28. 02. 2018

Student athletes won several medals at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics

The 23rd Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang took place in Korea between February 9 and 25. Now, after the Games are concluded, it is time to sum up the results and to especially congratulate all European students for their successes. Thanks to our members we are able to bring you data regarding current and former students that won medals in Korea.

It is not unusual that student athletes take part in the major sporting events and, what makes us especially happy, they win medals. At least 50 athletes from Europe that won medals in PyeongChang are also successful in their academic careers, and can be considered role models in dual career.

Johannes Hoesfolt Klaebo (NOR)

Most successful male athlete in PyeongChang Johannes Hoesfolt Klaebo, who won three gold medals is a student at The Norwegian University of Science and Technology. German flag bearer, Nordic combined skier Erik Frenzel, won two gold and one bronze medal at the Olympics, was a student at University of Applied Sciences Mittweida.

Erik Frenzel (GER)

Darya Domracheva biathlon skier from Belarus won three gold medals at the last Olympic Games in Sochi, and this year her collection of medals is richer by two more medals, one gold and one silver. She graduated from the Belarusian State Economic University.

Darya Domracheva (BLR)

Her biathlon colleague from France, Anais Bescond won gold medal at the Winter Universiade in Harbin 2009, and this year she won one gold and two bronze medal.

Anais Bescond (FRA)

We would also like to point out one winter sport legend and one historical success. Kamil Stoch, ski jumping legend from Poland who won one gold and one bronze medal in Pyeong Chang, graduated at the Academy of Physical Education in Krakow.

Kamil Stoch (POL)

University students from Hungary Csaba Burjan (Eotvos Lorand University) and Viktor Knoch (Budapest Metropolitan University) were a part of the team that brought Hungary their first gold medal in the history of winter sports. Along with Shaoang Liu and Shaolin Sandor Liu they were best in the discipline Men’s 5000m Relay.

Hungarian speed skating team

EUSA would like to congratulate all the athletes and once again we would like to thank all our members for their effort to provide us with the information. Below you can find a list of student athletes from Europe that have won the medals in PyeongChang:

	Name	Country	Discipline	Medal	University
1	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo	Norway	Cross Country	3 Gold	Norwegian University of Science and Technology
2	Eric Frenzel	Germany	Nordic Combined	2 Gold and 1 Bronze	University of Applied Sciences Mittweida
3	Johannes Rydzek	Germany	Nordic Combined	2 Gold	University of Applied Sciences Kempten
4	Thorsten Margis	Germany	Bobsleigh	2 Gold	University of Applied Sciences Merseburg
5	Anais Bescond	France	Biathlon	1 Gold and 2 Bronze
6	Ramon Zenhäusern	Switzerland	Alpine Skiing	1 Gold and 1 Silver	Swiss Distance Learning University
7	Darya Domracheva	Belarus	Biathlon	1 Gold and 1 Silver	Belarusian State Economic University
8	Kamil Stoch	Poland	Ski Jumping	1 Gold and 1 Bronze	Academy of Physical Education, Krakow
9	Astrid Urenholdt Jacobsen	Norway	Cross Country	Gold	Univeristy of Oslo
10	Csaba Burján	Hungary	Speed Skating	Gold	Eötvös Loránd University
11	Daniel Yule	Switzerland	Alpine Skiing	Gold	Swiss Distance Learning University
12	Esmee Visser	Netherlands	Speed Skating	Gold
13	Lizzy Yarnold	Great Britain	Skeleton	Gold	University of Gloucestershire
14	Maren Lundby	Norway	Ski Jumping	Gold	Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences
15	Nevin Galmarini	Switzerland	Snowboard	Gold	Swiss Distance Learning University
16	Peppe Femling	Sweden	Biathlon	Gold	Mid Sweden University
17	Sarah Höfflin	Switzerland	Ski Freestyle	Gold	University of Cardiff
18	Viktor Knoch	Hungary	Speed Skating	Gold	Budapest Metropolitan University
19	Vincenz Geiger	Germany	Nordic Combined	Gold	University of Applied Sciences Kempten
20	Marte Olsbu	Norway	Biathlon	2 Silver
21	Maiken Caspersen Falla	Norway	Cross Country	1 Silver and 1 Bronze	Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences
22	Andrey Larkov	Russia	Cross Country	Silver	Volga region State Academy of Physical Education
23	Bart Swings	Belgium	Speed Skating	Silver	Catholic University of Louvain
24	Frank Mauer	Germany	Hockey	Silver	University of Applied Sciences Wismar
25	Evgenia Tarasova	Russia	Figure Skating	Silver	Moscow State university for humanities
26	Jakov Fak	Slovenia	Biathlon	Silver	University of Maribor
27	Jan Schmid	Norway	Cross Country	Silver	Norwegian University of Science and Technology
28	Jørgen Graabak	Norway	Cross Country	Silver	Norwegian University of Science and Technology
29	Karl Geiger	Germany	Ski Jumping	Silver	University of Applied Sciences Kempten
30	Martina Sablikova	Czech Republic	Speed Skating	Silver
31	Michal Krčmář	Czech Republic	Biathlon	Silver	Masaryk's University Brno
32	Selina Jörg	Germany	Giant Slalom	Silver
33	Vladimir Morozov	Russia	Figure Skating	Silver	Moscow State university for humanities
34	Benedikt Doll	Germany	Biathlon	2 Bronze	Furtwangen University
35	Maurice Manificat	France	Cross Country	2 Bronze
36	Anna Nechaevskaya	Russia	Cross Country	Bronze	South Ural State University
37	Benoit Schwarz	Switzerland	Curling	Bronze	University of Zurich
38	Bernhard Gruber	Austria	Nordic Combined	Bronze
39	Claudio Pätz	Switzerland	Curling	Bronze	Zurich University of Applied Sciences
40	Dawid Kubacki	Poland	Ski Jumping	Bronze	Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education, Katowice
41	Dom Parsons	Great Britain	Skeleton	Bronze	University of Bath
42	Ella Viitasuo	Finland	Hockey	Bronze	JAMK University of Applied Sciences
43	Emma Nuutinen	Finland	Hockey	Bronze	Mercyhurst University
44	Eveliina Suonpää	Finland	Hockey	Bronze	Satakunta University of Applied Sciences
45	Isa Rahunen	Finland	Hockey	Bronze	Oulu University of Applied Sciences
46	Isabel Atkin	Great Britain	Slopestyle	Bronze	Colorado College
47	Janis Strenga	Latvia	Bobsleigh	Bronze	Latvian Academy of Sport Education
48	Maciej Kot	Poland	Ski Jumping	Bronze	Academy of Physical Education, Krakow
49	Magnus Nedregotten	Norway	Curling	Bronze	Norwegian School of Sport Science
50	Minnamari Tuominen	Finland	Hockey	Bronze	Ohio State University
51	Saila Saari	Finland	Hockey	Bronze	University of Jyvaskyla
52	Sebastian Foss Solevåg	Norway	Alpine Skiing	Bronze	Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences
53	Venla Hovi	Finland	Hockey	Bronze	University of Manitoba
54	Žan Košir	Slovenia	Snowboarding	Bronze	University of Maribor

Student athletes won several medals at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics

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