European Youth Games for the Disabled „Emil Open“

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Final report Emil Open 2025

25. - 29. 6. 2025 |Brno

Final report

14. European Youth Games for the Disabled Emil Open

25. - 29. 6. 2025

Brno, 2025

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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Lucie Vojtíšková Integrované centrum pro osoby se zdravotním postižením Horní Poustevna

I would like to express my big thanks organising a perfect event that we really enjoyed. We had a great holiday in Brno. We look forward to next year.

Ivan Antov Gymnázium pro zrakově postižené a SOŠ pro zrakově postižené

On behalf of our athletes and myself, let me thank all the organisers for the perfect conditions you provided us with in Brno. On behalf of our team I can say that the Games fulfilled their goal. Our children were motivated to do sport and also had the opportunity of meeting with their peers from other countries. They could explore Brno as a beautiful city but also as a potential city of their university studies. I will be pleased if you invite us next time.

Radka Králová

I would like to thank you so much for the wonderful event that is the Emil Open.

My daughter Lucy, my husband and I participated for the first time this year, and I am very sorry that we did not participate in previous years. Neither my husband nor I wanted to stay home, so we all went. And we definitely don't regret it. If there is a chance, we will go again next time. Everything was absolutely fine. Sports grounds beautiful, accommodation clean and good food. Even I as a...

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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.

14 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.

Emil Open

Organising Committee

info@emilopen.cz www.emilopen.cz

Pavel Zbožínek

Organising Committee President

T: +420 602 720 518

E: zbozinek@emilopen.cz

Vojtěch Kocůrek

Organising Committee Vice President

T: +420 605 940 891

E: kocurek@emilopen.cz

Emilova sportovní, z.s.

Malinovského náměstí 603/4 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic IČO 067 07 785 Administered by the Regional Court in Brno, 23497 L www.emilova-sportovni.cz www.emilnadace.cz