2011 Winter Universiade
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The XXV Winter World University Games
, took place in Erzurum
, between 27 January to 6 February at Erzurum
in Turkey
. Erzurum is the city at the highest altitude in Turkey, at 1850 m (6,069.6 ft), and has over 320 cultural landmarks. Located in Eastern Anatolia Region
, it is a city on the traditional silk road
and has been governed by many cultures over the centuries. The Erzurum Ice Hockey Arena, located on the Cemal Gürsel Sports Campus, was newly built with an ice rink of 60m x 30m and 3000 seats for spectators.
Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events contested in each sport.
in Innsbruck
. A total of 1880 athletes and 849 officials participated in the Universiade.
The Konaklı Ski Resort, devoted to alpine skiing
competitions, is located 17 km (10.6 mi) from the city center, stretching over a terrain of 460 hectare. Four ski lift
s serve six race courses for slalom
, giant slalom and Super Giant slalom events.
The Kandilli Ski Resort, located 36 km (22.4 mi) from the city center at an altitude of 1713–1767 m (5,620.1–5,797.2 ft) and stretching over 160 hectare land, is the venue for biathlon and Nordic combined competitions.
The Palandöken Ski Resort is located 4 km (2.5 mi) at an altitude of 3271 m (10,731.6 ft). It hosts snowboarding and freestyle skiing competitions.
The Kiremitlik Hill Ski Jumping Facility is situated north of Palandöken Ski Resort and south of the athletes' village. It consists of two jumping towers and two take-off ramps for large hill (K125) and normal hill (K95) competitions, as well as three more ramps (K65, K40 and K20) for training.
Ice disciplines:
The Erzurum Ice Skating Arena, opened in March 2009, is a 30 by 60 m (98.4 by 196.9 ft) indoor ice rink situated in Palandöken neighborhood of Erzurum. The arena, having a seating capacity of 2000, hosts short-track speed skating and figure skating events.
The newly built Erzurum Universiade Ice Arena consists of two ice rinks of 30 by 60 m (98.4 by 196.9 ft) different in audience capacity. The men's ice hockey matches are played in the 3000 ice rink and the women's matches in the 500 ice rink.
The Milli Piyango Curling Arena is an indoor ice rink consisting of five curling sheets. Opened in September 2010, it has a seating capacity of 1,000 people.
Universiade
The Universiade is an International multi-sport event, organized for university athletes by the International University Sports Federation . The name is a combination of the words "University" and "olympiad"...
, took place in Erzurum
Erzurum
Erzurum is a city in Turkey. It is the largest city, the capital of Erzurum Province. The city is situated 1757 meters above sea level. Erzurum had a population of 361,235 in the 2000 census. .Erzurum, known as "The Rock" in NATO code, served as NATO's southeastern-most air force post during the...
, between 27 January to 6 February at Erzurum
Erzurum
Erzurum is a city in Turkey. It is the largest city, the capital of Erzurum Province. The city is situated 1757 meters above sea level. Erzurum had a population of 361,235 in the 2000 census. .Erzurum, known as "The Rock" in NATO code, served as NATO's southeastern-most air force post during the...
in Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
. Erzurum is the city at the highest altitude in Turkey, at 1850 m (6,069.6 ft), and has over 320 cultural landmarks. Located in Eastern Anatolia Region
Eastern Anatolia Region
The Eastern Anatolia Region is one of seven non-administrative subdivisions of Turkey and encompasses its eastern provinces.The region and the name "Doğu Anadolu Bölgesi" were first defined at the First Geography Congress in 1941. It has the highest average altitude, largest geographical area, and...
, it is a city on the traditional silk road
Silk Road
The Silk Road or Silk Route refers to a historical network of interlinking trade routes across the Afro-Eurasian landmass that connected East, South, and Western Asia with the Mediterranean and European world, as well as parts of North and East Africa...
and has been governed by many cultures over the centuries. The Erzurum Ice Hockey Arena, located on the Cemal Gürsel Sports Campus, was newly built with an ice rink of 60m x 30m and 3000 seats for spectators.
Medals table
The host nation, Turkey, is highlighted in lavender blue.| 1 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 39 | |
| 2 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 15 | |
| 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 | |
| 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 | |
| 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |
| 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | |
| 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |
| 10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| 10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| 12 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 14 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
| 15 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |
| 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 17 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | |
| 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 19 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 8 | |
| 20 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 21 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 63 | 63 | 63 | 189 |
Sports
Freestyling Skiing, Nordic Combined and Ski Jumping are the optional sports.Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events contested in each sport.
- Alpine skiing
Alpine skiing at the 2011 Winter UniversiadeAlpine skiing at the 2011 Winter Universiade was held at the Palandöken Mountain in Erzurum, Turkey from January 29 to February 6, 2011. There had been no downhill competition.- Men's events :- Women's events :-References:...
