Osemročné športové gymnázium Banská Bystrica
Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
What's new at Osemročné športové gymnázium Banská Bystrica
One of today's pros grew up on these courts.
- Martina Okalova #615 WTA
A state sports secondary school in Banská Bystrica, formerly the eight-year sports grammar school, with a boarding house, sports hall, gym and artificial-grass pitch. The Slovak sports ministry has named it an Olympic preparation centre.
Programmes and prices
What they sell and what it costs, as published on Oct 19, 2026.
- Sports gymnasium (športové gymnázium): school + tennis, pupils in grade 9 of primary school, on their national federation talent list. Price on request
- Sports management (športový manažment): school + tennis, pupils in grade 9 of primary school, on their national federation talent list. Price on request
- School boarding house (Školský internát): boarding, pupils of the school; pupils of other schools only if beds are free. €50 / month
The facts
- Founded: 1978 (as a boarding sports school; the eight-year sports gymnasium followed in 1991)
- Gymnasium places: 58 (admitted to the sports gymnasium for 2026/27)
- Sports management places: 80 (admitted for 2026/27)
- Boarding house: €50 (a month, school year 2026/27; meals extra)
- Talent test pass mark: 30 of 65 (points: general fitness tests plus a test in their own sport)
- Apply by: Feb 20 (2027, for the school year 2027/28; talent tests Mar 15–31, 2027)
- Boarding: Yes, boarding house 150 m away
- School on site: Yes, state sports school to maturita
- From age: After grade 9 of primary
- Adults: No, school pupils only
- Visits: No open day listed
- Campus: Trieda SNP 54, Banská Bystrica
- How to get in: Pupils in grade 9 of primary school (or who finished it) who are on their national federation list of talented athletes. Talent test: at least 30 of 65 points (50 m sprint, 2 kg medicine ball throw, standing long jump, 12-minute run, plus a test in their sport); 5 bonus points for a top-three place at the Slovak championships; grades from grades 8 and 9 count. A sports doctor statement goes with the application. Apply by Feb 20, 2027; tests Mar 15–31, 2027. Tennis is not named on the site. Contact: sekretariat@sgbb.edupage.org, +421 48 4712894
- Visits and trials: No open day is listed on their site; questions through the contact form, sekretariat@sgbb.edupage.org or +421 48 4712894
Where it is
Trieda SNP 54, 974 01 Banská Bystrica.
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