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When? 2009 m. vasario 15-20 d.
Where? LENKIJA
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The Silesian Beskids 2009 European Youth Winter Olympic Festival

Facts and figures

9 sports, 31 events, and 1615 athletes from 46 countries.

Most medals won (from a total of 17 teams) by: 1. Russia – 11 (5, 2, 4), 2. Germany – 15 (4, 7, 4), 3. Austria – 9 (4, 4, 1).

Lithuania in the Olympic Festival

Lithuania was represented by 15 athletes who participated in biathlon, skiing, Alpine skiing, and figure skating events.

Figure skater Viktoras Šilovas bested 4 opponents and reached 15th place.

The Lithuanian mixed relay skiing team composed of Dangyra Šlaitaitė, Donata Dindaitė, Vytautas Strolia, and Ruslanas Nikitinas placed 15th among 19 teams. V. Strolia was the only participant of the Festival who would later become an Olympian – in Sochi 2014 he competed in skiing events and PyeongChang 2018 – in biathlon events.

Biathlete Olga Tatarinova performed quite well – she was 19th in the 6 km sprint race and 24th in the 7.5 km pursuit race.