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, […]
Take a trip back through 60 years of Universiade history. The tenth stop on the FISU history tour takes us to the capitol of the Tyrol region for the Innsbruck 1968 Winter Universiade The fifth Winter Universiade could not have been in a safer pair of hands than those of Innsbruck, Austria, which came through as […]
LENZERHEIDE, Switzerland – The quirky, fun creature that is the mascot of the Lucerne 2021 Winter Universiade has officially been baptised! After a naming contest that was open to the public, the winning name is ‘Wuli’. The Organising Committee of the 30th Winter Universiade had proposed three names – Montix, Winity and Wuli – to […]
Highlighting the importance of empowering athletes to maximise their education, the Lucerne regional government hall was near full capacity as former athletes, sports leaders and dual career experts discussed how student-athletes could plan for life beyond the world of competitive sport Swiss athletes entering the field of play during the opening ceremonies of the […]
