Federal Police Sports School Kienbaum
The Bundespolizeisportschule Kienbaum ( BPOLSPSCH KBM ) is the sports funding facility of the German Federal Police for summer and year-round sports based in Grünheide (Mark) in Brandenburg . It pursues the goal of promoting young, highly talented athletes in the practice of competitive sports and at the same time offering them permanent professional prospects. In addition, the greatest possible contribution to the successful performance of German national teams in international competition should be made.
advancement
The Federal Police Sports School Kienbaum supports athletes in Olympic sports
- Athletics ,
- Track cycling ,
- Judo ,
- Rowing ,
- Canoe and
- Sport shooting .
Funding is generally given to those Olympic sports in which the Federal Republic of Germany can successfully present itself at the Olympic Games as well as World and European Championships. The equivalent for winter sports is the Bad Endorf Federal Police Sports School .
In addition to general suitability for the law enforcement service, the prerequisite for admission to the federal police's elite sport sponsorship is that applicants practice a sport that is sponsored by the federal police and that top performance at world level can be achieved in a sport-specific prognosis by the elite sport associations . Furthermore, a federal cadre status is mandatory.
After the end of their sporting career, almost 90 percent of the athletes remain with the Federal Police and are employed in a wide variety of functions in the middle police force.
education
The training to become a law enforcement officer in the middle-level police force takes the form of modularized block training. The four training phases are usually completed over a period of four years. While the police training and the necessary discipline-specific training are carried out side by side from September to December, the following eight months are available exclusively for the preparation for the season or the competition season.
After the training, the athletes are released from the police force for the duration of their athletic career. Four weeks a year, they complete a four-week knowledge-preserving internship at a federal police station.
Sporting successes
Since the establishment of the facility, the athletes from the Kienbaum Federal Police Sports School have won almost 300 medals at the Olympic Games and World and European Championships. The first Olympic medals were given in Beijing in 2008:
- Silver:
- Annekatrin Thiele (rowing, double sculls)
- Tomasz Wylenzek (canoeing, two-man canoes, 1000 m)
- Bronze:
- Tomasz Wylenzek (canoeing, two-man canoes, 500 m)
- René Enders (track cycling, team sprint)
- Britta Oppelt (rowing, double foursome)
The sponsored athletes won their first Olympic gold at the 2012 Games in London, where the Federal Police provided 25 Olympic participants. In total, they were able to win 13 medals for Germany and post another seven top 8 placements. The 2012 Olympic champions from the ranks of the Federal Police are:
- Kristina Vogel (cycling track team sprint),
- Karl Schulze (rowing, double sculls),
- Sebastian Brendel (canoe racing, canoe single 1000 m) and
- Peter Kretschmer (canoe racing, canoe two-man 1000 m).
Historical development
The Federal Police's sports promotion facility for summer and year-round sports was initially launched in 1999 with ten top athletes (athletics, cycling, judo) and initially as a two-year project phase under the name of the Federal Police Performance Sports Project in Cottbus . In 2007 it was opened to other sports (canoeing, rowing, shooting).
By decision of the Interior Minister at the time , Hans-Peter Friedrich , the location was relocated from Cottbus to the Kienbaum Federal Training Center in June 2011 for technical and economic reasons .
Web links
- Kienbaum. Olympic and world champions in uniform (article in the staff magazine "BUNDESPOLIZEI compact" 6-2012, p. 36 ff.)
- Swearing-in and honoring of athletes by the Kienbaum Federal Police Sports School ( page no longer available )
- Head of the Federal Police Sports School rowing Olympians ( page no longer available )
Individual evidence
- ^ Federal Police Sports School Kienbaum . Federal Police website, accessed on January 6, 2016.
- ↑ Federal Ministry of the Interior for the Promotion of Competitive Sports (accessed on April 1, 2014)
Coordinates: 52 ° 27 '43.2 " N , 13 ° 57' 3.6" E