The focus: Germany's biggest team at FISU games!

The focus: Germany's biggest team at FISU games!

Bochum, Deutschland - The preparations for the Fisu World University Games 2025 , which from July 16 to 27, 2025 in North Rhine-Westphalia and Berlin are in full swing. Germany has been participating in the competitions with 305 athletes, the largest team so far. Among the nominees are nine students from the Ruhr University Bochum (RUB), which will compete in various disciplines.

The ruby ​​students and their respective disciplines are:

• Simon Reinke, swimming, biochemistry
• Nino Toto, tennis, sports science
• Samira Attermeyer, long jump, psychology
• Joyce Oguama, discus, religious studies / culture, individual and society
• Jasper Angl, rowing, applied computer science
• Julian Garth, rowing, civil engineering
• ben bauer, rowing, law
• Moritz Küpper, Rudern, Management and Economics
• Jannik Metzger, rowing, geography

strong tradition in rowing

The rub has a strong tradition in rowing, which is also evident in the occupation of the men's fours without a helmsman, which consists exclusively of rubble students and is considered a favorite for the final. The opportunities for good placements are also realistically assessed in the disciplines, tennis and athletics.

competition sites and events

The competitions take place in different locations, including:

• rowing: Regattabahn Duisburg
• Athletics: Lorheidestadion in Bochum Wattenscheid
• tennis: Etuf tennis system in Essen
• swimming: swimming and jumping hall in the European Sportpark (SSE) in Berlin

Accompanying the competitions, the Fisu World Conference 2025 will take place under the title "Competing for Change: Exploring Sustainability and (mental) Health through Sports". It focuses on the interface of physical performance, (mental) health and ecological sustainability.

This conference, which takes place from July 17th to 19th, 2025 in the Century Hall in Bochum, deals with several central topics:

• mental health and pressure to perform at athlete: inside
• Work-life balance for trainers: inside and other stakeholder
• ecological sustainability on university campus
• health and well -being through sport

a holistic approach for sports and health

The goal of the conference is to develop comprehensive strategies to improve sporting performance and to promote a healthy lifestyle.

The topics of the conference and the World University Games come at a time when a holistic view of health and sustainability is of central importance. The students who experience both academic and sporting pressure are the focus of these discussions. Other activities such as the Ruhr Games, which take place parallel to the conference, offer a multicultural festival with innovative hands -on offers.

Registration and ticket sales for the conference begin on December 1, 2024 and end on March 31, 2025. The abstract sub-mission opens in early October 2024.

Overall, the upcoming games and the FISU World Conference show how sport can be used as a platform for discussions about important social issues. The integration of aspects of mental health and ecological sustainability is not only contemporary, but also necessary to promote healthy and balanced communities.