2011 Winter Universiade

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The XXV Winter Universiade, took place in Erzurum, Turkey between 27 January to 6 February. Erzurum is the city at the highest altitude in Turkey, at Script error: No such module "convert"., and has over 320 cultural landmarks. Located in Eastern Anatolia Region, it is a city on the traditional Silk Road and has been governed by many cultures over the centuries. The Erzurum Ice Hockey Arena, located on the Cemal Gürsel Sports Campus, was newly built with an ice rink of 60m x 30m and 3,000 seats for spectators.

Venues

Snow disciplines

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The Kiremitlik Hill Ski Jumping Facility is situated north of Palandöken Ski Resort and south of the athletes' village. It consists of two jumping towers and two take-off ramps for large hill (K125) and normal hill (K95) competitions, as well as three more ramps (K65, K40 and K20) for training.[4]

Ice disciplines

The Erzurum Ice Skating Arena, opened in March 2009, is a Script error: No such module "convert". indoor ice rink situated in Palandöken neighborhood of Erzurum. The arena, having a seating capacity of 2000, hosts short-track speed skating and figure skating events.[5][6]

The newly built Erzurum Universiade Ice Arena consists of two ice rinks of Script error: No such module "convert". different in audience capacity. The men's ice hockey matches are played in the 3000 ice rink and the women's matches in the 500 ice rink.[7]

The Milli Piyango Curling Arena is an indoor ice rink consisting of five curling sheets. Opened in September 2010, it has a seating capacity of 1,000 people.[8]

Sports

Freestyling Skiing, Nordic Combined and Ski Jumping are the optional sports.

Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events contested in each sport.

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Participants

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Following is a list of nations that were sent invitations to attend the Universiade:[9] Malaysia and Venezuela made their debuts. Syria was on the entry list but later withdrew; this would have marked Syria's debut. With 58 nations competing, it represented the largest amount of nations ever to compete, and increase of 8 from the previous high at the 2005 games in Innsbruck.[10] A total of 1880 athletes and 849 officials participated in the Universiade.[11] Moldova, Thailand, and San Marino who were present at the 2009 Winter Universiade in Harbin did not send athletes to the games.

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Medal table

The host nation, Turkey, is highlighted in lavender blue.

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Schedule

OC Opening ceremony Event competitions 1 Event finals EG Exhibition gala CC Closing ceremony
January/February 27th
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Ceremonies OC CC
File:Alpine skiing pictogram.svg Alpine skiing 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 8
File:Biathlon pictogram.svg Biathlon 2 2 2 1 2 9
File:Cross country skiing pictogram.svg Cross-country skiing 2 2 2 2 1 2 11
File:Curling pictogram.svg Curling 2 2
File:Figure skating pictogram.svg Figure Skating 2 1 2 EG 5
File:Freestyle skiing pictogram.svg Freestyle skiing 2 2 4
File:Ice hockey pictogram.svg Ice hockey 1 1 2
File:Nordic combined pictogram.svg Nordic combined 1 1 1 3
File:Short track speed skating pictogram.svg Short track speed skating 2 2 4 8
File:Ski jumping pictogram.svg Ski jumping 1 1 1 1 4
File:Snowboarding pictogram.svg Snowboarding 2 2 2 2 8
Total Events 8 8 8 4 6 6 4 6 10 4 64
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References

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  11. Erzurum 2011 Winter Universiade Template:Webarchive. Universiadeerzurum.org. Retrieved on 2011-02-02.
  12. Résulat News Template:Webarchive. Fisu.net (2011-01-18). Retrieved on 2011-02-02.
  13. Erzurum 2011 Winter Universiade Template:Webarchive. Universiadeerzurum.org (2011-01-14). Retrieved on 2011-02-02.

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External links

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