(8) - Biathlon
Biathlon at the 2011 Winter UniversiadeBiathlon at the 2011 Winter Universiade will be held at the Dumlu District in Erzurum, Turkey. The nine events are scheduled for January 29 - February 5, 2011.- Men's events :- Women's events :- Mixed Event :-References:...
(9) - Cross-country skiing
Cross-country skiing at the 2011 Winter UniversiadeCross-country skiing at the 2011 Winter Universiade will be held at the Dumlu District in Erzurum, Turkey. The eleven events are scheduled for January 28 - February 5, 2011.- Men's events :- Women's events :- Mixed Event :-References:...
(11) - Curling
Curling at the 2011 Winter UniversiadeCurling at the 2011 Winter Universiade took place at the Milli Piyango Curling Arena from January 27 to February 6, 2011. Ten men's and women's teams were qualified to compete in the Universiade based on their performance at the previous competition and at the 2009 and 2010 World Junior Curling...
(2)
- Figure skating
Figure skating at the 2011 Winter UniversiadeFigure skating will be competed at the 2011 Winter Universiade. Skaters will compete in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies singles, pair skating, ice dancing, and synchronized skating. It will take place in the Erzurum Indoor Ice Skating Rink between February 1 and 5,...
(5) - Freestyle skiing
Freestyle skiing at the 2011 Winter UniversiadeFreestyle skiing at the 2011 Winter Universiade will be held at the Palandöken Mountain in Erzurum, Turkey. The four events are scheduled for January 28 - February 5, 2011.- Men's events :- Women's events :-References:...
(4) - Ice hockey
Ice hockey at the 2011 Winter UniversiadeIce hockey at the 2011 Winter Universiade was held at the 3000 Ice Rink and 500 Ice Rink in Erzurum. Russia has won gold in the men's tournament, and Canada has won gold in the women's tournament.-Preliminary round:...
(2) - Nordic combined
Nordic combined at the 2011 Winter UniversiadeNordic combined at the 2011 Winter Universiade will be held at the Kiremitlik Tepe in Erzurum, Turkey. The three events are scheduled for January 28 - February 1, 2011.- Events :-References:...
(3)
- Short track speed skating
Short track speed skating at the 2011 Winter UniversiadeShort track speed skating at the 2011 Winter Universiade will held at the Atatürk University in Erzurum.-Men's events:-Women's events:* Skaters who did not participate in the final, but received medals....
(8) - Ski jumping
Ski jumping at the 2011 Winter UniversiadeSki jumping at the 2011 Winter Universiade will be held at the Kiremitlik Tepe in Erzurum, Turkey. The four events are scheduled for January 28 - February 3, 2011.- Men :-Women:-References:...
(4) - Snowboarding
Snowboarding at the 2011 Winter UniversiadeSnowboarding at the Palandöken Mountain will be held at the Dumlu District in Erzurum, Turkey. The eight events are scheduled for January 28 - February 6, 2011.- Men's events :- Women's events :-References:...
(6)
Participating nations
Following is a list of nations that attended the Universiade: Malaysia and Venezuela made their debuts. Syria was on the entry list but later withdrew; this would have marked Syria's debut. With 58 nations competing, it represented the largest amount of nations ever to compete, and increase of 8 from the previous high at the 2005 games2005 Winter Universiade
The 2005 Winter Universiade, the XXII Winter Universiade, took place in Innsbruck, Austria....
in Innsbruck
Innsbruck
- Main sights :- Buildings :*Golden Roof*Kaiserliche Hofburg *Hofkirche with the cenotaph of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor*Altes Landhaus...
. A total of 1880 athletes and 849 officials participated in the Universiade.
Competition venues
Snow disciplines:The Konaklı Ski Resort, devoted to alpine skiing
Alpine skiing
Alpine skiing is the sport of sliding down snow-covered hills on skis with fixed-heel bindings. Alpine skiing can be contrasted with skiing using free-heel bindings: Ski mountaineering and nordic skiing – such as cross-country; ski jumping; and Telemark. In competitive alpine skiing races four...
competitions, is located 17 km (10.6 mi) from the city center, stretching over a terrain of 460 hectare. Four ski lift
Ski lift
The term ski lift generally refers to any transport device that carries skiers up a hill. A ski lift may fall into one of the following three main classes:-Lift systems and networks:...
s serve six race courses for slalom
Slalom skiing
Slalom is an alpine skiing discipline, involving skiing between poles spaced much closer together than in Giant Slalom, Super-G or Downhill, thereby causing quicker and shorter turns.- Origins :...
, giant slalom and Super Giant slalom events.
The Kandilli Ski Resort, located 36 km (22.4 mi) from the city center at an altitude of 1713–1767 m (5,620.1–5,797.2 ft) and stretching over 160 hectare land, is the venue for biathlon and Nordic combined competitions.
The Palandöken Ski Resort is located 4 km (2.5 mi) at an altitude of 3271 m (10,731.6 ft). It hosts snowboarding and freestyle skiing competitions.
