Faculty of Physical Culture

Student years are not only lectures, seminars, exams, but also a rich social, cultural and sports life. Great attention is paid to the disclosure of the sports potential of students and the promotion of a healthy lifestyle at our university: competitions in various sports are held at GSU, the sports base is constantly being strengthened. A significant event in the life of the university was the commissioning of the renovated sports and recreation complex, the opening ceremony of which took…

A group of graduates of the Faculty of Physical Education under the guidance of the teacher of the Department of Sports Disciplines Oleg Kanash made a sports trip of the 2nd category of complexity to the Carpathians. Tourists conquered the highest mountain in Ukraine - the top of Hoverla (2061 m) and raised the flag of the Francisk Skorina Gomel State University over it.

A former graduate, and now a master's student of our university in the specialty "Physical culture and sports" Yuri Zabolotny became a two-time winner at the open Cup of the Republic of Belarus in athletics. Yuri passed all his rivals in running at distances of 100 and 200 meters. Yuri Zabolotny - Master of Sports of the Republic of Belarus, member of the national athletics team. This year he became the first at a distance of 200 meters in the track and field tournament for the prizes of the…

Dmitry Litovkin is a graduate of the Faculty of physical training of Francisk Skorina Gomel State University. Today Dmitry is a prize-winner of the Championships of Europe and the Republic of Belarus in powerlifting. According to his words, powerlifting is a real pleasure for him. Dmitry began broke into powerlifting in 2007 and completed the Candidate in masters of sport standard. Having graduated from GSU in 2010, he had to leave his favorite sport, but within six years the athlete resumed…

2019 World Modern Pentathlon Championship was held in Budapest (Hungary), where members of the national team Olga Silkina, Anastasia Prokopenko and Irina Prosentsova became winners in team competitions, and Olga Silkina, a graduate of Francisk Skorina Gomel State University, won the gold medal in individual competition and personal license for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. We are proud of the sports achievements of Gomel residents and confident in their further victories. Representatives of…

On June 24 3x3 basketball matches were held at the II European Games in Minsk. The men's national team won a bronze medal. The main sensation of the tournament is the grand victory of our team in the quarterfinal over the leader of the world basketball ranking – the team of Serbia. The winning team includes a student the Faculty of Physical Education Andrei Rogozenko, who will be awarded the title of international-class master of sports of the Republic of Belarus as a result of successful…

The opening ceremony of the Olympics for students of the Union State, dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Belarus from the Nazi invaders, was held on June 18 in the memorial complex “Brest Hero-Fortress”. The competition, which lasted until June 23, was attended by about 230 people. Russia was presented by about 100 students, participants of student sports clubs of 13 universities of the country.

Recognition of award winners of the World Championships among students 2018 and IV European University Games was held in Minsk on February 25, 2019. Minister of sports and tourism Sergei Kovalchuk, Chairmanof Belarusian association of students sports Alexander Bogdanovich, vice-head of the National Olympic committee Sergei Repkin, representatives of sports federations, students and trainers took part in the conference.  Gomel State University is proud of our 2nd year student of the Faculty of…

Championship of the Republic of Belarus was held in Lida on January 13 – 15, 2019. About 170 sportsmen took part in the event and battled for the title of champion. Candidates for training and participation in the international contests will be chosen in accordance with the results of the Championship. The young wrestlers will conquer the heights of the European Wrestling Championships, II European games and the World Championship for selection at the Olympic Games in Tokyo.

On November 29 – December 2, 2018 Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University (Kaliningrad, Russia) hosted the International scientific and practical conference “Innovative approaches in sports education”, where the representatives from Belarus, Russia, Poland, the Netherlands, Italy and Latvia took part in. Faculty of physical culture of Francisk Skorina Gomel State University was acting as an official partner of this event within the frames of the agreement on scientific cooperation. Lecturers,…