SHSV General Assembly in Switzerland
The Swiss University Sports Federation (SHSV/SUSF) held its General Assembly in the "House of Sports" of the Swiss Olympic Association. As it was not an elective Assembly, the Swiss Students Sports Awards and the regular statutory work were the most important topics. 12 Swiss University Sports Organisations and the Swiss Academic Ski Club (SAS) were present at the Assembly in Ittigen near Bern.
President Andreas Csonka highlighted the involvement of the SUSF in the strategic work of Swiss Olympic Association and the Federal Institute of Sport in Magglingen. Indeed the SUSF is one important stakeholder in this process which was mainly launched after the 2012 London Olympic Games. He also said that SUSF is a strong partner of EUSA and FISU and supports, where ever possible, all the efforts undertaken by both student sports organisations.
Fredi Schneider, Head of SUSF Elite sports, presented the overall results of Swiss teams at some 13 World University Championships 2012, where they won 5 gold, 6 silver and 3 bronze medals. The delegates decided to participate both at the Winter and Summer Universiade 2015 in Granada and Gwangju. Daniel Studer, SUSF responsible for the EUSA showed the participation of Swiss Universities at the 1st European Universities games Cordoba. 83 athletes, 4 referees and 18 officials in 6 sports, representing 6 universities, were present in Cordoba. The badminton players of Berne University won two bronze medals in badminton. At the moment, Switzerland has already registered 11 teams from 7 different Universities to the European Universities Championships 2013 in Futsal, Badminton, Beachvolleyball, Volleyball, Table Tennis and Golf. It is expected that some more teams will be selected soon.
The GA presented the Swiss Students Sports Award 2012 to Martin Hubmann, double medal winner at the WUC Orienteering, and handed over some gifts also to all the other WUC and EUG medal winners from orienteering, shooting, rowing and badminton. Reto Schild, University of Berne, was awarded Honorary member of SUSF. SUSF Managing director Leonz Eder thanked President Andreas Csonka for his outstanding contribution to Swiss University Sports.