre  | Tampere | Basketball
Hervanta Leisure Centre  | Tampere | Basketball
Tampere Tennis Centre  | Tampere | Tennis
Roads of Tampere | Tampere | Cycling

## Participating nations

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Participating National Olympic Committees

* Albania
* Andorra
* Armenia
* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* Belarus
* Belgium (details)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Estonia (43)[3]
* Finland
* France
* Georgia
* Germany
* Great Britain
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Ireland
* Israel
* Italy
* Latvia
* Liechtenstein
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Macedonia
* Malta
* Moldova
* Monaco
* Montenegro
* Netherlands
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Russia
* San Marino
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Ukraine

## Medal table

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* Host nation (Finland)

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Russia (RUS)| 18| 10| 8| 36
2|  Germany (GER)| 10| 8| 7| 25
3|  Great Britain (GBR)| 10| 6| 9| 25
4|  Belgium (BEL)| 9| 5| 4| 18
5|  Spain (ESP)| 9| 3| 2| 14
6|  Italy (ITA)| 8| 7| 7| 22
7|  France (FRA)| 7| 10| 4| 21
8|  Turkey (TUR)| 4| 1| 6| 11
9|  Romania (ROU)| 3| 8| 5| 16
10|  Poland (POL)| 3| 4| 7| 14
11|  Serbia (SRB)| 2| 5| 3| 10
12|  Ukraine (UKR)| 2| 3| 8| 13
13|  Hungary (HUN)| 2| 3| 5| 10
Netherlands (NED)| 2| 3| 5| 10
15|  Czech Republic (CZE)| 2| 3| 2| 7
16|  Switzerland (SUI)| 2| 2| 8| 12
17|  Denmark (DEN)| 2| 2| 5| 9
18|  Austria (AUT)| 2| 2| 4| 8
19|  Azerbaijan (AZE)| 2| 1| 1| 4
Slovakia (SVK)| 2| 1| 1| 4
21|  Finland (FIN)*| 1| 5| 1| 7
22|  Ireland (IRL)| 1| 3| 3| 7
23|  Belarus (BLR)| 1| 2| 1| 4
24|  Lithuania (LTU)| 1| 2| 0| 3
25|  Portugal (POR)| 1| 1| 1| 3
26|  Estonia (EST)| 1| 0| 1| 2
Slovenia (SLO)| 1| 0| 1| 2
28|  Moldova (MDA)| 1| 0| 0| 1
29|  Latvia (LAT)| 0| 2| 2| 4
30|  Georgia (GEO)| 0| 2| 1| 3
31|  Bulgaria (BUL)| 0| 1| 2| 3
Croatia (CRO)| 0| 1| 2| 3
33|  Armenia (ARM)| 0| 1| 1| 2
Cyprus (CYP)| 0| 1| 1| 2
Israel (ISR)| 0| 1| 1| 2
36|  Sweden (SWE)| 0| 1| 0| 1
37|  Greece (GRE)| 0| 0| 4| 4
Totals (37 entries)| 109| 110| 123| 342

Source: [4]

## References

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1. ^ "10th European Youth Olympic Festival 2009, Artistic Gymnastics : Russians most successfully in Tampere". GYMmedia.com. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
2. ^ "Competition Venues - EYOF Tampere 2009". Archived from the original on 10 November 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
3. ^ "EOK - Tampere 2009". February 15, 2010. Archived from the original on February 15, 2010. Retrieved January 21, 2023.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
4. ^ "Results". Archived from the original on 10 November 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2014.

## External links

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* 2009 EYOF results
* 2009 EYOF athletics records

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European Youth Olympic Festival

Summer editions|

* Brussels 1991
* Valkenswaard 1993
* Bath 1995
* Lisbon 1997
* Esbjerg 1999
* Murcia 2001
* Paris 2003
* Lignano Sabbiadoro 2005
* Belgrade 2007
* Tampere 2009
* Trabzon 2011
* Utrecht 2013
* Tbilisi 2015
* Győr 2017
* Baku 2019
* Banská Bystrica 2022
* Maribor 2023
* Skopje 2025
* Lignano Sabbiadoro 2027

Winter editions|

* Aosta 1993
* Andorra la Vella 1995
* Sundsvall 1997
* Poprad-Tatry 1999
* Vuokatti 2001
* Bled 2003
* Monthey 2005
* Jaca 2007
* Silesia 2009
* Liberec 2011
* Brașov 2013
* Vorarlberg-Liechtenstein 2015
* Erzurum 2017
* Sarajevo-East Sarajevo 2019
* Vuokatti 2022
* Friuli-Venezia Giulia 2023
* Bakuriani 2025
* Brașov 2027

* European Games
* Games of the Small States of Europe

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