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"Real progress isn't measured by isolated achievements, but by the ability to carry them into every context, including university sport"

United Kingdom 14 July 2026

Rosaura Méndez G., member of the Executive Committee of the International University Sports Federation (FISU), took part in the 9th IWG Global Summit on Women and Sport in Birmingham, United Kingdom. The gathering, organized by IWG with the support of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as part of its commitment to gender equality, brought together […]

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Anthony Hanc: capturing movement

Summer Games 1 July 2026

The Englishman participated to the Rhine-Ruhr 2025 FISU World University Games as a Young Photographer. He picked one of his pictures to enter the Young Reporter – Photographer category of the AIPS Sport Media Awards and finished fifth. Let’s see who holds the camera. Anthony Hanc is a sports and photography lover from England. Like […]

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FISU student-athletes take 54 medals home from the Milano Cortina Games

Winter Games 24 February 2026

With podiums – and 19 Olympic golds – in biathlon, cross-country skiing, curling, figure skating, freestyle & freeski, short track speed skating, snowboard and speed skating, current and past FISU World University Games and Universiade participants made us proud it Italy. Biathlon Suvi Minkkinen from Finland claimed the only FISU student-athlete medal in biathlon by […]

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126 new FISU Student Ambassadors join the programme!

FISU Webinars 15 September 2025

From 12 to 13 September 2025, 126 students representing 75 National University Sport Federations (NUSFs) and 3 Continental University Sport Federations (CUSFs) were officially trained to become the new FISU Student Ambassadors. The event opened with a warm welcome from FISU President Leonz Eder, who reminded the participants of the importance of dreaming big. That […]

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When Luke met Fabian: Brit eyes gymnastics prize with help from Germany’s Hambüchen

Summer Games 30 June 2025

The young British talent meets superstar – and two time FISU World University Games participant – Fabian Hambüchen for a fun and insightful mentoring session ahead of Whitehouse’s participation to the competition in Essen. Luke Whitehouse feels at home inside Leeds Gymnastics Club, an oasis of sporting excellence within a north of England city better […]

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Building chemistry to make FISU curling history

Winter Games 15 January 2025

Robyn Munro and Orrin Carson from the United Kingdom made history on the evening of Tuesday, 14 January by defeating Germany’s Kim Sutorand and Klaudius Harsch 10-8 in the mixed doubles curling final of the Torino 2025 FISU World University Games, where the discipline was making its debut at the biennial multisports event. A total […]

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Ethan Clarke: from nowhere to train to flagbearer

Winter Games 14 January 2025

Ethan Clarke is a 19-year-old British biathlete, a sport performance science student, and a YouTube vlogger. He can now also call himself a flagbearer at the opening ceremony of the Torino 2025 FISU World University Games. Clarke has always been fascinated by snow sports. “The fact that biathlon is a snow sport really drew me […]