The European Athletics U23 Championships is a biennial
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 for
Europe
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an athletes
under the age of 23, which is organized by the
European Athletic Association
The European Athletic Association (more commonly known as European Athletics) is the governing body for Sport of athletics, athletics in Europe. It is one of the six Area Associations of the world's athletics governing body World Athletics. Europe ...
. The oldest of the 'age-group' track and field events held by European Athletics -
European Athletics U20 Championships
The European Athletics U20 Championships (formerly named the European Athletics Junior Championships up to 2015) are the European championships for athletes who are under-20 athletes, which is the age range recognised by World Athletics as jun ...
(previously called 'Junior Championships') are held in the same odd numbered years, while the
European Athletics U18 Championships, previously the 'Youth Championships' are held in even numbered years.
The event was first held in 1997 and was a replacement for the
European Athletics U23 Cup – a biennial event which had "A" and "B" level leagues that was held in 1992 and 1994.
European Under 23 Championships
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Editions
European Athletics U23 Cup
European Athletics U23 Championships
Championships records
Men
Women
All-time medal table
''Medal table includes 1997
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–2021
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Championships.''
References
External links
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U23
Under-23 athletics competitions
Continental athletics championships
Biennial athletics competitions