The 2022/2023 sport scholarships were presented on Friday 25 November. for the year of study. The highest scholarship of 1800 euros was won by floorball players Armands Savins and Krišjānis Tiltiņš, figure skater Denis Vasilievas well as a biathlete Sanita Bulina.
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This year, the scholarship committee received a record number of applications from student athletes: 114, of which 56 applicants received scholarships. The largest number of scholarship winners study at the University of Latvia – 15, Latvian Academy of Sports Pedagogy – 13, Riga Technical University – 13, Riga Stradiņš University – 5, University of Daugavpils – 4, as well as in other educational institutions.
Scholarship winners represent 26 sports, most of which are eight floorball players, six orienteers, five track and field athletes. Three athletes represent freestyle wrestling, shooting, kayaking and cross country skiing, two – biathlon, motor sports (speedway), curling, checkers, 3×3 basketball, basketball, one each – figure skating, rowing, fitness, gymnastics, boxing, swimming , bmx cycling, triathlon, chess, table tennis, road cycling, sailing and karate.
Chair of the Scholarship Committee, LSPA Professor Agita Ābele, points out that the concept of dual careers is becoming more and more recognizable among athletes, as evidenced by the record number of applications received this year. “It’s important that athletes who aim for high results feel supported and know that their results so far in competitions are being valued. It’s really hard to study and play sports at the same time, so I’m really happy and satisfied that we can give athletes l opportunity to achieve both their athletic and educational goals.”
LSFP President Einars Fogelis points out: “It is important that every athlete, at the same time as an athlete, continues on his path to higher education. This will ensure that he will develop professionally and, when his sporting career ends, will be able to live a quality life in the future.”
Rower Laine Rumpe, who is currently studying at the Latvian Academy of Sports Pedagogy as a rowing coach and sports manager, admits that ‘an athlete’s career won’t last forever, so it’s important to learn. Plus, the more you do , the more you can do.”
Sports scholarship winners 2022/2023 in the academic year:
Awarded a scholarship of 1800 euros floorball players Armand Savin (LU) and Krišjānis Tiltiņš (RISEBA), figure skater Denis Vasiļjev (DU), biathlete Sanita Buliņa (LSPA).
Awarded a scholarship of 1600 euros rower Laina Rumpe (LSPA), freestyle athlete Alan Amirova (DU), orienteer Sandra Grosberga (LSPA), kayaker Kārlis Dumpis (RSU).
Awarded a scholarship of 1400 euros for cross-country skier Samanta Krampe (RTU) and for motorcyclist Francis Gust (LSPA).
Awarded a scholarship of 1200 euros fitness athlete Vanesa Nikola Belova (LSPA), putters Lauris Strautmanis and Emīlas Wassermanis (both LSPA).
Awarded a scholarship of 1000 euros curlers Evelina Barone (LU) and Erika Patricijas Bitmets (RTU), orienteer Matīs Saulīts (Tallinn University of Technology), biathlete Renārs Birkenthal (LU), gymnast Richards Plāt (RTU) and shot put Agatha Rashman (LSPA).
Awarded a scholarship of 800 euros checkers Renards Helfrechts (LU), cross-country skier Raimo Vigant (LU), basketball player Anita Megija Miķelson (RSU), orienteer Elsa Ķuze (RTU), floorball player Aiv Kusiņas (LSPA), athlete freestyle Ramina Mamedova (LSPA), boxer Matvej Prokudin (RTU), floorball player Andrej Škerberg (LU), kayaker Madara Aldiņa (LSPA), swimmer Rihardas Kahanović (RTU), track and field athlete Kitty Paula Melnbarde (LU, RTU).
Awarded a scholarship of 600 euros floorball player Kristiana Elizabeti Krūmiņa (LU), motorsports athlete Oļegs Mihailov (DU), track and field athlete Sergej Soklakovs (LSPA), BMX cyclist Mārtiņas Zadraks (LU), freestyle athlete Elma Zeidler (LU), triathlete Artūrs Liepa (Rīga Business School), distance from skier Sandi Suhanov (RTU), chess player Rihards Bekasov (LU), table tennis player Daniel Kogan (LU), track and field athlete Dmitri Lashenko (RTU ) and Ilya Petrushenko (LiepU), basketball player Dāvid Vīksne (LU), floorball player Gustav Griezīts (RISEBA), basketball player Alisa Bruzinskas (RSU), road cyclist Matīs Kalversas (LSPA), the orienteer Anna Emīlija Suta (RTU), canoeist Elizabetė Vīksne (LSPA), floorball player Laura Gaugere (RTU), dame Gunāras Gribuškas (REA), orienteer Kristaps Mierlauks (RTU), floorball Anna Mūrniece (LU), basketball player Valters Briedis (LU), orienteer Ilgvars Caune (LBTU), sailor Esther Paula Kumpiņ a (RSU), karateka Marija Luizei Muižniece (RTU), lightweight Mikus Pētersons (RSU).
Sports scholarships from the state budget have been awarded since 2007 in order to promote opportunities for elite student athletes to combine studies with the development of sportsmanship, as well as to popularize student sports and promote the preparation of reserves for teams Latvian nationals. The scholarship is intended to promote the academic and athletic growth of the scholarship recipients.
Athletes from all Latvian national teams studying at an accredited higher education institution and competing in Latvian and internationally recognized sports were invited to apply for the scholarship. Scholarship award criteria do not distinguish between budgeted or paid, full-time or part-time study programmes, however the duration of studies cannot exceed the intended study time period of the study programme.
The funding source for sports scholarships is Ministries of Education and Science the funds provided by the state budget.
