Summer Games

FISU Technical Committee Chair Resources History of Volleyball in FISU In Torino in 1959, 12 teams strove to win the gold medal in the men’s volleyball tournament. Czechoslovakia dominated the event beating Romania 3–0 in the final and losing just two sets in six games. In 1961 in Sofia, the women’s tournament was launched with […]

FISU Technical Committee Chair Resources History of Tennis in FISU The first gold medals in tennis at an Universiade tennis were taken by the famous French player François Jauffret and the Russian Irina Riazanova who won the singles tournaments in Turin in 1959. With the development of university tennis and its increasing popularity, further renowned […]

FISU Technical Committee Chair Resources The History of Taekwondo in FISU The first World University Championship Taekwondo was held in 1986 at the University of California, in Berkeley, near San Francisco, on the initiative of the US University Sports Association. A close collaboration was created at that time between the Organising Committee, the Taekwondo World Federation and […]

FISU Technical Committee Chair Resources History of Table Tennis in FISU Table tennis has a long history within the FISU World University Championships. Since the Bucharest edition in 1971, table tennis quickly saw the domination of Asian countries. Although both Korea and Japan have distinguished themselves repeatedly during these tournaments, it is the Chinese who dominated […]

FISU Technical Committee Chair Resources History of Swimming in FISU Swimming is one of the most popular leisure activities and competitive sports around the world and it first featured at the third International University Sports Weeks in 1951, in Luxembourg. However, it was not until the inauguration date of the modern Summer Universiade in 1959 in […]