The Kiremitlik Hill Ski Jumping Facility is situated north of Palandöken Ski Resort and south of the athletes' village. It consists of two jumping towers and two take-off ramps for large hill (K125) and normal hill (K95) competitions, as well as three more ramps (K65, K40 and K20) for training.
Ice disciplines:
The Erzurum Ice Skating Arena, opened in March 2009, is a 30 by 60 m (98.4 by 196.9 ft) indoor ice rink situated in Palandöken neighborhood of Erzurum. The arena, having a seating capacity of 2000, hosts short-track speed skating and figure skating events.
The newly built Erzurum Universiade Ice Arena consists of two ice rinks of 30 by 60 m (98.4 by 196.9 ft) different in audience capacity. The men's ice hockey matches are played in the 3000 ice rink and the women's matches in the 500 ice rink.
The Milli Piyango Curling Arena is an indoor ice rink consisting of five curling sheets. Opened in September 2010, it has a seating capacity of 1,000 people.
Schedule
| OC | Opening ceremony | ● | Event competitions | 1 | Event finals | EG | Exhibition gala | C | Closing ceremony |
| January/February | 27th Thu | 28th Fri | 29th Sat | 30th Sun | 31st Mon | 1st Tue | 2nd Wed | 3rd Thu | 4th Fri | 5th Sat | 6th Sun |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ceremonies | OC | CC | ||||||||||
| Alpine skiing at the 2011 Winter Universiade Alpine skiing at the 2011 Winter Universiade was held at the Palandöken Mountain in Erzurum, Turkey from January 29 to February 6, 2011. There had been no downhill competition.- Men's events :- Women's events :-References:... |
1 | 1 | ● | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |||
| Biathlon at the 2011 Winter Universiade Biathlon at the 2011 Winter Universiade will be held at the Dumlu District in Erzurum, Turkey. The nine events are scheduled for January 29 - February 5, 2011.- Men's events :- Women's events :- Mixed Event :-References:... |
2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | ||||||
| Cross-country skiing at the 2011 Winter Universiade Cross-country skiing at the 2011 Winter Universiade will be held at the Dumlu District in Erzurum, Turkey. The eleven events are scheduled for January 28 - February 5, 2011.- Men's events :- Women's events :- Mixed Event :-References:... |
2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | |||||
| Curling at the 2011 Winter Universiade Curling at the 2011 Winter Universiade took place at the Milli Piyango Curling Arena from January 27 to February 6, 2011. Ten men's and women's teams were qualified to compete in the Universiade based on their performance at the previous competition and at the 2009 and 2010 World Junior Curling... |
● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 2 | 2 | |||
| Figure skating at the 2011 Winter Universiade Figure skating will be competed at the 2011 Winter Universiade. Skaters will compete in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies singles, pair skating, ice dancing, and synchronized skating. It will take place in the Erzurum Indoor Ice Skating Rink between February 1 and 5,... |
● | 2 | 1 | 2 | EG | 5 | ||||||
| Freestyle skiing at the 2011 Winter Universiade Freestyle skiing at the 2011 Winter Universiade will be held at the Palandöken Mountain in Erzurum, Turkey. The four events are scheduled for January 28 - February 5, 2011.- Men's events :- Women's events :-References:... |
2 | ● | 2 | 4 | ||||||||
| Ice hockey at the 2011 Winter Universiade Ice hockey at the 2011 Winter Universiade was held at the 3000 Ice Rink and 500 Ice Rink in Erzurum. Russia has won gold in the men's tournament, and Canada has won gold in the women's tournament.-Preliminary round:... |
● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Nordic combined at the 2011 Winter Universiade Nordic combined at the 2011 Winter Universiade will be held at the Kiremitlik Tepe in Erzurum, Turkey. The three events are scheduled for January 28 - February 1, 2011.- Events :-References:... |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| Short track speed skating at the 2011 Winter Universiade Short track speed skating at the 2011 Winter Universiade will held at the Atatürk University in Erzurum.-Men's events:-Women's events:* Skaters who did not participate in the final, but received medals.... |
2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | ||||||||
| Ski jumping at the 2011 Winter Universiade Ski jumping at the 2011 Winter Universiade will be held at the Kiremitlik Tepe in Erzurum, Turkey. The four events are scheduled for January 28 - February 3, 2011.- Men :-Women:-References:... |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
| Snowboarding at the 2011 Winter Universiade Snowboarding at the Palandöken Mountain will be held at the Dumlu District in Erzurum, Turkey. The eight events are scheduled for January 28 - February 6, 2011.- Men's events :- Women's events :-References:... |
● | 2 | 2 | ● | 2 | 2 | 8 | |||||
| Total Events | 8 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 64 | |
| January/February | 27th Thu | 28th Fri | 29th Sat | 30th Sun | 31st Mon | 1st Tue | 2nd Wed | 3rd Thu | 4th Fri | 5th Sat | 6th Sun | T |