VMU athletes won 45 medals at the SELL Games in Tartu

VMU athletes delegation at the SELL Student Games Tartu 2023

The 38th SELL Student Games took place in Tartu, Estonia, on 19-21 May, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the start of the SELL Student Games in 1923. The 38th edition of the Games was attended by almost 1,000 students from Croatia, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, and Turkey. The Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) delegation consisted of 69 athletes, who brought back to Kaunas a rich baggage of awards, winning 45 medals in ten different sports.

The 69 VMU athletes competed in volleyball, athletics, judo, badminton, Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestling, powerlifting, table tennis, beach volleyball, 3×3 basketball, and 5×5 basketball.

VMU athletes won medals:

Athletics – 6 golden and 2 silver medals

Judo – 8 golden, 1 silver, and 1 bronze medals

Badminton – 5 golden, 2 silver, and 2 bronze medals

Greco-Roman wrestling– 1 golden and 2 silver medals

Freestyle wrestling – 1 golden and 2 silver medals

Powerlifting – 1 golden medal

Table tennis – 3 golden and 2 bronze medals

Beach volleyball – 1 golden medal

3×3 basketball – 1 golden and 1 silver medals

5×5 basketball – 1 golden medal

Volleyball – 1 golden medal

Congratulations to our large and successful delegation of athletes, we wish you the best of luck in the future, and next year the SELL Student Games will return to Lithuania – Kaunas!