The 2013 Summer Universiade or University Games will take place in Kazan, Russia from the 6th to 17th of July. Now in its 27th edition. the event is held every second year and is organised by the International University Sports Federation or FISU. Competition in Kazan is set to boast University students from an estimated 170 nations competing in 27 sports. In terms of Gymnastics, competition will be held in Women's and Men's Artistic Gymnastics and Rhythmic Gymnastics. Artistic Gymnastics will take place from the 7th to 10th of July, whilst Rhythmic Gymnastics will take place from the 14th to 16th.
update: Now includes the full participating nations per the released draws.
Another Update: I have scoured the athlete profiles on the official website to come up with the following participants. Took awhile as I had to keep refreshing the site as the athletes page is not yet active so it kept coming up with the gymnasts multiple times. The site also includes gymnasts that aren't participating making it a long task.
update: Now includes the full participating nations per the released draws.
Another Update: I have scoured the athlete profiles on the official website to come up with the following participants. Took awhile as I had to keep refreshing the site as the athletes page is not yet active so it kept coming up with the gymnasts multiple times. The site also includes gymnasts that aren't participating making it a long task.
- Elsabeth Black (CAN)
- Erica Devereaux (CAN)
- Sarah Flett (CAN)
- Natalie Gervais (CAN)
- Mackenzie Itcush (CAN)
- Makarena Pinto Adasme (CHI)
- ZHANG Yelinzi (CHN)
- Tijana Tkalcec (CRO)
- Jana Sikulova (CZE)
- Mette Hulgaard (DEN)
- Michelle Vitting Lauritsen (DEN)
- Ida Laisi (FIN)
- Annika Urvikko (FIN)
- Hannah Whelan (GBR)
- Danusia Francis (GBR)
- Charlotte Lindsley (GBR)
- Rebecca Hall (GBR)
- Kim Bui (GER)
- Lisa-Katharina Hill (GER)
- Annabell Holzer (GER)
- Pia Tolle (GER)
- Hiu Ying Angel Wong (HKG)
- Dorina Boczogo (HUN)
- Dominiqua Alma Belanyi (ISL)
- Yu Minobe (JPN)
- Noda Sakura (JPN)
- Mizuho Nagai (JPN)
- Arisa Tominaga (JPN)
- Shizkuka Tozawa (JPN)
- EUM Eunhui (KOR)
- HEO Seon Mi (KOR)
- PARK Ji Yeon (KOR)
- MOON Eun Mee (KOR)
- PARK Do Eun (KOR)
- Diana Jerofejeva (LAT)
- Marija Vasiljeva (LAT)
- Valerija Savicka (LAT)
- Elsa Garcia Rodriguez Blancas (MEX)
- Marisela Cantu Mata (MEX)
- Karla Yocelyn Aimee Salazar Gutierrez (MEX)
- Yessenia Estrada Martinez (MEX)
- Alexa Citlali Moreno Medina (MEX)
- Paula Plichta (POL)
- Alexandra Choon (POR)
- Rita Limao Oliveira (POR)
- SIN Hyang Pak (PRK)
- HONG Un Jong (PRK)
- KANG Yong Mi (PRK)
- UN Hyang Kim (PRK)
- Aliya Mustafina (RUS)
- Ksenia Afanasyeva (RUS)
- Maria Paseka (RUS)
- Anna Dementyeva (RUS)
- Tatiana Nabieva (RUS)
