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To many students sport is a vital part of life. Unfortunately a number of dissatisfied students can\u2019t play the sports they love as the non-profit student sports club University Studenter-Gymnastik (USG) is oversubscribed.<\/p>\n

\u00bbWe have 1,600 people on the waiting lists at the start of September,\u00ab says Ebbe Rasmussen, who heads USG. The reason they can\u2019t offer more groups to reduce waiting lists and offer a greater variety of sports is space, he says. <\/p>\n

\u00bbIf you look at Copenhagen in terms of facilities per thousands of people, it has a terrible number. Compared with a small town in the North of Zealand, Copenhagen is down by 419 sports halls,\u00ab Ebbe Rasmussen says. <\/p>\n

Copenhagen has one swimming pool per 55,853 citizens. <\/p>\n

Introduced several sports in Denmark<\/h2>\n

After enrolling as a UCPH student in 1970, Ebbe Rasmussen quickly became a USG coach and then leader in 1994. It\u2019s clear this man is passionate about sport and getting as many people involved as possible. As long as there is the physical space to do it, USG will help start new activities, he says. <\/p>\n

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Copenhagen needs more facilities like these according to Ebbe Rasmussen. Photo: Adam Ronan Hughes.<\/em> <\/p>\n

In trying to deal with the issue of limited space, USG has started groups that don\u2019t rely on pools or halls: <\/p>\n

\u00bbBy adding activities like hiking and kayaking, we have come around the problem.\u00ab <\/p>\n

Historically too, USG boasts some impressive stories:<\/p>\n

\u00bbIn 1947, no one in Denmark played basketball. A colleague of mine invited the US army basketball team to USG, they showed us how to play and we started a team. We started basketball in Denmark here, at USG,\u00ab Ebbe Rasmussen says. <\/p>\n

A remarkable story considering the popularity of the sport now, but the list goes on: <\/p>\n

\u00bbWhen there weren\u2019t enough people for a handball practice here, they started a type of indoor football that became floorball. We started indoor football in Denmark here.\u00ab <\/p>\n

Lacrosse, parkour and belly dancing were also all started at USG by students. <\/p>\n

\u00bbPeople just want to train\u00ab<\/h2>\n

As a top swimming team coach and keen off-piste skier, Ebbe Rasmussen believes sport is a vital part of the university experience and suggests that sporting engagement can lead to improved academic results too. <\/p>\n

When asked if UCPH should be helping to solve space problems, Ebbe Rasmussen says: <\/p>\n

\u00bbIf the University of Copenhagen wants to be seen as a very good university, they also need to make it possible to play sport. So in that sense yes they should be trying to get more facilities.\u00ab <\/p>\n

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Ebbe Rasmussen has been coaching USG teams for over 30 years. Photo: Adam Ronan Hughes.<\/em> <\/p>\n

But the Copenhagen municipality (K\u00f8benhavns kommune) should also be helping. Instead of spending millions on a new stadium in Amager, \u00bbwhich will only be for Madonna concerts and elite events like the world championships,\u00ab as Ebbe Rasmussen says, politicians should be helping to increase the city\u2019s sporting space. <\/p>\n

\u00bbWe need more places for training. People just want to train,\u00ab Ebbe Rasmussen says.<\/p>\n

With such a rich and inclusive sporting history, it would be a shame for USG to turn away keen participants, but until they get access to more facilities, the waiting lists will surely only grow. <\/p>\n

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Compared with a small town in the North of Zealand, Copenhagen is down by 419 sports halls,\u00ab Ebbe Rasmussen says. <\/p>\n<p>Copenhagen has one swimming pool per 55,853 citizens. <\/p>\n<h2>Introduced several sports in Denmark<\/h2>\n<p>After enrolling as a UCPH student in 1970, Ebbe Rasmussen quickly became a USG coach and then leader in 1994. It\u2019s clear this man is passionate about sport and getting as many people involved as possible. As long as there is the physical space to do it, USG will help start new activities, he says. <\/p>\n<div class=\"dme-image dme-image-center dme-image-preset-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/old_files\/p1340039.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><em>Copenhagen needs more facilities like these according to Ebbe Rasmussen. Photo: Adam Ronan Hughes.<\/em> <\/p>\n<p>In trying to deal with the issue of limited space, USG has started groups that don\u2019t rely on pools or halls: <\/p>\n<p>\u00bbBy adding activities like hiking and kayaking, we have come around the problem.\u00ab <\/p>\n<p>Historically too, USG boasts some impressive stories:<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbIn 1947, no one in Denmark played basketball. A colleague of mine invited the US army basketball team to USG, they showed us how to play and we started a team. We started basketball in Denmark here, at USG,\u00ab Ebbe Rasmussen says. <\/p>\n<p>A remarkable story considering the popularity of the sport now, but the list goes on: <\/p>\n<p>\u00bbWhen there weren\u2019t enough people for a handball practice here, they started a type of indoor football that became floorball. We started indoor football in Denmark here.\u00ab <\/p>\n<p>Lacrosse, parkour and belly dancing were also all started at USG by students. <\/p>\n<h2>\u00bbPeople just want to train\u00ab<\/h2>\n<p>As a top swimming team coach and keen off-piste skier, Ebbe Rasmussen believes sport is a vital part of the university experience and suggests that sporting engagement can lead to improved academic results too. <\/p>\n<p>When asked if UCPH should be helping to solve space problems, Ebbe Rasmussen says: <\/p>\n<p>\u00bbIf the University of Copenhagen wants to be seen as a very good university, they also need to make it possible to play sport. So in that sense yes they should be trying to get more facilities.\u00ab <\/p>\n<div class=\"dme-image dme-image-center dme-image-preset-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/old_files\/p1340049_0.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><em>Ebbe Rasmussen has been coaching USG teams for over 30 years. Photo: Adam Ronan Hughes.<\/em> <\/p>\n<p>But the Copenhagen municipality (K\u00f8benhavns kommune) should also be helping. Instead of spending millions on a new stadium in Amager, \u00bbwhich will only be for Madonna concerts and elite events like the world championships,\u00ab as Ebbe Rasmussen says, politicians should be helping to increase the city\u2019s sporting space. <\/p>\n<p>\u00bbWe need more places for training. People just want to train,\u00ab Ebbe Rasmussen says.<\/p>\n<p>With such a rich and inclusive sporting history, it would be a shame for USG to turn away keen participants, but until they get access to more facilities, the waiting lists will surely only grow. <\/p>\n<p>uni-avis@adm.ku.dk<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"ArticleEnd"},{"acf_fc_layout":"OtherStories","headline":"","hand_picked_posts":false,"references":false,"category":false,"theme":false,"number_of_posts":"4","style":"default"}]},"taxonomyData":{"category":[{"term_id":44,"name":"Campus","slug":"campus","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":44,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":1547,"filter":"raw"}],"post_tag":[],"post_format":[],"expression":[{"term_id":15,"name":"News Article","slug":"news_article","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":15,"taxonomy":"expression","description":"","parent":0,"count":11492,"filter":"raw"}],"translation_priority":[]},"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/p1340035.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2119"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30759,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2119\/revisions\/30759"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}