Opening Ceremony FICEP/FISEC Summer Games 2022

The FICEP/FISEC Games were officially opened with a great opening ceremony on Sunday 24th July in the Sportpark Klagenfurt. All athletes recieved an enthusiastic welcome.

Ulrich Zafoschnig, President of SPORTUNION Kärnten and other presidents of the federation SPORTUNION were presented. Also city council Franz Petritz, Dieter Schmied as a representative of the city Klagenfurt and the former minister Maria Rauch-Kallat as the president of  the Austrian Para-Olympic Committee attended the ceremony.

After an impressive show of the Dance Industry Klagenfurt, Peter Kaiser welcomed the ahtletes. He mentioned, he is happy to welcome and host so many athletes from different countries and he hopes Carinthia will stay in their hearts.

With the words: „We declare the games open“ Gerhard Hauer and Lies Janssen officially opened the FICEP/FISEC Games.

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Closing Ceremony / Abschlusszeremonie

The FICEP/FISEC games ended with the farewell party yesterday. The closing ceremony included a slide show of the week's most impressive images, the fairness award was presented, and the medals in swimming and athletics were presented. It was a sensational week with a lot of experiences and impressions for the athletes from the 15 nations.