In order to promote the sprit of sports, enrich the extracurricular experience of teachers and students, and develop the wellbeing of students’ physical and mental health, Guangdong Technion - Israel Institute of Technology organized a diverse range of sports activities, and praised GTers for their excellent performance in the field of sports.

Inheriting the power of role models, 

six students won the Sports Awards

Recently, the Sports Award Ceremony was held in the Administration Building. The award aims to commend students who performed well in the 2023 physical test as role models, encourage other students to prepare for the physical test with a positive mindset, actively participate in physical exercise, and promote sportsmanship.

Fabian Rios, Head of the Sports Unit in GTIIT, delivered a short speech for the award ceremony and congratulated all the winners. “MOE test is important to GT student. This test gave them a great opportunity to challenge themselves and keep healthy. In GT, there is such a group of people – no matter like it or not, comfortable or not, heat or cold, easy or hard, they always give 100%. This is the stuff winners are made from. Tonight, you are the winners and champions of sports.”

There are 2 kinds of awards presented during this ceremony: the best performance award and the best improvement award. A total of 6 students won these awards, they are:

The best improvement award:

Gong Xinrong, Wang Mingxi, Xu Yingli, 

Che Xinyu

The best performance award:

Xu Shu Zijian, Yang Ruiqi

"I was very surprised when I won the prize. I felt that all my hard work had paid off,." Xu Yingli from cohort 2019 said. Determined not to have any regrets before her graduation, she practiced running before the MOE test. Wang Mingxi, also from cohort 2019, is very fond of sports. He used to work as a gym manager at GTIIT. While helping students to get familiar with fitness equipment, he also engages in personal gym sessions 3-4 times a week in his spare time and has the habit of running at night.Yang Ruiqi, the best performance winner, expressed her thanks to Dr. Fabian Rios for his Touch Rugby class. She said that although she didn’t spend much time on exercise, she maintained good physical condition by running and exercising in physical education classes.

Congratulations to all the winners!

Conveying the spirit of friendship, 

the friendly football match was successfully held

Recently, a friendly football match organized by GTIIT Sports Unit was held on the South Campus. The two sides of the competition are: the joint football team composed of teachers and students of GTIIT, and the football team of Shantou Police Department. The purpose of the competition is to enhance the friendship between GTIIT and various agencies, and establish a bridge of communication.

On the field, the players from both sides tried their best to win; off the field, everyone shook hands, thanked each other, encouraged each other and shared the joy of football.

The competition is short, but the friendship will last long. In the future, GTIIT will continue to organize similar competitions to enhance friendship and improve skills.