Weronika Biela, a student of Applied Mathematics and Experimental Physics at the Jagiellonian University took sixth place in women's snowboard parallel giant slalom at the Winter Universiade in Granada. After a brilliant performance in both qualification rounds (she achieved fifth place twice, which was the best result among the Polish female contenders). In the quarter-final she defeated Emilie Aurange from France, who has been the junior women's vice-champion of the world. The run can be watched on the Polish team's Facebook profile. In the following round, the 23-year-old Polish contestant narrowly lost to a Russian athlete, Daria Groznova

The Polish squad at the 27th Winter Universiade, which took place in Štrbské Pleso and Granada, included two more Jagiellonian University students, both snowboarders: Aleksandra Król and Natalia Ficek.