BRUSSELS – From, January 12th to 15th, the FISU 2012 WUC-year kicked off with the 3rd edition of the FISU World University Water Skiing Championship in Santiago de Chile in Chile. This was a first for FENAUDE, the Chilean member of FISU.

The event was held at the beautiful ‘Laguna Los Morros’ which is located in the suburb of San Bernardo. Home to a great many past world class water skiing events and site of the 2013 IWWF World Water Skiing Championships, Laguna Los Morros is considered one of the world’s most prestigious competition venues for water skiing.

Seventeen countries had entered the competition, i.e. Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Czech Republic, Chile, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Peru, Slovakia and United States of America. The event brought together 65 participants (28 male & 20 female athletes and 17 officials) from four continents.

Medal Table
Competition                        Gold                         Silver                         Bronze
Open Ladies Slalom Kate Adriaensen (BEL) Geena Krueger (GER) Delfina Cuglievan (PER)
Open Men Slalom Felipe Miranda (CHI) Adam Pickos (USA) Adam Sedlmajer (CZE)
Open Ladies Tricks Alexandra Lauretano (USA) Kate Adriaensen (BEL) Petra Povolna (CZE)
Open Men Tricks Adam Pickos (USA) Felipe Miranda (CHI) Adam Sedlmajer (CZE)
Open Ladies Jump Lauren Morgan (USA) Alexandra Lauretano (USA) Kate Adriaensen (BEL)
Open Men Jump Alex Paradis (CAN) Kevin Melnuk (CAN) Felipe Miranda (CHI)
Open Ladies Overall Alexandra Lauretano (USA) Kate Adriaensen (BEL) Lauren Morgan (USA)
Open Men Overall Felipe Miranda (CHI) Adam Sedlmajer (CZE) Martin Bartalsky (SVK)

Complete results can be found on the website of the Organizing Committee at www.2012fisuwaterskiwuc.com.
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FISU stands for Federation Internationale du Sport Universitaire (International University Sports Federation), founded in 1949. FISU’s main responsibility is the supervision of both Summer and Winter Universiades as well as the World University Championships. The Universiade is an international sporting and cultural festival which is staged every two years in a different city and which is second in importance only to the Olympic Games.

The Summer Universiade consists of 13 compulsory sports (Athletics – Basketball – Fencing – Football – Artistic & Rhythmic Gymnastics – Swimming – Diving – Water Polo – Tennis – Table Tennis – Judo – Volleyball) and up to three optional sports chosen by the host country. The record figures are 9,006 participants in Bangkok, Thailand, in 2007 and 174 countries in Daegu, Korea in 2003.

The Winter Universiade consists of 7 compulsory sports (Alpine Skiing – Nordic Skiing composed of Ski Jump, Cross Country & Combined – Biathlon – Ice Hockey – Short-Track Speed Skating – Figure Skating – Curling) and one or two optional sports also chosen by the host country. The Winter Universiade gathered a record 2,511 participants in Torino in 2007 and a record number of 52 countries in Erzurum, Turkey.

The World University Championships are organized every even year in sports which do not figure on the compulsory Universiade program. In 2008, a record of 29 different WUC were staged all over the world.

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