The Lucerne 2021 Winter Universiade will get underway exactly a year from today. From the moment they managed to successfully reschedule the event to December 2021, FISU and the Organising Committee have been working purposefully towards the largest multi-sport event for student-athletes next winter. There are now 365 days to go until the largest winter […]
The Winter Universiade heads to the renowned Tyrolian winter sports spot for the 21st event edition FISU President George E. Killian described the Innsbruck 2005 Winter Universiade as “extraordinary” and “one of the most successful in history.” High praise indeed for the 21st winter edition of the FISU World University Games! What […]
TURIN, ITALY— The city of Turin, Italy holds great meaning for the University Sport Movement and was the birthplace of the FISU World University Games in 1959. Since then, Italy has hosted four summer and six winter editions of the FISU World University Games. With hopes of bringing the Games back to the city […]
The Winter Universiade headed back to the hallowed mountain village of Tarvisio in the Italian Alps for the event’s 21st edition Ideal snow conditions, world-class venues and enthusiastic local supporters provided the perfect platform on which 1,266 athletes from 41 countries performed at the Tarvisio 2003 Winter Universiade in Italy. The only notable […]
Japan’s Mai Mihara was a popular gold medal winner in the women’s figure skating at the Krasnoyarsk 2019 Winter Universiade. The 19-year-old had gone into the free skating final at the Platinum Arena with a five point lead, after having won the short programme the day before with a score of 75.92. Today, the […]
FISU is ready to brighten up Mondays with the #MascotMondays tournament! Get ready to meet mascots from previous winter and summer editions of the FISU World University Games, and then vote for your favourites. Every Monday, we will present a match-up between two FISU WUG mascots on our social media channels. FISU audiences will […]
Sometimes the best things happen when you least expect them. That was pretty much how it was for Canadian snowboarder Will Malisch, at the Krasnoyarsk 2019 Winter Universiade. “Going into Krasnoyarsk, I was pretty sure I was almost at the end of my snowboard racing career,” says Malisch candidly, as he reflects on the […]
The Winter Universiade once again headed to the High Tatras, this time back to the mountain resort town of Zakopane, Poland’s winter capital for the event’s 20th edition Zakopane, Poland hosted the Winter Universiade in 2001 just eight years after hosting the 1993 edition. The community in the heart of the Tatra Mountains […]
