Winter Games
Sport
All about Snowboard
Winter Games
FISU Technical Committee Chair Resources The History of Snowboard in FISU Snowboard is one of the youngest FISU World University Games sports and entered the programme 17 during the 17th Winter Universiade (1995) in Jaca, Spain. A demonstration sport at the time, Snowboard gave the Swiss and Americans a chance to distinguish themselves. In Jaca […]
Sport
All about Ski Orienteering
Championships
FISU Technical Committee Chair Resources The History of Ski Orienteering in FISU Further to a long-lasting cooperation between FISU and the International Orienteering Federation (IOF), Ski Orienteering entered the programme of the World University Championships officially in 2013. The first event in the discipline has been held in 2016 in the region of Tula, in […]
Sport
All about Short Track Speed Skating
Winter Games
FISU Technical Committee Chair Resources The History of Short Track Speed Skating in FISU Short Track Speed Skating was first added to the sports programme of the Winter Universiade at the 12th edition in 1985 in Belluno, Italy. Ten men’s teams and nine women’s teams, with a total of 58 athletes, battled for the gold. […]
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Mixed doubles curling to debut in the Torino 2025 FISU Games
Winter Games
13 September 2023
Mixed doubles curling will be part of the programme at the FISU World University Games Winter to be held in Torino, Italy from 13 to 23 January 2025. Torino 2025 will be the tenth Winter University Games where curling is featured, the first one being in 2003 in Tarvisio, Italy. In the past nine editions, […]
Sport
All about Ice Hockey
Winter Games
FISU Technical Committee Chairs Resources The History of Ice Hockey in FISU Ice Hockey is the most popular team sport on ice, and has been a long-standing and important part of the FISU Games. The first men’s Ice Hockey tournament at the Winter Universiade took place in 1962 in Villars, Switzerland, featuring four teams: 1. […]
