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2015 FAI Young Artists Contest: ""Create a poster for the FAI World Air Games Dubai 2015"

The theme for the 2015 FAI Young Artists Contest was "Create a poster for the FAI World Air Games Dubai 2015.

An international jury selected the three best paintings for each of the categories: Junior (ages 6-9), Intermediate (ages 10-13), Senior (ages 14-17). Their authors received FAI gold, silver and bronze medals.

Junior Category:

Xinyun ZHOU (USA)
ex aequo:
Sakuya WATANABE (Japan)
Xinyi ZHANG (USA)

Intermediate Category:

Jasmin YOON (USA)
Yana SERGEYCHIK (Russia)
Ozan MERCAN (Turkey)

Senior Category:

Xiao HU (China)
Xincheng ZHOU (USA)
Juria HIROSE (Japan)

“When choosing the FAI World Air Games as this year’s theme we hoped to make thousands of young people aware of this fantastic competition. We also saw it as a great opportunity for them to learn more about the sports featuring in the event programme and the exciting city of Dubai. Looking at the wonderful paintings we received, I am delighted to see that this objective has fully been reached!” said FAI Young Artists Contest Coordinator Suzie Gebb.

The FAI Young Artists Contest was first organised at a national level in 18 member countries of the FAI: China, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Lithuania, Nepal, Philippines, Poland, Russia, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom and USA. The national winning paintings were then sent to the FAI Head Office, where the jury selected the international winners.

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