- Ekaterina Kramarenko (RUS) - Reserve to replace Mustafina if needed
- Heem Wei Lim (SIN)
- Tina Ribic (SLO)
- Carmen Astrid Horvat (SLO)
- Teja Belak (SLO)
- Maria Homolova (SVK)
- Hsiang Han Mai Liu (TPE)
- Yu Chun Chen (TPE)
- Yu Ju Lo (TPE)
- Angelina Kysla (UKR)
- Maryna Kostiuchenko (UKR)
- Valentyna Holenkova (UKR)
- Yana Demyanchuk (UKR)
- Viktoriia Oshurkova (UKR)
- Shakir Shikhaliyev (AZE)
- Maxim Gentges (BEL)
- Thomas Neuteleers (BEL)
- Arthur Nabarrete Zanetti (BRA)
- Arthur Nory Oyakawa Mariano (BRA)
- Francisco Carlos Barretto Junior (BRA)
- Pericles Fouro da Silva (BRA)
- Lucas De Souza Bitencourt (BRA)
- Victor Rosa (BRA)
- Evan Cruz (CAN)
- Tariq Dowers (CAN)
- Aiden Marsden (CAN)
- Cory Paterson (CAN)
- Joshua Stuart (CAN)
- Juan Francisco Raffo De La Jara (CHI)
- Christian Bruno Decidet (CHI)
- WU Guanhua CHN)
- ZANG Yang (CHN)
- CHEN Xuezhang (CHN)
- LU Wentian (CHN)
- ZHANG Leyang (CHN)
- Sauveur Loic Massamba (CGO)
- Tarik Soto Byfield (CRC)
- Filip Ude (CRO)
- Tomislav Markovic (CRO)
- Joao Marcus Fuglsig (DEN)
- Mikkel Sondergaard Jensen (DEN)
- Kasper Holopainen (FIN)
- Juho Kanerva (FIN)
- Eetu Lahti (FIN)
- Tomi Tuuha (FIN)
- Markku Vahtila (FIN)
- Julien Gobaux (FRA)
- Guillaume Augugliaro (FRA)
- Kevin Antoniotti (FRA)
- Axel Augis (FRA)
- Quentin Signori (FRA)
- Ashley Watson (GBR)
- Matthew Firth (GBR)
- Mitchell Jarvis (GBR)
- Sam Fern (GBR)
- Andreas Bretschneider (GER)
- Fabian Hambuechen (GER)
- Helge Liebrich (GER)
- Fabian Lotz (GER)
- Thomas Taranu (GER)
- Kiu Chung Ng (HKG)
- Adam Mihok (HUN)
- Nandor Szabo (HUN)
- Adam Babos (HUN)
- Bence Talas (HUN)
- David Vecsernyes (HUN)
- Rohan Sebastian (IRL)
- Paolo Principi (ITA)
- Ludovico Edalli (ITA)
- Paolo Ottavi (ITA)
- Ryohei Kato (JPN)
- Yusuke Tanaka (JPN)
- Shogo Nonomura (JPN)
- Chihiro Yoshioka (JPN)
- Hiroki Ishikawa (JPN)
- Stanislav Valiyev (KAZ)
- Maxim Petrishko (KAZ)
- Viktor Kocherin (KAZ)
- Azizbek Kudratullayev (KAZ)
- Nurtas Kozhakov (KAZ)
- YANG Hak Seon (KOR)
- KIM Hee Hoon (KOR)
- PARK Minsoo (KOR)
- NAM Youngil (KOR)
- LEE Sangwook (KOR)
- Sergejs Kalitonciks (LAT)
- Daniel Corral Barron (MEX)
- Javier Balboa Gonzalez (MEX)
- Javier Cervantes Quezada (MEX)
- Kevin Cerda Gastelum (MEX)
- Adrian Efrain Prieto Angel (MEX)
- Erdenebold Ganbat (MGL)
- Marcus Conradi (NOR)
- Marius Wirum Haaverstad (NOR)
- Peder Ulven (NOR)
- Stian Skjerahaug (NOR)
- David Bishop (NZL)
- Brandon Field (NZL)
- Matt Palmer (NZL)
- Leo Golder (NZL)
- Reid McGowan (NZL)
- Marek Lyszczarz (POL)
- Sebastian Cecot (POL)
- Gustavo Palma Simoes (POR)
- Simao Almeida (POR)
- Luis Filipe Araujo (POR)
- Francisco Fragoso (POR)
- Tiago Bessa (POR)
- Vlad Bogdan Cotuna (ROU)
- Andrei Vasile Muntean (ROU)
- Cristian Ioan Bataga (ROU)
- Marius Daniel Berbecar (ROU)
