State Games of America
Abbreviation | SGA |
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First event | 1999 |
Occur every | Biennial |
Website | [1] |
The State Games of America is a biennial amateur multi-sport event held in North America. It is organized by the National Congress of State Games. Athletes qualify for the Games by earning a medal in their respective State Games in the previous two years. Typically, over 12,000 athletes compete in the Games each time they are held.
History
Year | Host City |
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1999 | St. Louis, Missouri |
2001 | St. Louis, Missouri |
2003 | Hartford, Connecticut |
2005 | Colorado Springs, Colorado |
2007 | Colorado Springs, Colorado |
2009 | Colorado Springs, Colorado |
2011 | San Diego, California |
2013 | Hershey, Pennsylvania |
2015 | Lincoln, Nebraska |
2017 | Grand Rapids, Michigan |
2019 | Lynchburg, Virginia |
2022 | Ames, Iowa |
2024 | San Diego, California |
Sports contested
In 2011, athletes participated in 24 different sports in San Diego, California:
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Categories:
- Multi-sport events in the United States
- National multi-sport events
- Senior sports competitions
- Under-20 sports competitions
- North American youth sports competitions
- Youth sport in the United States
- Children's sport
- Recurring sporting events established in 1999
- 1999 establishments in the United States
- Sports event stubs
- United States sport stubs
- Colorado sport stubs