The

athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competiti ...

competition at the

2007 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival The 2007 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival was held in Belgrade, Serbia, from 21 until 28 July 2007. Sports Venues Venues used: Participating nations Medal table See also * 2007 Australian Youth Olympic Festival References { ...

was held from 23 to 27 July. The events took place in

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, Serbia. Boys and girls born 1990 or 1991 or later participated 34

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

events, with similar programmes for the sexes with the exception of no

steeplechase Steeplechase may refer to: * Steeplechase (horse racing), a type of horse race in which participants are required to jump over obstacles * Steeplechase (athletics), an event in athletics that derives its name from the steeplechase in horse racing ...

hammer throw The hammer throw is one of the four throwing events in regular track and field competitions, along with the discus throw, shot put and javelin. The "hammer" used in this sport is not like any of the tools also called by that name. It consis ...

event for girls. The event was held shortly after the

2007 World Youth Championships in Athletics The 2007 World Youth Championships in Athletics were the fifth edition of the IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics. They were held on 11–15 July 2007 in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Results Boys Girls Medals table See also ...

Mykyta Nesterenko Mykyta Nesterenko (born 15 April 1991) is a Ukrainian discus thrower, born in Dnipro. Career His personal best throw with the 2 kilogram implement is 66.42 metres, achieved in June 2021 in Lutsk. With the junior discus (1.750 kg) he has a ...

( discus throw) and

Darya Klishina Darya Igorevna Klishina (russian: Дарья Игоревна Клишина, born 15 January 1991) is a Russian long jumper. Early life Klishina was born in 1991 in Tver, Russian SFSR. At the age of eight, she began playing volleyball, and at ...

(

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

) were the only two reigning world youth champions to come and win at the European competition.World Youth Championships 2007
World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2014-11-22. Three athletes completed individual doubles:

Ramil Guliyev Ramil Guliyev ( az, Ramil Eldar oğlu Quliyev; born 29 May 1990) is an Azerbaijani-born Turkish sprinter. He competes in the 100 metres and 200 metres. At the 2017 World Championships, Guliyev became the World Champion in the 200 metres ...

and Eliza Vildanova did a short

sprint Sprint may refer to: Aerospace *Spring WS202 Sprint, a Canadian aircraft design *Sprint (missile), an anti-ballistic missile Automotive and motorcycle *Alfa Romeo Sprint, automobile produced by Alfa Romeo between 1976 and 1989 *Chevrolet Sprint, ...

double in the girls' and boys' divisions, respectively, and Daniela Fetcere claimed both the girls'

middle-distance running Middle-distance running events are Track and field#Running, track races longer than Sprint (running), sprints, up to 3000 metres. The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be clas ...

titles. Several of the participants later went on to reach the pinnacle of the sport. Klishina became the European indoor champion in 2013, but minor medallists also went on to greater acclaim: Ekaterina Zavyalova won an Olympic medal in 2012,

Ivana Španović Ivana Vuleta (; sr-cyr, Ивана Вулета, , ; born 10 May 1990) is a Serbian long jumper, two-time World indoor champion, three times European indoor champion and reigning European champion. In 2013, Vuleta became the first Serbian tr ...

was a 2013 World Championships medallist, and discus thrower

Sandra Perković Sandra Perković (born 21 June 1990) is a Croatian discus thrower. She is a two-time Olympic (2012, 2016) and World (2013, 2017) champion and record six-time European champion ( 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022) which no other female athlete ...

(runner-up here) went on to win Olympic, World and European titles.

Medal summary

Men

Women

References

;Results
2007 European Youth Games
World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2014-11-22.

External links

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