Aleksandra Melzacka, the University of Gdańsk student will compete at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics! Aleksandra Melzacka and Kinga Łoboda, competing in 49er FX class, are the first Polish sailing team to officially qualify to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Aleksandra Melzacka is a second year psychology student ( Faculty of Social Sciences), and her teammate is the University of Gdańsk Faculty of Biotechnology alumnus. They…

The AZS UG female team won silver medals in snowboard university classification at the Academic Championship of Poland. The male team placed fifth in the university classification, however our player Kosma Wilk won individual silver medal. Almost 300 players (male and female) competed at the Silesian Beskid mountain range, representing over 40 higher education institutions, from 12 Polish cities: Gdańsk, Katowice…

The AZS UG Women Basketball Team got a historic win in Energa Basket Liga Kobiet League (Women Basketball First Division). Our team, coached by Mirosław Orczyk, defeated Wisła Kraków team 71:60 (22:13, 10:15, 17:13, 22:19) in Hala Stulecia Sopotu (Sopot Centennial Arena). Olga Frolkina (19 pts) and Tierra Ruffin-Pratt (22 pts) were the leading scorers of AZS UG. Our team took an early, first quarter, lead and held on to…

The celebration of futsal happened on 20-23 February 2020 in Poznań - Futsal Polish Academic Championship Finals for Men and Women took place. Both Male and Female University of Gdańsk Teams played spectacularly during the competition, bringing home the medals. The female team, coached by Tomasz Aftański, finished third in general classification and second in university classification. This excellent result is a repeat…

Kamila Stormowska, a student at the Faculty of Management at the University of Gdańsk won the bronze medal in the short track Speed Skating World Cup. This is her greatest accomplishment so far. The 19-year-old outfought her idol - a multiple medalist and former world record holder Brit Elise Christie. Kamila, whose home club is GKS Stoczniowiec, was awarded in the 500-meter short track competition. She is the first…

The University of Gdańsk Morsy team won the fifth edition of T-Mobile Esports Academic League Competition Poland in „Counter-strike: Global Offensive” category. Morsy, the esports association has been present on the University of Gdańsk for two years already. It is the fourth season when Morsy represent the university in the following esport categories: League of Legends, Counter-strike: Global Offensive, Starcraft II…

AZS Uniwersytet Gdański futsal team advanced to the Academic Championship of Poland Final, a tournament for the best Polish academic teams, taking place in February in Poznań. On their way to the final the University of Gdańsk team had to go through two qualifying stages. The Pomeranian Academic League, taking place from October 2019 to January 2019,  was the first stage. Alongside our team, Gdańsk University of…

Mikołaj Staniul from the Faculty of Social Sciences, Internal Security freshman student received the distinction at the XXI Gdynia Sport Gala in January. He is a member of the AZS Uniwersytet Gdański (Academic Sports Association) sailing unit. Mikołaj Staniul received the distinction in sailing category. Our student is the current U23 silver medalist and U21 European champion in 49er class category. The crew of Mikołaj…

Julia Antolak, a first year student of Scandinavian studies at the University of Gdańsk, won a Silver Medal at the Female U20 Polish Chess Championship. The Individual U20 Polish Chess Championship took place in Ustroń Jaszowiec from 23 to 30 November, 2019. Julia Antolak , Woman International Master representing Solne club,  scored  6 points in 9 games (4 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss) and won the second place at the…

The Academic Sports Gala took place on 24 October 2019, in Nova Opera, Bydgoszcz. Individual and Team Prizes for the previous academic year were awarded at the gala. The medalists of The Academic European Championship, The Academic World Championship and The National Academic Championship all appeared on stage. Two years ago fifteen top universities of the general classification started receiving the awards. Overall…