[ufam-ef] FISU Newsletter 87

5th World University Boxing Championship - Last Day of Competitions and Final Results

BAKU - The 5th World University Boxing Championship in Baku came to an end on Sunday, November 18th, 2012. Nine fights were on the programme of this last day of competitions – the 91kg category having been decided further to the disqualification of two boxers in the same semi-final. The first...

5th WUC Boxing - Last Semi-Finals

BAKU - In the first fight of the day, Kartashov (UKR) faced local boxer Shahpalangov (AZE) in the first semi-final of the 60kg category. The first round of the evening was taken by Shahpalangov on the score of 3-1. The Azeri boxer continued his way to the final taking the second round 5-1...

5th WUC Boxing: Day Three of competitions

BAKU - This third day of competitions marked the beginning of the semi-finals in the lighter weight categories. The day started with the 49kg category, and a fight between local boxer Salman Alizada (AZE) facing Mogamed Ibiyev (RUS). In the first round, Alizada took the lead after a spectacular...

5th World University Boxing Championship - Day 2 of Competitions

  BAKU - On this second day of competitions in the Baku sports palace, 8 bouts took place seeing three new local boxers in the ring. In the first match of the day, Evgeny Efremov (RUS) faced one of the local boxers Samir Mammadov in the 52kg category. This fight appeared to be a very good...

5th World University Boxing Championship: Opening Ceremony and 1st Day of Competitions

BAKU - The 5th World University Boxing Championship is the first ever FISU event organized by the Azerbaijan students sports association and will take place from November 13th to 18th, 2012. After the withdrawal of the city of Colorado Springs, the city of Baku decided to take over the event,...

Kazan 2013 SU: Gymnastics Centre officially inaugurated with Test Event

Rhythmic Gymnastics test event KAZAN - The Gymnastics Centre, another sports venue planned for the 27th Summer Universiade, was inaugurated on 14 November on the sidelines of the opening ceremony of two Kazan 2013 test events - Rhythmic Gymnastics Russian Cup and Russian Rhythmic Gymnastics...

Kazan 2013 Volunteer Application Process will end on January 1st, 2013

KAZAN - With a little more than a month left to go until the closure of online application process at www.makeureal.kazan2013.com, the Kazan 2013 volunteer recruitment drive inches closer to its completion. 41,442 candidates have already applied to volunteer during the 2013 Summer Universiade....

Universiade Flame leaves Tahiti

The Sedov in Tahiti PAPEETE - The 2013 Summer Universiade Flame continues its circumnavigational journey aboard the bark Sedov. After a month-long voyage from South Africa to Tahiti the crew and cadets of the Russian bark made a three-day stay in the very heart of French Polynesia in the South...

Bark Sedov arrives at port of Papeete

KAZAN/PAPEETE - On November 26th, after travelling a distance of 4,350 miles during a month-long voyage along the eastern edge of the Pacific Ocean, the bark Sedov with the Universiade Flame aboard arrived at the port of Papeete on Tahiti, the largest island in French Polynesia. The Russian...

2014 WUC Update

Leonz Eder with the Malaysian delegation, led by Kasin Bin Hj. Md.Mansur, President of the Asean University Sports Council (second from left) CHA-AM - At the occasion of the 7th General Assembly and 20th Anniversary of the Asian University Sports Federation (AUSF) in Cha-Am, Thailand, FISU...

2015 SU Update: 1st CTI Inspection Visit

GWANGJU - From November 26th to December 9th 2012, a FISU CTI Inspection delegation, composed of 34 delegates, divided into three groups and headed by Marc Vandenplas, Director of Summer Universiade and John Warnock, SU CTI Chair visits Gwangju for inspection on sports and sports venues of the...

2015 WU Update

David Cabello and Aurelio Ureña   GRANADA/LAUSANNE/BRUSSELS - Due to the economic crisis in Spain, the Organising Committee of the 27th Winter Universiade in Granada had to adapt its proposal of venues that will be used for the Games in 2015. David Cabello, FISU EC member and...

Structural Reorganisation for a Successful 2015 Gwangju Universiade

GWANGJU - As the Gwangju Universiade preparatory work enters its mid-phase before the 2015 Games, the OC has began structural reorganisation and elected the board of directors for the second half of the phase. GUOC 2015 held its 4th general assembly at the Kimdaejung Convention Centre which...

2017 WU Update: Master Plan

LAUSANNE – A delegation of the Organizing Committee of the 2017 Winter Universiade in Almaty, Kazakhstan, visited the FISU Headquarters at the MSI in Lausanne in order to review the Master Concept and Plan for the 28th Winter Universiade. FISU representatives Milan Augustin, Director WU; Roger...

