2009 Asian Youth Para Games


The 2009 Asian Youth Para Games, officially known as the 1st Asian Youth Para Games, was an Asian youth disabled multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan from 10 to 13 September 2009. Around 466 athletes from 29 participating nations participated at the games which featured 6 sports consisted of 5 main sports and 1 demonstration sport.
This was the first time Japan hosted the games. Japan is the first nation to host the Asian Youth Para Games. The games was opened and closed by Akihito at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium.
The final medal tally was led by host Japan, followed by Iran and China. Several games and national records were broken during the games. The games were deemed generally successful with the beginning of youth disabled sports competition among the Asian nations.

Organisation

Development and preparation

The 2009 Asian Youth Para Games Organising Committee was formed to oversee the staging of the games.

Venues

The games

Participating nations

;Guest participating nations

Sports

;Main sport
;Demonstration sport