Sport life
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Sport departments of the University
Department of PE
The Head of the Department
Igor Zub
PhDs in Pedagogy and Engineering
Historical background
In 2015 the Department of PE of the Water Transport Institute and the Department of Physical Education and Medical Training of the Institute “Maritime Academy” were merged. The new department was headed by Zub I.V., PhDs in Pedagogy.
The Department of PE of the Water Transport Institute was founded on January 13, 1934 and the first chief of the Department was Khanov Boris Efimovich.
The Department of PE of the Institute “Maritime Academy” took its roots from 1913 according to the abstract from 11.10.1913 No.21 of the Pedagogical Council of Joint Colleges of Merchant fleet named after Emperor Peter I sessions journal about the introduction of gymnastics classes into the Maritime Academic Institutions.
There are 24 experienced teaching staff among which 2 Candidates of Science with an Associate Professor title, 1 Masters of Sports on the international level, 8 Masters of Sport, 10 Candidates for Master of Sports.
The Department of PE is a part of the “Water Transport” Institute and there following activities are carried out in several areas: academic, students-athletes sportsmanship development, medical training of sailors, scientific and methodological work to improve the educational and methodological support of academic and educational-training processes, as well as recreational, sports activities among students and teaching staff.
The students’ classes are held in the main, special and sports departments as practical classes, lectures, theoretical and methodological classes, testing.
Annually students should have fit obligatory tests, for example, swimming, jogging – 60 m, 500 m for women and 1000 m for men. At the end of each semester students pass these tests and become certified.
There are more than 300 students to do sports in the sport department. They participate in competitions of urban, republican, international level including the Russian Championships.
Teaching staff data
Igor Zub, professor of the PE Department
Sergei Pylaev, associate professor of the PE Department
Natalia Popovich, associate professor of the PE Department
Fedor Korol
Marina Yakhontova
Sergei Labzo, senior teacher staff
Artem Varushin, senior teacher staff
Natalia Sadokhina, senior teacher staff
Anastasia Podobed, senior teacher staff
Vyacheslav Pankov, senior teacher staff
Elena Shulyachenko, senior teacher staff
Olga Morozova, senior teacher staff
Tatyana Bondareva, senior teacher staff
Anatolii Petrov, senior teacher staff
Evgenii Vasiliev, senior teacher staff
Irina Kulakova, senior teacher staff
Aleksei Saikin, senior teacher staff
Vladimir Morozov, senior teacher staff
Artur Berekenov, senior teacher staff
Anna Kasatkina, senior teacher staff
Olga Eremina, senior teacher staff
Maksim Volodin, assistant, PE Department
Technical and laboratory bases:
2 – Gym No. 2
3 – Shooting range, 5 arrowslits
4 – Boxing Hall
5 – Wrestling Hall
6 – Fitness center/Exercise center
7 – Swimming pool
8 – Yacht club, 10 yachts
9 – Football field
About the University sport clubs and other sport events held on the base of the particular University
About sport
The PE classes are being held for students of first, second and third years in main, special and sport departments.
Since the beginning of the University PE Department work more than 80 masters of sports have been certified. Annually the cadets and students pass tests for the Candidate of Master of Sports in various kinds of sports.
The University holds the competitions on various kinds of sport with a great deal of students and cadets, tournaments and matches devoted to the anniversaries. The most significant events are sports contest “Rector’s Goblet”, “Prize for a first-year student” etc.
There are 37 teaching staff, 2 Doctors of Science, 9 Candidate of Science, 3 Master of Sport of the International class, 11 Masters of Sport.
Sport News
Results of sports activities in October, 2020
- Football Championship among the Universities in St. Petersburg (October 1-6, 2020)
- The All-Russian Boat Rowing Championship (Kazan) (October 8-9, 2020)
- Freshmen swimming prize (in the University) (October 26, 2020).
- Freshmen chess prize (in the University) (October 29, 2020).
Results of sports activities in September, 2020
- Basketball Tournament «Orange Ball» (September 12, 2020).
- Open Boxing Championship in St. Petersburg (September 19, 2020)
- Athletic Road Running (September 26, 2020)
- Maritime Festival “Smolenka – way to the sea” (September 27, 2020)
- Football Championship among the Universities in St. Petersburg (September 27, 2020)