Sport and Health

The Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta (UNY) tennis team emerged victorious in the 11th Rector Cup Tournament, defeating the Menoreh Club with scores of 8–3 and 8–4 in the final matches held at the Faculty of Vocational Studies tennis courts on Sunday, May 11, 2025. In the first men's doubles match, UNY's duo, Achad Imam Ma’ruf and Vistor Syapri Maulana, showcased a solid performance against Menoreh's Dwi Harjanti and Nhiza, securing a convincing 8–3 win.

Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta (UNY) hosted its annual Fun Bike Event on Saturday, May 3, 2025. The event kicked off with a cheerful atmosphere as around 400 participants, including university leaders, faculty members, students, staff, and the local community, gathered at the UNY Rectorate courtyard. The 10-kilometer route stretched through major streets in Yogyakarta, reflecting UNY’s spirit of unity and health. “A healthy body leads to an optimal mind and spirit, ready to tackle any challenge,” remarked UNY Rector Prof. Dr. Sumaryanto, M.Kes., AIFO, during the opening ceremony.

On Friday, February 21, 2025, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta (UNY) commemorated its 61st anniversary with a mass aerobics session held in front of the Rectorate Building. The event saw participation from over 2,000 members of the UNY community, including faculty, students, staff, and local residents.

On Monday, September 9, 2024, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta (UNY) celebrated the 41st National Sports Day (Haornas) with full spirit. The event, which was held in the Rectorate yard, began with mass gymnastics involving the entire UNY academic community, ranging from lecturers, education staff, to students. Haornas is an important moment to reaffirm the importance of exercise as part of a healthy and fit lifestyle. Moreover, this celebration also supports the strengthening of the national sports system as a whole.

"Massage therapy and exercise therapy can be used to treat minor injuries to the limbs for recovery for sportsmen in preparing a fit physical condition in preparation for training, competing and after competing," said Professor of Sports Injury Therapy and Rehabilitation at the Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences UNY, Prof. Dr. Ali Satia Graha, M.Kes Monday (8/4).

UNY organizes morning exercises every Friday. The gymnastics are attended by the academic community of UNY, including lecturers, education staff and students.

Gymnastics instructor Fitri from Hana Gymnastics School said that today's gymnastics began with the opening of Diabetic Gymnastics 3, followed by Aerobic Gymnastics.

UNY actively supports various efforts to cultivate the community both for achievement purposes and to support a healthy lifestyle. Through various sports facilities on the UNY Campus, many general public and professional athletes have exercised and competed. To provide more comprehensive access, the construction of sports facilities is not only centered on the main campus of UNY.

Prof. Guntur said that Physical Education builds students' cognitive, affective and psychomotor aspects. Physical Education is an educational process that deals with the development and use of individual movement abilities that are voluntary, useful, and directly related to mental, social and emotional responses.

Older people experience significant changes physically, psychologically, and socially. These changes certainly affect all aspects of older people's life, including health. Rifky Riyandi Prastyawan tried to develop gymnastic movements that could improve the physical fitness and psychological and social wellbeing of older people in his dissertation research. According to him, these older adults deserve a healthier life if they get the right gymnastic exercise pattern. In addition, if older people remain healthy and fit, they can live independently without depending on others.

The Covid-19 pandemic in Indonesia has been ongoing since early 2020, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 19 (SARS-CoV-2). By 2023, there were more than 61 million confirmed cases in Southeast Asia; by May 2023, around 767 million people worldwide were infected. As of May 31, Indonesia has reported more than 6.8 million positive cases of Covid-19, with a death toll of around 161 thousand. However, the number of Covid-19 survivors is also quite large. As many as 87.4% of survivors still feel persistent symptoms, including chronic fatigue and shortness of breath.