Take a trip back through 60 years of Universiade history. The 22nd stop on the FISU history tour takes us back to the Bulgarian capital for the Sofia 1983 Winter Universiade After twice hosting the Summer Universiade in 1961 and 1977, Sofia decided to take a crack at the winter version in 1983 – […]
Take a trip back through 60 years of Universiade history. The 20th stop on the FISU history tour takes us to the Pyrenees mountains of northeastern Spain for the 1981 Winter Universiade The Winter Universiade in Jaca struck a celebratory tone straight from the start of the event, as captured here during the opening ceremonies […]
The medals of the Winter Universiade 2021 were designed by students of the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts. The winning submission, by Nicole Schellhammer, is based on the logo of the multisport event and is a unique memento. A total of 67 sets of medals will be awarded at the Winter Universiade 2021. […]
Take a trip back through 60 years of Universiade history. The 18th stop on the FISU history tour brings us to the Bohemia region ski resort town in the heart of the Krkonoše mountains for the Spindlerův Mlýn 1978 Winter Universiade A winter sports competitor receiving gold during a medal awarding ceremony at the Spindlerův […]
Take a trip back through 60 years of Universiade history. The 15th stop on the FISU history tour takes us to the northern Italian village at the base of the Stelvio National Park for the Livigno 1975 Winter Universiade The northern Italian village of Livigno stepped up in a big way to host Winter Universiade 1975 […]
Following 29 editions of the Winter Universiade, with the 30th and final coming up next January in Lucerne, Switzerland before the title gets retired for the FISU Winter World University Games, FISU has updated its Winter World University Games Statistics book. While numbers, trends, and results only tell part of the story from over […]
After checking off another region of the world (Scandinavia) by heading to Rovaniemi, Finland in 1970, the Winter Universiade was in terra incognita once again two years later when it reached the American resort of Lake Placid, home of the 1932 Olympic Games. In fact, it marked the first trip outside of Europe for the […]
Take a trip back through 60 years of Universiade history. The 10th stop on the FISU history tour takes us to the Artic Circle as Finland hosted the Rovaniemi 1970 Winter Universiade FISU’s reach extended to Scandinavia for the first time in 1970 when the Winter World University Games landed in Rovaniemi, Finland, […]
