European Youth Games for the Disabled „Emil Open“

Závěrečná zpráva Emil Open 2022

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The 11th year of Emil Open has finished. More than five hundred disabled athletes did sports and strengthened their friendships on Brno sports grounds. We talked to Pavel Zbožínek, president of Emil Open, about the games, fundraising and the joy of helping those in need.

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For the eleventh time, Brno hosts the summer European Youth Games for the disabled Emil Open. From 22nd to 26th June, athletes aged ten to twenty six years old with disabilities will compete on Brno sports ground. Young athletes will compete in seven sports and in more than 30 disciplines.

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Mgr. Pavel Vecenovský, Phd fulfilled his positive relationship towards table tennis by teaching at the Faculty of Sports Studies and by leading the VSK University Brno club. Always happy and with a smile, you can meet him at Emil Open in the role of table tennis director.

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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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Para-fitt Sportassociation Para-fitt Sportassociation

We are very grateful to you for having participated at the event. It is an unforgettable memory for all of us. Have a great summer.

Eva Petrů ZŠ Kamenice nad Lipou

I would like to thank you for giving us the opportunity of participating in the European Youth Games for the Disabled Emil Open 2017. Our children were delighted, loved Brno and achieved amazing results. They competed in athletics and got 5 gold, 4 silver and 2 bronze medals. It was a great experience for them and finally they succeeded. They wear their Emil Open to school and share with their classmates the experience from the competitions and the sail on a steamboat.

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Petra Hnátová Cesta životem bez bariér, z.s.

Thank you for oganising this event, it must have been really demanding.

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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.

11 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