Full house of delegates at the University of Berne during the GA of the Swiss University Sports Federation
The President of the Swiss University Sports Federation (SHSV/FSSU), Andreas L. Csonka, praised in his annual report the very successful Swiss students at the World University Championships 2008 and the Winter Universiade in Harbin 2009. Indeed, in 2008 the SHSV sent teams to 18 WUC.
The Swiss delegations won 9 Gold medals, 7 Silver medals and 2 Bronze medals. At the 2009 WU in Harbin the Swiss team realized the best result ever, winning 14 (7/3/4) medals and being placed 5th in the ranking behind China, Russia, Korea and Japan.
The delegates accepted to divide the Technical Commission of the SHSV in a International Technical Commission and a National Technical Commission. As a new member they welcomed the “Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz” which brings the total number of members to 15 with more than 130,000 students.
Finally the delegates nominated Frédéric Sottas, former director of University Sports in Fribourg, as a Honorary Member, and paid homage to Hans-Peter Denzler, Chief of the Swiss Alpine Skiing Students Team since 1977.
Leonz Eder, Managing Director of SHSV, presents gifts to Fredi Schneider (Head of Elite sports), Tamara Wolf (double Gold medal winner at WU Harbin) and Erich Hanselmann (HoD WU Harbin)
SHSV-President Andreas L. Csonka with Frédéric Sottas (left) and Hanspeter Denzler