Graduate School of Business (HSE GSB) took 1st place in the overall team ranking at the 17th HSE Spartakiad
The Spartakiad included 9 sports disciplines: basketball, football, volleyball, chess, badminton, rowing, swimming, table tennis, and Russian bench press. The GSB Student Affairs Office formed and prepared teams that brought together more than 100 athletes from various bachelor’s and master’s programmes of the business school. As a result of the Spartakiad, the GSB Team took 1st place in the overall ranking with a total of 213 points (FEN — 2nd place, 162 points; MIEM — 3rd place, 161 points).
All teams of the HSE Higher School of Business showed strong results, and 7 teams placed in the top three:
- HSE GSB Basketball Team – 1st place
- HSE GSB Bench Press Team – 1st place
- HSE GSB Swimming Team – 1st place
- HSE GSB Chess Team – 2nd place
- HSE GSB Volleyball Team – 2nd place
- HSE GSB Rowing Team – 3rd place
- HSE GSB Badminton Team – 3rd place
The students who participated in the Spartakiad during the 2024–2025 academic year were congratulated by the Director of HSE Higher School of Business, Valery Katkalo, and the Deputy Director of HSE Graduate School of Business, Alexander Gabrielov, who presented them with certificates and commemorative gifts.
The victory of the HSE GSB team shows that in sports and in business, patience, leadership, and the ability to work in a team are equally important. These qualities help overcome difficulties and achieve common goals. I congratulate you on this success and wish you to always maintain your fighting spirit and strive for new heights.
We join in congratulating the GSB sports teams and wish them even greater victories next year!
Manager of the HSE GSB Student Affairs Office
This academic year, we were able to engage more than 100 students in competitions, held a number of training sessions for each discipline, and organized large-scale qualifying events in many sports. The level of preparation, its quality, the responsible approach of each athlete, and the team spirit of the entire GSB team were outstanding, which led to such an impressive achievement. I congratulate the students and wish them success in the upcoming academic year!
Egor Kondratyev
4th-year student of the “Business Administration” program, Head of the HSE GSB Sports Club 2024–2025
This is truly a very big and significant victory both for HSE GSB, which became the winner of the Spartakiad for the first time since 2022, and for the leadership of the Sports Club overall — the work done was truly colossal, the teams were selected and trained, and the fight for every ranking position took place in every discipline. I am incredibly happy about this first place, I congratulate and sincerely thank everyone involved! I am sure that this is just the beginning — this season we must build on last year’s success!
Denis Zasypkin
3rd-year student of the “Supply Chain Management and Business Analytics” program, Captain of the HSE GSB Basketball Team
This victory is a symbol of the team’s strength, the spirit of HSE GSB, and the desire to be the best not only in studies but also in sports. I am extremely happy and grateful to be part of this achievement! New goals, new starts, and new victories lie ahead of us!