Based on a donation of Mr Arthur Eugster from St. Gallen, a great supporter of the Swiss University Sports Federation, the Swiss University Sports Foundation could grant the 1st Swiss Students Sports Award last year to the best athletes at the World University Championships.

Now, at the 2nd edition, held end of October 2011 in the Swiss National Museum in Zurich, the best athletes at the Winter Universiade in Erzurum and the Summer Universiade in Shenzhen were awarded by the donator and the President of the SUSF, Andreas L. Csonka.

Some 120 guests, members of the Swiss teams at the Universiades and representatives from the SUSF sponsors were present in Zurich, where the celebration of the successful participation at both Universiades took place. At the next General Assembly of SUSF, to be held in March 2012 in Berne, also the medallists of the European Universities Championships (EUC) will be awarded for the first time.

The SUSF would like to intensify the promotion of all the student sports competition both on European and on World level. The review on the two Universiades, prepared and demonstrated by Thomas Mrgeli, Renato Maggi and Fredi Schneider was highly appreciated by all the participants at this event. SUSF President Csonka congratulated also Hermann Gericke, one of the first Swiss medal winners in the history of the Universiades, and Leonz Eder, who is also the EUSA Treasurer and has recently been elected FISU Vice President.