World School Athletics Championship

First event| 1973 Athens
Occur every| 2 years
Last event| 2023 Trabzon
Next event| 2025

The World School Athletics Championship is a sport of athletics international championship for under-18 athletes, part of the International School Sport Federation ISF World Schools Championships. With some exceptions, it has been held on a biennial basis since its inception in 1971.

Athletes are represented by both their school and their country.[1] Some nations such as Nigeria hold trials races to decide their teams, while others choose teams by selection.[2] The event was formerly known as the NSSF World School Athletics Championship.[3]

## Editions

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The championships have been held 26 times since 1973.[4]

Edition | Year | City | Country

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1 | 1973 | Athens |  Greece
2 | 1973 | Wiesbaden |  Germany
3 | 1974 | Florence |  Italy
4 | 1975 | Poitiers |  France
5 | 1977 | Saint Etienne |  France
6 | 1981 | Salzburg |  Austria
7 | 1983 | Blankenberge |  Belgium
8 | 1985 | Lanzarote |  Spain
9 | 1987 | Tel Aviv |  Israel
10 | 1989 | Messina |  Italy
11 | 1991 | Budapest |  Hungary
12 | 1993 | Alba |  Italy
13 | 1995 | Banská Bystrica |  Slovenia
14 | 1997 | Cherbourg |  France
15 | 1999 | Reutlingen |  Germany
16 | 2001 | Malaga |  Spain
17 | 2003 | Istanbul |  Turkey
18 | 2005 | Vila Real de Santo António |  Portugal
19 | 2007 | Mérignac, Gironde / Bordeaux |  France
20 | 2009 | Tallinn |  Estonia
21 | 2011 | Bydgoszcz |  Poland
22 | 2013 | Sokolov |  Czech Republic
23 | 2015 | Wuhan |  China
24 | 2017 | Nancy |  France
25 | 2019 | Split |  Croatia
26 | 2023 | Trabzon |  Turkey

## References

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1. ^ "ISF WORLD SCHOOL ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIP 2023" (PDF). ISF Sports.
2. ^ Nigeria, Guardian (18 January 2023). "NSSF World School Athletics trials hold in Abeokuta". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
3. ^ Grace, Shalom (27 January 2023). "Anambra-Born Ezechukwuchiri Wins U-18 High Jump At World School Athletics Trials |". thenews-chronicle.com. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
4. ^ "Athletics | International School Sport Federation". www.isfsports.org. Retrieved 9 December 2023.

## External links

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* ISF Sports Athletics home page