The AZS UG Women’s team came back successful from the first ever Polish Women’s Football Academic Championship. Team coached by Tomasz Aftański finished second in general classification and brought silver medals to Gdańsk. The event in Szczecin was a true celebration of football. 10 teams drawn into two groups competed at the Championship. The hand of…

AZS UG Women’s Handball Team, coached by Jan Patok and Krzystof Kotwicki duo, won gold medal at the Handball Women’s Academic Championship Poland 2020 in general classification. It is a historical success of the AZS Uniwersytet Gdański women’s team. The Handball Academic Championship Poland 2020 took place from 28 September to 1 October 2020 in Chorzów…

Three crews of the Academic Sports Association of the University of Gdańsk (AZS UG) took part in the Polish Academic Sailing Championships, which concluded on 3 September.  Our team won silver and bronze medals. In the final classification, the AZS UG team won silver medals and the University of Gdańsk ranked 6th in the general classification. We won two more medals in the individual classification: silver (Sara…

Ksawery Hajdamowicz, student of the University of Gdańsk and member of ‘Motława’ Gdańsk Student Sports Club, won a bronze medal in Canoe Sprint Polish Championship. Due to the coronavirus pandemics, the competition was held following a strict sanitary regime. In 500 meter individual competition, the Gdańsk resident advanced to the final stage right after the qualifying round, just to win place on the podium. - I am…

The 28th Academic Sports Association (AZS) general meeting took place on Saturday, 27 June 2020, at the Faculty of Management of the University of Warsaw. Members of the new National Executive Board have been selected there, among them the representatives of the University of Gdańsk. Professor Alojzy Nowak, Rector of the University of Warsaw has been selected as Chairman of the AZS National Executive Board for the 2020…

On 18 June 2020, the General Meeting and Elections of AZS (Academic Sports Union) Community Organization in Gdańsk took place in the main building of Gdańsk University of Technology. Representatives of the University of Gdańsk have been selected to the AZS Regional Organization Management Board for the 2020-2021 term. Dr hab. inż. Krzysztof Wilde, prof. zw. PG, Rector of Gdańsk University of Technology has been…

Dear Students, It is a difficult situation for all of us but to maintain mental and physical wellbeing, we encourage you to warm-up your bodies from time to time during the quarantine. The first part of the series involves: Fitness workout at home – conducted by mgr Joanna Kania, School of Sports UG instructor and coach of AZS UG aerobic gymnastic unit. Outdoor running exercises (forest, park, dirt road) – conducted by…

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…