The 27th Winter Universiade was one of a kind, with Slovakia and Spain joining forces to put on the largest multi-winter-sport event for university students. The Slovak cities of Strbské Pleso and Osrblie teamed up with the southern Spanish city of Granada. Granada fell on hard financial times in 2015 and was unable to […]
It was the men’s ice-hockey final, played at the Gianmarco Scola Ice Arena in the mountain village of Alba di Canazei, that capped off a successful 26th edition of the Winter Universiade. When it was staged, Trentino 2013 was the biggest Winter Universiade in history in terms of numbers of participants, eventually surpassed by […]
Unlike the first Summer Universiade Turkey hosted back in 2005, the home team did not punch above its weight in the first winter edition it organised. In fact, Turkey won just a single medal at the 2011 Erzurum Universiade, compared to 27 in Izmir six years earlier. But these Games were all about Turkey taking […]
Ramon Zenhäusern (centre) stands atop the Granada 2015 Winter Universiade podium after two dominating slalom runs helped put a defining salvo on the Games. Zenhäusern stated that the experience helped fuel his golden 2018 Olympic run as well. Ramon Zenhäusern’s second slalom run at the Granada 2015 Winter Universiade quickly turned into a most impressive […]
With the Trentino 2013 Winter Universiade attracting a record number of participants, the 11-day competition comes down to a marquee event before the student-athletes, and Northern Italian citizens who put on a tremendous Games take a final bow during the closing ceremonies. For the men’s ice hockey final golden competitors of Canada and […]
Led by defensemen Ryan Pottruff, Canada’s student-athlete standouts take on Russia in the Harbin 2009 Winter Universiade ice hockey final. If it feels a bit like deja vu all over again in 2009, it might be because the two countries matched up with gold on the line in the previous event edition in Torino. […]
The 24th Winter Universiade ran from 18-28 February 2009 in the northern Chinese city of Harbin. It was the first Universiade held in China since the summer edition in Beijing in 2001 and came just a few short months after Beijing hosted a spectacular Olympic Games in 2008. While China had plenty of […]
The story of the Torino 2007 Winter Universiade begins back in 1959 at the very first Universiade. The local organising committee of the inaugural Universiade was none other than Primo Nebiolo, who was only 36 years old at the time. It was from those Games in his home town of Torino where Nebiolo would […]
