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<\/a>Hungary is taking part in the 29th Winter Universiade, i.e. the olympiad of university athletes, with a 40-member team, comprised of students from 19 higher education institutions. Representing Semmelweis University at the event, which will be held in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, will be \u00c1lmos Oroszi, a first-year \u00c1OK student, as a member of the ice hockey team. Oroszi told our website that he has been playing ice hockey competitively for 15 years at Schiller-Vasas HC. This is his first season in the adult league after previously playing on the junior team. His team placed second or third several times in the league, while he has also participated in various international tournaments as a member of the junior national team.<\/p>\nOroszi said that he was always interested in the natural sciences, and he was inspired to pursue medical studies mainly by his mother, who is also a physician. He chose Semmelweis University partly because he lives in Budapest, but also because this was the place where the most points were needed to get in, and he wanted to aim high. For him, competitive sports provide a good balance with medical school. \u201cIn order to perform well at the university, I have to be prepared both physically and mentally, and hockey is the only thing that can provide this for me,\u201d he noted. \u201cHockey helps to keep my head clear, and it doesn\u2019t take time away from school, just the opposite: I use the time I have left to study much better and more focused, there is no downtime for me,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n