Sports

Sports in Petrozavodsk

Promoting healthy lifestyle, increasing the number of sport facilities in the yards, organizing sport activities in the city districts, training and supporting sportsmen of higher classes – these are the basic tasks pursued by the municipal policy in the field of sports and physical culture.

International regatta of sailing yachts “Onego” may be considered the city’s sport visiting card on the national level.
*Highest achievements have been demonstrated by Petrozavodsk sportsmen in sambo, orienteering, table tennis, track and field athletics, go game.*
*The largest popular sport event is the winter skiing festival “Winter Fountains”, gathering over 5 000 citizens every year.*

Altogether over 42 thousand citizens or over 15% of the city populations are going into sports. This figure is app. 1,5 times higher than the average Russian (8-10%).

City's sport facilities:

Children's and youth sport schools – 8;

Republican House of Physical Training

House of Boxing

Municipal stadium “Yunost’” (Youth)

Central republican stadium “Spartak”

City ski route “Fountains”

Water-Sport Centre "Aquatika"

Sport federations - 32

Sport teams at the city organizations and institutions – 293

Professional sportsmen – 668

Sport NGOs and associations – 120

City Administration Department on Physical Culture and Sports +7 8142 71 36 13

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