Nearly 200 students from 28 universities took part in the championships. Within this good company the team of the University of Lodz was represented by 5 competitors (both men and women). All of them won medals in individual classification.
Silver medals were won by Patrycja Skupień in the weight class up to 52 kg (Faculty of Management), Magdalena Jarkowska – 78 kg (Faculty of Philology), Bartosz Ponichtera – 81 kg (Faculty of Geigraphical Sciences) and Mateusz Resztak – 100 kg (Faculty of Law and Administration). Anna Jagiełło – an employee of the Physical Education and Sports Centre won a bronze medal in the weight category up to 63 kg. The coach of the championship judo team is Leszek Piąstka (head of the Physical Education and Sports Centre, UL).
University of Lodz is one of the biggest universities in Poland. Its mission is to educate top-class scientists and specialists in numerous fields of humanities, social sciences, natural and exact sciences as well as health sciences. UniLodz cooperates with business, both at the staff level by providing qualified employees as well as at the scientific level, by offering its know-how to enterprises from various areas of economy. University of Lodz is an academic institution open to the world – the number of its international students is constantly growing, while its Polish students, thanks to Exchange programmes, get to know Europe, Asia and travel overseas. The University is a part of Lodz, it operates for and with the community of Lodz by getting involved in many socio-cultural projects.
Source: Academic Sports Club, Lodz
Edit: Promotion Centre, UL