Minister Dan Perciun gave a pep talk to young athletes ahead of the Summer Universiade // Photo: mec.gov.md
The Republic of Moldova(see the list of athletes in the table) will be represented in nine sports. The judo team has the largest representation, with nine athletes, archery – six, three athletes each will compete in athletics, swimming and rowing.
The honor of being the flag-bearer of the Moldovan delegation fell to the bronze medalist of the 2024 Olympics in judo, Adil Osmanov. The Ministry of Education and Research held a ceremony to hand over the state banner. “Moldovan sport has been reaching new heights in recent years and you, dear athletes are part of this process of modernization and growth. We had impressive results at the Olympic Games. We very much hope that they will be no less significant at the Universiade,” Dan Perciun, head of the ministry, said during the ceremony.
During the Universiade athletes from Moldova have won 27 medals, including 4 top medals, 4 silver medals and 19 bronze medals. At the previous Summer Universiade, held in 2023 in Chengdu, China, 3 medals were won: one silver medal – by judoka Radu Izvoreanu, and 2 bronze medals – by rowers Alexandru Bulat and Alexandru Mashnic.
The Summer Universiade is held every two years under the aegis of the International University Sports Federation. It is a youth analog of the Olympics. The sporting event is also called the World University Games.
The 2025 Summer Universiade will feature 234 medal events in 18 sports.
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Composition of the Moldovan Delegation to the Summer Universiade-2025 |
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Judo |
| Adil Osmanov Alexandru Tyrsină Mihail Latyshev Alin Bagrin Piotr Pelivan Vadim Gimbovsky Oksana Dyachenko Daniela Tkach Cindy Weinstein |
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Archery |
| Mihail Sadoveanu Eugen Savciuc Andrei Belich Nicole Stryapunina Nadezhda Lechan Kasandra Berzan |
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Athletics |
| Juliana Dabizha Andrija Stavila Ekaterina Chernat |
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Swimming |
| Denis Shvets Tudor Vartik Anastasia Basisto |
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Rowing |
| Ivan Korshunov Mikhail Yudin Alexander Bulat |
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Table tennis |
| Alexandra Kiryakova Kamelia Merenko |
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Beach volleyball |
| Maxim Korsakov Yegor Dobchis |
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Taekwondo |
| Dragos Marinescu Dmitry Shulyak |
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Rhythmic Gymnastics |
| Emily-Kate Beznos |
