Sports
Students interested in sport can choose from more than forty disciplines at the Institute of Sports — from beginners to top-level. The Institute of Sports is a modern-service enterprise within the University of Mannheim supporting athletics and the health of all students and employees in the University of Mannheim and the region. At the moment they are offering a wide variety of programs with 140 courses, 320 hours per week in 55 different kinds of sports.
Mannheim placed 2nd in 2005 European university rowing championship, finishing ahead of Oxford.
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Famous quotes containing the word sports:
“There be some sports are painful, and their labor
Delight in them sets off. Some kinds of baseness
Are nobly undergone, and most poor matters
Point to rich ends.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“It is usual for a Man who loves Country Sports to preserve the Game in his own Grounds, and divert himself upon those that belong to his Neighbour.”
—Joseph Addison (1672–1719)
“Falling in love is the right adventure for those who dislike sports and travel.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)