FISU Technical Committee Chair Resources History of Volleyball in FISU In Torino in 1959, 12 teams strived to win the gold medal in the men’s volleyball tournament. Czechoslovakia dominated the event beating Romania 3–0 in the final and losing just two sets in six games. In 1961 in Sofia, the women’s tournament was launched with […]
FISU Technical Committee Chair Resources History of Tennis in FISU The first gold medals in tennis at an Universiade tennis were taken by the famous French player François Jauffret and the Russian Irina Riazanova who won the singles tournaments in Turin in 1959. With the development of university tennis and its increasing popularity, further renowned […]
FISU Technical Committee Chair Resources The History of Taekwondo in FISU The first World University Championship Taekwondo was held in 1986 at the University of California, in Berkeley, near San Francisco, on the initiative of the US University Sports Association. A close collaboration was created at that time between the Organising Committee, the Taekwondo World Federation and […]
FISU Technical Committee Chair Resources History of Table Tennis in FISU Table tennis is the youngest compulsory sport in the programme of the FISU Summer Games but it has a long history within the FISU World University Championships. Since the Bucharest edition in 1971, table tennis quickly saw the domination of Asian countries. Although both Korea […]
FISU Technical Committee Chair Resources History of Swimming in FISU Swimming is one of the most popular leisure activities and competitive sports around the world and it first featured at the third International University Sports Weeks in 1951, in Luxembourg. However, it was not until the inauguration date of the modern Summer Universiade in 1959 in […]
FISU Technical Committee Chairs Resources The History of Sailing in FISU Match Racing entered the programme of the FISU World University Championships in 2002 with a first edition organised in the Presqu’île of Quiberon, France. Until its 4th edition held in Gdansk (POL), the World University Match Racing Championship remained a mixed competition. Since its 5th edition organised […]
FISU Technical Committee Chair Resources History of Rhythmic Gymnastics in FISU Rhythmic gymnastics combines ballet and creative movements to music, while working with ribbons, balls, hoops, ropes and clubs in a choreographed dance-and-tumble routine. Grace and beauty are what best describes a rhythmic gymnastics competition. All exercises are done on the floor in different routines and […]
FISU Technical Committee Chairs Resources History of Judo in FISU Judo has always been intimately linked to the university world. The sport in fact developed within the universities of Japan before being sown throughout the world, thanks to the pioneering professors who emigrated to every continent and particularly to Europe. So it is not surprising that […]
