Ukrainian judoka Andrii Kolesnyk (student of Oleg Balatskyi Academic and Research Institute of Finance, Economics and Management) won bronze at the men`s event of heavyweight +100 kg at the 2017 Summer Universiade, held in Taipei. Andrii Kolesnyk got several victories towards the final but lost to Ju Young-seo, the representative of South Korea, in the semi-final. The Ukrainian judoka won Ruan Da Silva, the representative of Brazil, fighting for the bronze medal.
Sumy State University delegated 12 highly-qualified sportsmen for participating at the 29th Summer Universiade, scheduled from August 19th till 30th in Taipei, Taiwan. They represent the Ukrainian team in volleyball, judo, athletics and archery.