The 2021

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was a

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competition for athletes with a

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open to International Paralympic Committee (IPC) affiliated countries within Europe and a refugee team with one athlete. This was the 7th edition of the event. This was also the first time that the event was held in Poland. Around 670 athletes competed at the event.

History

The event was originally scheduled to be held between 3 and 7 June 2020. On 26 March 2020, it was announced that the event would be postponed as a result of the

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, and in June it was confirmed that the postponement would be until 2021.

Venue

The venue for the event was the

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Schedule

As of June 2021.

Summary

Medal table

Multi-medalists

Medalists who have won at least three medals or more.

Representing countries

As of 30 April 2021. * (3) * (4) * (6) * (16) * (8) * (1) * (8) * (15) * (3) * (25) * (15) * (1) * (10) * (40) * (2) * (15) * (43) * (31) * (7) * (5) * (6) * (2) * (20) * (5) * (16) * (1) * (1) * (5) * (5) * (17) * (8) * (74) Host country * (19) * Refugee Para Team (1) * (7) * (80) * (14) * (8) * (1) * (43) * (6) * (12) * (30) * (31)

References

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