Presidential Champion Award

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The Presidential Champion Award (PCA) was an American badge for continuous and sustained athletic activity awarded from 1956 to 2018 and under the auspices of the President of the United States .

history

The purpose of the Presidential Champion Award was to create a sports badge that everyone could fulfill . The focus was explicitly on the continuous and sustainable provision of sporting activities and performance, less on performance under competition conditions that can be measured in terms of height, speed or distance . After Dwight D. Eisenhower was the first president to take over the patronage in 1956, the successors in office continued the tradition and award of the PCA. Under President Trump , the PCA was discontinued on June 30, 2018

In Germany, the PCA campaign for the benefit of the Bundeswehr Social Works brokered the award of the badge through the Bundeswehr Fachschulbetreuungsstelle Cologne.

Levels of the badge

The award could be made in bronze, silver, gold and platinum.

Point system

Up to September 30, 2010, a maximum of 750 points could be achieved in one day. Daily points earned beyond this maximum limit expired and could not be transferred to other days; From October 1, 2010, points could be earned daily without limit. The purpose of the daily limitation of the points was to emphasize the continuity of physical activity.

By September 30, 2010, 20,000 points were required for bronze, 45,000 points for silver and 80,000 points for gold. From October 1, 2010, the required number of points has been doubled; d. This means that 40,000 points had to be achieved for bronze, 90,000 points for silver, 160,000 points for gold and 1,000,000 points for platinum. The elaboration of the services was not limited in time and the points earned for bronze or silver did not expire if you then applied for the level silver or gold etc. later.

The performance table was as follows:

Performance intensity Points per hour Time for maximum daily points (until September 30, 2010)
Easy 250 3 hours
medium 500 1.5 hours
Strong 750 1 hour

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Presidential Champions . In: HHS.gov . December 23, 2016. Accessed February 21, 2018.
  2. ↑ http://www.sportabzeichen.org/Sportabzeichen-Impressum.html
  3. ↑ http://www.bundeswehr-sozialwerk.de/aktion-sorgenkinder/spendenaktion/sportabzeichen-pca/was-ist-pca.html