Austrian Disabled Sports Association
| Austrian Disabled Sports Association | |
|---|---|
| Founded | October 22, 1958 |
| Place of foundation | Vienna |
| President | Brigitte Jank |
| societies | 104 |
| Members | 7000 (as of May 2012) |
| Homepage | www.obsv.at |
The Austrian Disabled Sports Association , or ÖBSV for short, was founded on October 22, 1958 in Vienna and is the umbrella organization for all disabled and disabled sports clubs and associations in Austria. The ÖBSV serves as the interface between the individual national organizations. These organizations coordinate the concerns of the clubs in the respective federal states and also organize state championships.
tasks
Popular sport
The promotion of popular sport is the top priority at the ÖBSV: through basic work in the associations and clubs, in the competence committees, with trial weeks and sports camps, introductory courses and information events. A membership in the ÖBSV brings many advantages with all these offers.
Sports development
The competence committees and state associations are the sport development units for popular sport. The focus is on advice on sports, discovery of special abilities and talents, introduction to specific sports and national competitions, support for national classification through to cadre in a specific sport. The ÖBSV organizes over 150 sporting events annually, such as sporting events in schools or rehabilitation centers, disabled sport weeks, training courses, sporting festivals, tournaments, Austrian championships and Austrian state championships. All athletes in the ÖBSV have some form of disability themselves, which means that a very valuable exchange of experiences takes place in the ÖBSV.
In around one hundred clubs across Austria, the athletes support technically competent experts as well as tried and tested training programs in learning a sport. Regardless of whether the disability exists from birth or occurred later: the ÖBSV develops sport for all age, disability and ability groups - from young to old, in six disability groups in around twenty sports.
Elite sport
From beginners to world-class athletes - the ÖBSV is there for everyone. As part of top-class sport, around 25 major international sporting events are attended every year with female athletes. For European championships and world championships, the ÖBSV takes over the financing of the secondments in addition to special preparation courses.
Training at the ÖBSV
Training opportunities:
Instructor: In sports modules you learn handicapped-specific training in sports.
Instructor: State training in general disabled sports and disabled skiing
Companions: People who are visually impaired or who are blind are involved in sports activities such as running or skiing.
Referee: Enable regular competitions.
Classifier: Classify athletes with different types of disabilities.
Competence bodies
With the help of competence committees, the needs of the various disabilities can be coordinated. For this reason, the ÖBSV formed the following 6 competence bodies:
- Amputee sport
- Sports for the blind and visually impaired
- Cerebral paretics sports
- Hearing impaired sports
- Mentally disabled sports
- Wheelchair sport
Member of international world associations
The ÖBSV and its disability groups are members of the following international world associations:
- International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS)
- International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA)
- Cerebral Palsy International Sports and Recreation Association (CPISRA)
- International Sports Federation for Persons with Intellectual Disability (INAS-FID)
Web links
- Homepage of the Austrian Disabled Sports Association
- Homepage of the Austrian Technical Committee for Sports for the Blind and Visually Impaired