- Ovidiu Buidoso (ROU)
- Denis Ablyazin (RUS)
- Mykola Kuksenkov (RUS)
- David Belyavskiy (RUS)
- Emin Garibov (RUS)
- Dmitry Stolyarov (RUS)
- Matvey Petrov (RUS) - Missing from athlete profiles
- Gregory Gan Zi Chao (SIN)
- Gabriel Gan Zi Jie (SIN)
- Hoe Wah Kiat (SIN)
- Hoe Wah Toon (SIN)
- Will Tan Chong Leng (SIN)
- Zan Zunko (SLO)
- Primoz Mauric (SLO)
- Gregor Gvido Saksida (SLO)
- Matic Pecan (SLO)
- Rok Klavora (SLO)
- Danilo Corti (SUI)
- Philipp Friedli (SUI)
- Michael Meier (SUI)
- Simon Nuetzi (SUI)
- Kevin Rossi (SUI)
- Slavomir Michnak (SVK)
- Chih Yu Chen (TPE)
- Wei Ming Lin (TPE)
- Yu Chen Tu (TPE)
- Ping Chien Hsu (TPE)
- Wei-Hsiang Chen (TPE)
- Ferhat Arican (TUR)
- Oleg Stepko (UKR)
- Oleg Verniaiev (UKR)
- Igor Radivilov (UKR)
- Petro Pakhnyuk (UKR)
- Maksym Semiankiv (UKR)
- Eduard Shaulov (UZB)
- Salohiddin Mirzaev (UZB)
- Phuong Thanh Dinh (VIE)
- Thanh Tung Le (VIE)
- Pham Phuoc Hung (VIE)
- Vu Hung Do (VIE)
- Nam Dang (VIE)
INDIVIDUALS:
- Danielle Prince (AUS)
- Enid Sung (AUS)
- Natascha Wegscheider (AUT)
- Elisabeth De Leeuw (BEL)
- Melitina Staniouta (BLR)
- Angelica Kvieczynski (BRA)
- Simone Luiz (BRA)
- Natalia Azevedo Gaudio (BRA)
- Drielly Neves Daltoe (BRA) - also on Kazan site Competitors list - maybe a reserve?
- Silviya Miteva (BUL)
- Anastasiya Kisse (BUL)
- Kelsey Anderson (CAN)
- Kelsey Titmarsh (CAN)
- Daria Mukhina (CAN) - also on Kazan site Competitors list
- MA Qianhui (CHN)
- DENG Senyue (CHN)
- Monika Mickova (CZE)
- Olga Bogdanova (EST)
- Viktoria Bogdanova (EST)
- Inessa Rif (FIN)
- Varvara Filiou (GRE)
- Viktoria Soos (HUN)
- Neta Rivkin (ISR)
- Federica Febbo (ITA)
- Runa Yamaguchi (JPN)
- Riko Anakubo (JPN)
- SON Yeon Jae (KOR)
- GIM Yun-Hee (KOR)
- Cynthia Yasmin Valdez Perez (MEX)
Veronica Navarro Blizzard (MEX)Out due to injury.- Grace Legote (RSA)
- Julene van Rooyen (RSA)
- Margarita Mamun (RUS)
- Alexandra Merkulova (RUS)
- Nataliya Bulycheva (RUS)
- Elizaveta Nazarenkova (RUS)
- Veronika Cencen (SLO)
- Ganna Rizatdinova (UKR)
- Alina Maksymenko (UKR)
- Djamila Rakhmatova (UZB)
- BRAZIL: Bianca Maia Mendonca (Not listed on Kazan site), Dayane Amaral (Not listed on Kazan Site), Debora Andreazi Falda, Luisa Harumi Matsuo, Morgana Gmach, Samyra Zumak De Mello, Larissa Maia Barata (Not listed on Brazilian Gymnastics Federation site)
- CHINA: ZOU Li, WANG Yuting, WU Mengran, BAI Xiaoyue, WANG Xue, SUN Yanni
- JAPAN: Erika Koga, Ayumi Yusa, Ayano Sato, Yukari Hatano, Rina Miura, Naomi Kumazawa
- RUSSIA: Anastasia Nazarenko, Anastasia Bliznyuk, Anastasia Maksimova, Elena Romanchenko, Ksenia Dudkina, Olga Ilina
- UKRAINE: Olena Dmytrash, Svitlana Prokopova, Oleksandra Gridasova, Yevgeniya Gomon, Valeriia Gudym, Viktoriia Shynkarenko (Not on Ukrainian Federation site); Viktoriia Mazur