the annual ball "stars of student sports" was held in the concert hall "russia" of the luzhniki sports complex, where the best student-athletes of the year were honored. The "academicians"were not left without awards in 2020. Swimmers Daniil Pakhomov and Maria Temnikova, as well as Acting Rector of the Volga Region Academy, First Vice-President of the Russian Sports Student Union Rafis Burganov, took the stage during the ceremony.
rafis timerkhanovich was awarded the cup for the second team place at the vii all-russian summer universiade in 2020. It should be noted that in Yekaterinburg, which hosted these competitions, the academy became the first in the medal standings with 46 medals (13 gold, 17 silver and 16 bronze medals).
master's students daniil pakhomov and maria temnikova received awards for achievements in summer sports. in yekaterinburg, they won 5 gold and 1 silver medals, making a significant contribution to the victory of the academy team in the team competition.
Together with Pakhomov and Temnikova at the ceremony in Moscow, the Academy was represented by the Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Sports for Educational Work Anton Zanin and five other students. Master of Sports in athletics, Master's student Inna Puzik during the years of study brought the team of the university nemelo winning points at student starts. master of sports in sambo, third-year student daniil artemyev, became a silver medalist of the summer universiade, and a fourth-year student, master of sports of international class in karate, world champion, 8-time european champion, diana ananyeva, just recently returned to kazan from the russian championship, where she again became the strongest. Master's student Sergey Sirant, one of the strongest badminton players in the country, champion of Russia-2018 silver and bronze medalist of two European team Championships. Volleyball player Arina Yarantseva, a player of the academy's national team, has recently played for the Dynamo-Tatarstan team in snow volleyball tournaments. In 2020, she became the champion of Russia and the winner of several foreign tournaments.