134 University students combine study and competitive sports thanks to the Sports Talent program

Making the high performing sports internship compatible with the study of a university degree program is not an easy task. To help student-athletes, the University of Navarra launched Talento Deportivo (Sports Talent), a program coordinated by the Sports Servicepartnership with the different Schools.

This year, a total of 134 students from campus in Pamplona and San Sebastian, 67 of them women, are participating in the program. Belonging to 12 Schools, they practice 31 different sports disciplines.

José Antonio Fernández, director of the Program, points out that one of the aspects most valued by students is the flexibility when it comes to modifying dates for exams, practices and deliveries. "Sometimes, sports competitions coincide with some important dates of academic calendar. Although they are student-athletes who make very good use of their time in both areas, the program allows students and their advisors to adapt exams, practices or deliveries to competitions".

Arantxa Arrizurieta is a student at School of Sciences and one of the most veteran members of the Archery School. She recognizes that the training and competitions she has during the week make her develop several skills that are very useful in her studies, from the ability to concentrate to the need to organize her time and adjust to what is established. Igor Colina, a student at the School of Engineering, practices judo and agrees with his classmate when he says that sport "financial aid helps to organize ideas and give a good channel to the energy we young people have".

Some data of interest on Sports Talent Program:

• 134 participants in the 2023-24 course

•  6 more students than last year

• 67 women and 67 men

• 31 different sports disciplines

• 53 students are 1st

• 2 students from postgraduate program

• 12 Schools: Medicine, Communication, Tecnun, Economics, Sciences, Education and Psychology, Law, Architecture, Pharmacy and Nutrition, Philosophy and Letters, Sciences and Nursing.

Participants

→ These are the students participating in the program during the 2023-24 academic year.