Bilbao Bizkaia will host the European Multisport Triathlon Championship in 2022

For 10 days, Bilbao and Bizkaia are expected to host more than 3.000 athletes

Bilbao Bizkaia will host the celebration of Multisport European Championship in the 2022 season,

This year he will be the organizer of the  Spain Middle Distance Triathlon Championship in 2021, as a preamble to the 2022 international competitions.

6 European Championships

The European Multisport Triathlon Championship brings together six European Championships: Duathlon, Duathlon Cros, Aquathlon, Cros Triathlon, Half Distance Triathlon y Aquabike.

The tests will have the continental titles at stake in both Elite category as in Age Groups,

For 10 days they will be held both in Bilbao and in other towns in Bizkaia, along the estuary towards Getxo, Bermeo and the Urdaibai Biosphere Reserve and the Enkarterri region.

In addition, how could it be otherwise, it will also have paratriathletes among its participants, within the commitment to inclusion that is maintained by the organizing committee, and from the Spanish Triathlon Federation itself.

More than 3.000 athletes are expected

The European Multisport Triathlon Championship is an event that goes beyond the strictly sports, which is its main axis, being a global event that is based on five fundamental pillars: Sports, Tourism, Cultural, Gastronomic, Sustainable.

So that more than 3.000 athletes and more than 5.000 companions planned to travel from more than 30 different countries can live a unique experience in Bilbao and in Bizkaia where sport and the traditional values ​​of this land merge with sport and its environment, with its three natural axes: the coast, the estuary and mountains and natural parks.

10 million euros of economic impact

It is also expected to produce an economic impact on the local economy of 10 million euros.

Three axes that bring together a diversity and beauty of landscapes difficult to find at such a short distance from each other. And that, together with the capital of the territory, Bilbao, they help us understand and explore part of the history and identity of Bizkaia.

Supported the entire project on sustainability in the environment and the wide cultural, gastronomic and tourist range that is offered from this Bilbao Bizkaia 2022 European Multisport Championship.

The presentation of this international event was carried out with the presence, among other authorities, of the Mayor of Bilbao, Juan Mari Aburto, and the Deputy for Economic Promotion of Bizkaia, Ainara Basurko, together with the President of the Spanish Triathlon Federation, José Hidalgo , the representative of the European Federation, Alicia García, and the President of the Basque Triathlon Federation, Ibán Pérez, for the sports part.

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