2020 Winter Youth Olympics
 Lausanne Candidate City Logo | |||
| Host city | Lausanne | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Switzerland | ||
| Nations participating | approx. 70 | ||
| Athletes participating | approx. 1,880 | ||
| Events | 81 | ||
| Sports | 8 | ||
| Opening ceremony | 10 January | ||
| Closing ceremony | 19 January | ||
| Main venue | Stade Pierre de Coubertin | ||
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The 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games (French: Les IIIe Jeux olympiques de la jeunesse d'hiver, German: Olympische Jugend-Winterspiele 2020, Italian: I Giochi olimpici giovanili invernali, Romansch: Gieus olimpics da giuvenils d'enviern 2020) will be the third edition of the Winter Youth Olympics; a major international multi-sport event and cultural festival for youths to be celebrated in 2020 in the tradition of the Olympic Games during the XXXII Olympiad.
Bidding
Bids were due by 28 November 2013, the candidates cites were selected on 5 December 2014 and Lausanne was elected host city on 31 July 2015.[1][2]
| 2020 Winter Youth Olympics bidding results | ||
|---|---|---|
| City | Nation | Votes |
| Lausanne |  Switzerland |
71 |
| Brașov |  Romania |
10 |
The Games
Sports
The Youth Olympic Games will feature 8 sports and 16 disciplines. Ski mountaineering and women's nordic combined will feature for the first time in an Olympic event. A mixed-NOC 3-on-3 ice hockey tournament and a women's doubles event in luge will also be contested for the first time.[3]
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Alpine skiing () -
Biathlon () -
Bobsleigh () -
Cross-country skiing () -
Curling () -
Figure skating () -
Freestyle skiing () -
Ice hockey () -
Luge () -
Nordic combined () -
Short track speed skating () -
Skeleton () -
Ski jumping () -
Ski mountaineering () -
Snowboarding () -
Speed skating ()
Venues
Lausanne
- Palais de Beaulieu - Figure skating, short track, curling
- Stade Pierre de Coubertin - Opening and closing ceremonies, medal ceremonies
- UNIL-EPFL Sport Centre - Speed skating
- Centre intercommunal de glace de Malley - Ice hockey
- Lausanne campus - Olympic village
Jura
- Prémanon, France - Ski jumping, Biathlon, Nordic Combined
- Le Brassus - Cross-country Skiing
Alps
See also
References
- ↑ IOC opens bids for 2022 Olympic Winter Games, YOG 2020 International Olympic Committee - 06/06/2013
- ↑ "2020 candidature acceptance procedure" (PDF). - International Olympic Committee
- ↑ "IOC Executive Board confirms gender equality and more innovation for Winter Youth Olympic Games Lausanne 2020". International Olympic Committee. 9 July 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
External links
| Preceded by Lillehammer |
Winter Youth Olympic Games Lausanne 2020 |
Succeeded by TBA |