Students from the Federal Institute of Education, Science, and Technology of Rio Grande do Sul (IFRS) won 15 medals at the Southern Region Federal Institutes Games (JIFSUL) 2026. IFRS secured three golds, five silvers, and seven bronzes in competitions that gathered athletes from the six IFs located in the states of Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, and Paraná.
JIFSUL was held from September 15 to 18 in sports facilities in the municipalities of São Leopoldo and Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul. Besides the sporting competitions, the event provided moments of convivence and integration among students and staff from the participating institutions.
The IFRS delegation consisted of 130 students, who participated in athletics, basketball, futsal, handball, volleyball, beach volleyball, table tennis, and chess. They were accompanied by 15 staff members.
Medals in various disciplines
Among the achievements by IFRS are podiums in athletics, futsal, basketball, volleyball, chess, and handball. The accomplishments were achieved by students and teams from differentcampusesrepresenting the Institute in individual and team competitions.
Check out IFRS's achievements at JIFSUL 2026:
Gold Medals
- Futsal - Male: IFRS (campusesRio Grande, Sertão, Ibirubá and Bento Gonçalves
- Volleyball - Female: IFRS (campusesCaxias do Sul, Farroupilha, and Feliz
- Long Jump - Male: João Pedro Custódio (CampusResting (Mangrove)
Silver Medals
- Chess Team - Men: IFRS TeamcampusesCanoas, Caxias do Sul, Feliz, and Erechim
- Athletics Relay - 4x100 meters - Women: IFRS TeamcampusesRio Grande and Restinga
- 1,500-meter Athletics - Female: Yasmin BrisolaCampusHappy
- 3,000-meter Athletics - Female: Yasmin BrisolaCampusHappy
- Athletics - Men's Disk Throw: Fernando Dal Molin VieiraCampusIbirubá
Bronze medals
- Basketball - Male (campusesCanoas, Caxias do Sul, Osório and Feliz
- Handball - Male (campuses Sertão, Canoas and Erechim)
- Athletics 100 meters - Male: João Pedro Custódio (CampusResting (Mangle)
- Athletics 200 meters - Female: Julia Correa DuarteCampusResting (Mangle)
- Athletics 800 meters - Female: Yasmin BrisolaCampusHappy (Glad)
- 1500-meter Athletics - Male: Bernardo Zortea (Sertão Campus)CampusSertão
- 5000-meter Athletics - Male: Bernardo Zortea (Sertão Campus)CampusSertão
Other stages
The qualification for the regional stage took place based on the results of the IFRS 2026 Games (read more about the IFRS 2026 Games). The best-placed athletes had the opportunity to represent the institution at JIFSUL.
Now, the top-placed athletes at JIFSUL have secured qualification for the national stage of the Federal Institutes Games (JIFs), scheduled to take place from October 18 to 23 in Goiânia (GO).
Check out some images below and follow theIFRS Official Instagramto see more photos that will be published in the coming days
