Winter Games

GRANADA/SIERRA NEVADA – On May 5th, genuine ski aficionados turned the Sierra Nevada – mountain venue for the alpine events during the 2015 Winter Universiade – into a real beach resort adorned with all kinds of summer accessories while skiing down the slopes in swimsuits. Olympic Biathlete Victoria PadialInitially, the race to promote the 2015 […]

TRENTINO – Yesterday, 16 April 2013, the FISU Seminar, held in Trentino in relation to the 26th Winter Universiade Trentino 2013, was closed. Two days of full immersion in the Universiade world, organised by FISU, for Trentino 2013 OC and for the volunteers already recruited for the important sports event to be held on 11-21 […]

FISU Conference – Winter Universiade 2013 – inspection visit On April 15th, Alison Odell, Chair of the Education Committee and Kolë Gjeloshaj, Director of Educational Services, paied a visit in Rovereto, the city that will welcome the Conference of the Winter Universiade 2013. The FISU delegates were accompanied by Paolo Bouquet who is the vice-president […]

LAUSANNE – FISU, the International University Sports Federation proudly announces the official candidates for the 2019 Universiades. Three cities have confirmed their official candidature for the 30th edition of the Summer Universiade in 2019. Coincidently, the three candidate cities are the capitals of their country and their name starts with the letter ‘B’, i.e. Baku, […]

LAUSANNE – On 18 February 2013 FISU representatives Milan Augustin, WU Director, Dejan Susovic, Media,Communication and TV Production Director and Jiho Kim, Executive Assistant to WU Director, met the OC of the 26th WU in Trentino, represented by Segio Anesi, OC President, Filippo Bazanella, OC Secretary General, Ubaldo Prucker, Sports Director, and Andrea Molinari, IT&C Director. This […]

The FISU President & 1st VP with the Russian PM KRASNOYARSK – On the occasion of the Economic Forum held in Krasnoyarsk from 14 to 16 February, FISU President Claude-Louis Gallien, 1st Vice-President Oleg Matytsin and Secretary General Eric Saintrond met with Russian Prime Minister Dimitri Medvedev. The meeting took place in the premises of […]

LAUSANNE – On the morning of January 29th, the working session for Ice Hockey was held with the attendance of the Chairman of the CTI-WU Roger ROTH, the FISU Technical Delegates for Ice Hockey Frederick MEREDITH and Lars. G. KARLSSON, Director of the Winter Universiade Milan AUGUSTIN and Executive Assistant of the Winter Universiade Jiho […]