Amapaenses win bronze medal at the Brazilian University Games, in Joinville – News of Brazil

Lana Caroline
Sports Editor

Cauan Amorim, 23, from Amapá, an International Relations student at the Federal University of Amapá (Unifap), won a bronze medal in the e-sports category, at FIFA 2023, during the Brazilian University Games (JUB’s), which takes place in Joinville ( SC).

This is the first time that the native of Amapá competes in a national competition, but he has already won the title of two-time state champion in electronic games. Cauan has been practicing the sport for around 10 years.

The quartet composed of Danyele Luz, Edson Tiago, João Carlos Agripino Loureiro also brought a medal for Amapá. The team took third place in the e-sports category, in Free Fire.

“Thank you to the people who cheered for us and believed we were going to bring a medal […] Here is my reinforcement that it is also important to encourage young people who are interested in electronic games”wrote one of the athletes on his social network.

About the competition

The JUBs are the biggest university sports event in Latin America and reach their 70th edition this year.

The event, which brings together more than 5 thousand athletes from 320 higher education institutions representing the country’s 27 university federations, continues until October 21st. During the 14 days of competition, athletes will be involved in judo, karate, wrestling, tennis, table tennis, parasports table tennis, chess, academic, breaking, cheerleading, basketball, futsal, handball, volleyball and electronic sports (League of Legends, Electronic Football, Clash Royale, Valorant, CS Go and Free Fire).

The competitions will be held in different locations in the city: at Expoville (the main competition venue), at Centreventos Cau Hansen, at the Ivo Varella Training Center, at the Mário Timm Municipal Sports Gymnasium, at the Abel Schulz Gymnasium, at Univille, at the Associação Atlética Tupy and Joinville Tênis Clube.

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