2009 Winter Universiade

Multi-sport event in Harbin, China XXIV Winter Universiade 第24届冬季世界大学生运动会 Harbin2009.svg 200 Slogan: "Youth, Future, Ice and Snow" Harbin, China 44 2,326President Killian: 'Harbin is A Success!' - FISU Official Website 12 sports 2009 02 18 y 2009 02 28 y Liu Yandong Wang Fei Wang Shi'an Zhang Dan and Zhang Hao Harbin International Convention and Exhibition Center Stadium 2007 Torino 2011 Erzurum The 2009 Winter Universiade, the XXIV Winter Universiade took place in Harbin, China. Student athletes from 44 countries took part in the games. Selection Harbin was selected by FISU on January 10, 2005 over future 2011 Winter Universiade host city Erzurum. They were the only two candidates. Venues Harbin now has four stadiums for international ice games and five training stadiums. Among the venues, the following are mentioned in the official web site: Yabuli Olympic Snow Sports Center (about 100 km from Harbin) Heilongjiang University Harbin International Conference Exhibition and Sports Center (Both stadium and gymnasium) These venues were used for the Asian Games and were part of Harbin's unsuccessful application for the 2010 Winter Olympics. There will be two athlete's villages, the main one in Harbin and the second one in Yabuli. Sports Alpine skiing 10 Biathlon 9 Cross-country skiing 10 Curling 2 Figure skating 5 Freestyle skiing 5 Ice hockey 2 Nordic combined 3 Short track speed skating 10 Ski jumping 4 Snowboarding 6 Speed skating 14 Medal table CHN 18 18 12 yes 18 14 19 12 7 9 9 8 3 7 3 4 4 3 2 2 6 5 2 4 8 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 4 1 1 3 5 1 2 4 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 BLR 1995 0 1 0 See also Sports in China References External links Official web site of Harbin 2009 2009 U Universiade Winter Category:Sports competitions in Harbin Category:Multi-sport events in China Category:February 2009 sports events in China Category:Winter sports competitions in China