AUSF Executive Committee meets in Thailand

CHA AM – On the afternoon of November 27th, the first session of the AUSF Executive Committee Meeting started at 15: 00 with the attendance of Senior Vice-President AL – Hai Omar A., Vice-Presidents CHANG Hosung and CHEN Kunning, Secretary-General Kenny CHOW, Vice Secretary-General XUE Yanqing,...

FISU Honorary Member Elected NOC President

Risto NieminenHELSINKI - FISU Honorary Member and OLL alumnus, Mr. Risto Nieminen, was elected President of the Finnish National Olympic Committee Risto Nieminen, recently retired CEO of lottery company Veikkaus, has been voted as the new President of the Finnish NOC for the next four year...

Meeting FISU - IWG Women and Sport

 Raija Mattila & Kate Laine On November 29th in Brussels, the Co-Chair of the International Working on Women and Sport, Ms. Raija Mattila and Kate Laine Communications Manager (Temporary Director) met with Kole Gjeloshaj, Director Education Services and Tijana Grujic Assistant Education and...

FISU at 8th IOC Congress: Sport, Culture & Education

Aurnaud Richard, Hester De Vries, Kolë Gjeloshaj & Kelly Blas AMSTERDAM –The 8th World Conference on Sport, Culture and Education was organised in Amsterdam, Netherlands, by the International Olympic Committee, in partnership with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural...

FIDSU established in former FISU HQ

LAUSANNE/BRUSSELS – Yesterday, November 21st, 2012, the International Foundation for the Development of University Sport/Fondation Internationale pour le Développement du Sport Universitaire (IFDUS/FIDSU) was established in the Château de la Solitude, the former headquarters of FISU in Brussels,...

EUSA visits Albania

TIRANA/LJUBLJANA - On the Invitation of the President of the Albanian Students Sports Association (ASSA) prof. dr. Fatos Gjata and the Rector of the University of Sports of Tirana prof. dr. Vejsel Rizvanolli, EUSA President Mr Adam Roczek and EUSA Secretary General Mr Matjaz Pecovnik visited...

EUSA Convention 2012

Participants PORTOROZ - Portoroz, Slovenia hosted this year's EUSA Convention between November 16 and 18. The convention started with the meeting of the newly-appointed Technical Commission on Friday. The Technical Commission's Vice-Presidents and Technical Delegates were welcomed by the...

EUSA at the 'Safer, better, stronger Conference'

BERLIN - The historic city Berlin was the location of the closing conference 'Safer, better, stronger! Prevention of Sexual Harassment and Abuse in Sports' on November 20 and 21, 2012.Bart Ooijen (European commission), Jan Holze (engso youth), Renata Kopczyk & Andrej Pisl (EUSA) The conference...

SELL Games Meeting in Riga

RIGA - The SELL Games Country meeting was held in Riga, the capital of Latvia, on November 9th in the Latvian Academy of Sport Education. The main part of the meeting was dedicated to discussions about the General Regulations of the SELL Student Games.Agita Abele The meeting was attended by...

BUCS launches New Major Student Sports Championship Event in Sheffield

BUCS Gatorade Nationals Launch - Iwan Thomas & Jo Jackson SHEFFIELD - Team GB swimmer Joanne Jackson joined Iwan Thomas to launch inaugural BUCS Gatorade Nationals MMXIII, which will be held in Sheffield from 22nd-24th February 2013. The event, which will be the largest of its kind in the UK,...

Montenegrin National Student Championships (2012/2013)

PODGORICA - During this academic year, the Students Sports Association of Montenegro will organize National University Championships in 15 different sports and stages two university leagues (Futsal & Basketball) and two Students cups (Volleyball & Handball) as well. Some of the University...

OLL General Assembly elects New President for 2013

VIERUMÄKI - The Finnish Student Sports Federation (OLL), a joint representative of all Finnish higher education students, elected Teemu Myllärinen as the 2013 President. Myllärinen comes from around Lappeenranta and studies at the University of Eastern Finland. Since last year he has been on the...

Namibia unveils Logo for the 6th FASU Games 2012

Windhoek Hilton Hotel Windhoek - The president of TISAN and chair of the Organizing Committee of the 6th FASU Games 2012 unveiled a logo and slogan for the games which are just less than 30 days away. According to Mr. Werner Jeffery, they adopted the slogan, "UNITED ON THE SMILE OF AFRICA"...