The Asian Youth Athletics Championships (U18) (Asian Youth U18 Athletics Championships) is a biennial, continental

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competition for Asian athletes, organised by the

Asian Athletics Association The Asian Athletics Association is the continental governing body for the sport of athletics in Asia. It is headquartered in Singapore. It organises the Asian Championships in Athletics and other continental competitions. The current president Qa ...

. First held in 2015, it a youth category event open to athletes aged fifteen and seventeen.Avison, Ben (2014-03-04)
Doha to host 2015 Asian Youth Athletics Championships
. Host City. Retrieved on 2015-05-13. The competition was the fourth continental athletics competition to be held for that age level, following in the steps of the

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and

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events. Its first edition came at a time of rising interest in such competitions, with the first African championships being held in 2013, and the

European Athletics Youth Championships The European Athletics U18 Championships (named as European Athletics Youth Championships in 2016) are a biennial athletics competition for European athletes under the age of eighteen ( youth category). The creation of the competition stemmed fr ...

scheduled for the following year.Mistrzostwa Europy dla juniorów młodszych?
. PZLA (2013-03-13). Retrieved on 2013-09-14. In March 2014, the Asian Athletics Association's president Dahlan Jumaan al-Hamad cited the creation of the championships as a way of boosting the

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-level development of the sport in Asia and raise the importance of continental level competition among the region's countries.

Editions

Championships records

Boys

Girls

Medals (2015-2022)

References

External links

Asian Athletics Association website
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Under-18 athletics competitions

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Biennial athletics competitions