When the best student athletes in the world compete in North Rhine-Westphalia from 16 to 27 July, Berlin will also be looking forward to the FISU World University Games - the largest multi-sport event for students worldwide. In July, seven HU athletes will compete in the world's largest student sporting event at the FISU WUG in the Rhine-Ruhr region and Berlin.
Over 10,000 participants from around 150 nations will make the event a major sporting and cultural event. Berlin itself will be the venue for the swimming, diving and volleyball competitions and will welcome around 1,500 athletes and delegation members. The following Humboldt-Universität students are currently preparing intensively for the Games - with personal goals, sporting ambition and great anticipation of what awaits them.
- Bauer, Katharina (rowing, double sculls)
- Chiru, Yannek (water polo)
- Eckardt, Moritz (men's volleyball) -> internal nomination pending
- Folger, Victoria (Judo)
- Just, Max (beach volleyball)
- Kreyenfeld, Leoni (Basketball)
- Leege, Lena (4x400m relay)