European Athletics U20 Championships

European Athletics U20 Championships
Statusactive
Genresports event
Date(s)midyear
Frequencybiennial
Inaugurated1970
Organised byEuropean Athletic Association
Websitewww.european-athletics.com/competitions/european-athletics-u20-championships/ Edit this at Wikidata
Women's 800 meter in heptathlon at the 2015 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 junior athletes. The event is currently organized by the European Athletic Association.

The history of the biennial athletics competition stems from the European Junior Games, which was first held in 1964. The event was first sanctioned by the continental governing body, the European Athletic Association at the following edition in 1966 and after a third edition under the games moniker it was renamed to its current title.[1][2]

  1. ^ European Junior Championships (Men). GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2013-06-02.
  2. ^ European Athletics Championships Statistics Junior Men. European Athletics. Retrieved 2013-06-02.