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{{Short description|Biennial amateur multi-sport event held in North America}}
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The '''State Games of America''' is a [[wikt:biennial|biennial]] [[Amateur sports|amateur]] [[multi-sport event]] held in [[North America]].  It is organized by the [[National Congress of State Games]].<ref name="State Games Home">{{Citation|title=2011 State Games of America|url=http://www.calstategames.org/sga-home.html|access-date=2011-08-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811105603/http://www.calstategames.org/sga-home.html|archive-date=2011-08-11|url-status=dead}}</ref>  Athletes qualify for the Games by earning a [[medal]] in their respective State Games in the previous two years.<ref name="W-S Journal">{{Citation|title=State Games celebrating 25 years in North Carolina|url=http://www2.journalnow.com/news/2011/jun/17/wsmet01-state-games-celebrating-25-years-in-north--ar-1128769/year=2011|author=Collins, Dan|journal=Winston-Salem Journal|access-date=2011-08-04}}</ref>  Typically, over 12,000 athletes compete in the Games each time they are held.<ref name="ESPN Article">{{Citation|title=Colorado Springs lands state games again|url=https://www.espn.com/espn/wire?section=oly&id=2437605|year=2006|journal=Associated Press|access-date=2019-01-04}}</ref>

==History==
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! Year !! Host City
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| 1999 || [[St. Louis, Missouri]]
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| 2001 || [[St. Louis, Missouri]]
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| 2003 || [[Hartford, Connecticut]]
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| 2005 || [[Colorado Springs, Colorado]]
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| 2007 || [[Colorado Springs, Colorado]]
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| 2009 || [[Colorado Springs, Colorado]]<ref name="Cal Games">{{Citation|title=State Games of America|url=http://www.calstategames.org/sga-aboutus.html|year=2011|access-date=2011-08-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110730234249/http://www.calstategames.org/sga-aboutus.html|archive-date=2011-07-30|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| 2011 || [[San Diego, California]]
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| 2013 || [[Hershey, Pennsylvania]]<ref name="Ala Sports">{{Citation|title=State Games of America|url=http://www.alagames.com/index.php?page=info_sga|journal=Alabama Sports Festival|access-date=2011-08-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314091512/http://www.alagames.com/index.php?page=info_sga|archive-date=2012-03-14|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| 2015 || [[Lincoln, Nebraska]]<ref name="Nebraska Sports Council">{{Citation|title=State Games of America|url=http://www.sga2015.com/|year=2015|access-date=2014-06-15}}</ref>
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| 2017 || [[Grand Rapids, Michigan]]<ref name=2017games>On the [http://www.stategamesofamerica.com 2017 State Games of America website], '''click on''' "Sport Listing." Retrieved 2016-10-23.</ref>
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| 2019 || [[Lynchburg, Virginia]]
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| 2022 || [[Ames, Iowa]]
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| 2024 || [[San Diego, California]]
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|2026
|[[State College, Pennsylvania]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shaw |first=Justin |date=2024-07-10 |title=State College to Host 2026 State Games of America |url=https://www.sportstravelmagazine.com/state-college-pennsylvania-to-host-2026-state-games-of-america/ |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=SportsTravel |language=en-US}}</ref>
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==Sports contested==
In 2011, athletes participated in 24 different sports in [[San Diego, California]]:<ref name="Event Schedule">{{Citation|title=State Games of America|url=http://www.stategames.org/State_Games_of_America.html|year=2011|author=National Congress of State Games|access-date=2011-08-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728055325/http://www.stategames.org/State_Games_of_America.html|archive-date=2011-07-28|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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* [[Archery]]
* [[Badminton]]
* [[Baseball]]
* [[Basketball]]
* [[BMX]]
* [[Bowling]]
* [[Figure Skating]]
* [[Gymnastics]]
* [[Judo]]
* [[Lifeguard#Lifeguard competitions|Jr. Lifeguards]]
* [[Karate]]
* [[Power Lifting]]
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* [[Skateboarding]]
* [[Soccer]]
* [[Softball]] (Girls Fast Pitch)
* [[Surfing]]
* [[Swimming (sport)|Swimming]]
* [[Synchronised swimming]]
* [[Table Tennis]]
* [[Taekwondo]]
* [[Track and Field]]
* [[Water Polo]]
* [[Olympic weightlifting|Weightlifting]]
* [[Wrestling]]
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://www.stategames.org|National Congress of State Games (NCSG) official website}}
* {{Official website|http://www.stategamesofamerica.com|2017 State Games of America official website}}

{{State Games}}
{{Multi-sport events}}

[[Category:Multi-sport events in the United States]]
[[Category:National multi-sport events|United States State]]
[[Category:Senior sports competitions]]
[[Category:Under-20 sports competitions]]
[[Category:North American youth sports competitions]]
[[Category:Youth sport in the United States]]
[[Category:Children's sport]]
[[Category:Recurring sporting events established in 1999]]
[[Category:1999 establishments in the United States]]


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