Chengdu Sport University
成都体育学院 | |
| Type | National |
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| Established | 1942 |
| Location | , , China |
| Website | www.cdsu.edu.cn |
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| Simplified Chinese | 成都体育学院 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 成都體育學院 | ||||||
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Chengdu Sport University (Chinese: 成都体育学院; pinyin: Chéngdū Tǐyù Xuéyuàn) is a sports university in the southwest of the downtown district of Chengdu, Sichuan Province.
The university is administered by the national State General Administration of Sports and the Sichuan provincial government.
The Hang Kong Gang Campus is about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport.
Chengdu Sport University was founded in 1942. In 1953, the fully-established system was transformed into the Southwest Institute of Sports. In 1956, it was changed to Chengdu Sports University.
It is the most famous kinesiology university in southwest China, as well as one of the top five of the kind. It has a reputation from sports, such as gymnastics, martial art and weightlifting, and is recognized as an established authority in sports medicine and the application of T.C.M. in prevention, therapy and recovery of sports injuries and fatigue.