European Youth Games for the Disabled „Emil Open“

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Emil Open 2020 - First Entries Open!

31.01.2020 10:33

Today we open the First Entries for the Emil Open 2020. Until 3rd March 2020 you can express your interest and tell us how many participants you would like to bring and in which sports they are interested to compete.

Vojtěch Kocůrek - New vicepresident of EO 2020

30.01.2020 10:56

for athletes for public

To introduce you to our new vicepresident of the 9^th European Open Youth Games for the Disabled, we asked him few questions.

Emil Open 2020 date announced!

23.01.2020 11:04

for athletes for public

Here we go again! The date of the Summer Emil Open 2020 is here! Take you diares, smartphones and write down 24th-28th June 2020! You just can´t miss this event :)

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What is Emil Open?

The European Youth Games for the Disabled are an international and a social gathering of young people with disabilities.

The expected number of international participants and the sport and accompanying programme make the event unique and of a European format.

The Games follow on from the previous successful editions.

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Anonymous

Thank you, Emil. We hope to see you next year.

Arnošt Petráček paralympijský vítěz v plavání na 50m znak v Riu 2016

Hello to Emil! I am very glad I could participate in such a great event as Emil Open. I had a great time. I wish you good luck with your other projects :-)

Silvia Lacková Nadácia Adeli

I would sincerely like to thank you for a very pleasant atmosphere, amazing experiences, and remarkable moments we could experience with you in Brno :) We have received very good and positive feedbacks from so many people. Especially Zajícova family and Tomáš Zajíc, whose apetite for swimming was whet to such an extent that he has decided to be more active in swimming and start with trainings. He was also very honoured to be the flag bearer.

We wish you...

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Emil Open's main missions

Many disabled children dream of doing sports and enjoy being able to move freely. Sport is a joy, a passion as well as relaxation. It strengthens bonds with our friends, allows us to forget everyday worries, it is an important part of our lives.

Therefore, we want to give children and youth with a disability the same opportunity as everybody else. With this they can truly understand that true effort and determinations makes sense and will be supported. Thanks to the European Games they will get the opportunity to play sports with their able-bodied athletes and together remove unnecessary prejudice and bashfulness.

The European Games will allow the participants to show their best and to either regain or boost their confidence. Happiness and tears of joy will be the imaginary medal for everybody.

To enable amateur disabled athletes to compete

and get inspiration from other experienced athletes from eleven other European countries. By competing with one another the registered athletes become models for other athletes with disabilities. They also have a chance to be appreciated publicly for their performances.

Maximum support for the social inclusion of children and young with disabilities

through sport events designed for mixed groups of both disabled and able-bodied participants. Another important part is the involvement of volunteers from mainstream schools.

An opportunity to challenge oneself in various sport events

and to experience a sport event of a higher format. For many participants, it will be their very first contact with their foreign mates and their first time competing in an international event. Thanks to the intensive sport experience, the Games will contribute on a European scale not only to sport but also personal development of the individual athlete. Besides sport competitions, the Games mainly represent an opportunity to have friendly gatherings of young people with disabilities from different European countries.

To give the public an insight about adaptive sports

with the aim of eliminating prejudice and barriers. There are over a million people with disabilities in the Czech Republic. This issue is not often positively perceived by public, although sport and complex rehabilitation significantly improve the mental and physical condition of a disabled individual in most cases of post-injury traumas.

8 previous
successful editions

Have a look at what the previous European Games organised by the Emil Foundation were like.

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Organiser: Emilova sportovní, z.s

Emilova sportovní, z.s. is an association founded by the Emil Foundation to support the development of physical activities of the public and people with disabilities, the organization of sporting events and the establishment of sports clubs.

The Emil Foundation (Nadační fond Emil) is a non-profit organisation that assists physically disabled children and young adults in their sporting involvement primarily through direct financial aid.

To date, over 8000 athletes and teams have benefited from the work of the Emil Foundation. Its primary mission is to be a symbol of effective assistance to these people throughout the Czech Republic, help them overcome their own barriers, make new friends and discover 'their own'sense of life through various activities.

The Emil Foundation is a long-standing organisation. It is well known among people with a disability thanks to the international sport events it successfully organised. Since 2009 over 3100 athletes with their coaches, teachers, families from 27 countries have participated in the 6 editions of the European Games. In 2016 the Emil Foundation organised the IWAS U23 World Games Prague 2016.

Tyto projekty byly vždy realizovány s vyrovnaným rozpočtem. NF Emil má díky tomu zkušenosti s finančním i projektovým vedením mezinárodně významných projektů.