Sports promotion group of the Bundeswehr

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The Bundeswehr Sports Promotion Group is an institution of the Federal Ministry of Defense (BMVg). The German Bundestag had on May 8, 1968, the Federal Government directed the request to "set up to promote Bundeswehr, national athletes ... support groups that should be as far as possible similar to excellence in the sports associations." The Bundeswehr ( Federal Armed Forces ) set up sports promotion groups and has been financing "sports promotion sites" ever since.

It was important to the federal government

  • "To guarantee the representation of Germany at international competitions,
  • to give top German athletes equal opportunities to athletes from other countries and
  • to enable the connection to the international top performers during military service . "

The prerequisite for admission as a sports soldier to a sports promotion group of the Bw is that the athlete belongs to a national or regional squad of the respective sport. While selected athletes from cadres A, B, C or D / C are included in Olympic disciplines , the criteria for non-Olympic sports are stricter. Athletes from sports of level I must belong to the national team A, B or C, from disciplines of level II only athletes from the A-team are accepted. The individual decisions are made by the Federal Ministry of the Interior , the German Olympic Sports Confederation (until 2006, the German Sports Confederation ) and the BMVg in consultation with each other. The regulations required for this were first drawn up in 1971 and the decree of the BMVg was fundamentally modified in 1992. In 2005 the number of sports promotion groups was reduced from 25 to 22 (dissolution of the SportFGrpBw Holzwickede, Cologne-Wahn and Munich). In summer 2006 the number of sports promotion groups was reduced from 22 to 18 (dissolution of SportFGrpBw Mittenwald, Halle, Hannover and Tauberbischofsheim) and in 2008 a further reduction from 18 to 15 followed (dissolution of SportFGrpBw Rostock, Potsdam and Stuttgart).

From 1971 to 2008 the number of funding places increased from 430 to 824. The number of positions for temporary soldiers (SaZ) has been increased significantly. Since the introduction of a special sergeant career, the status of a professional soldier (BS) can also be achieved. The sports soldiers usually train in 70 sports in the infrastructure of the Olympic training centers or the federal and state performance centers of the sports associations.

The BMVg spends around 28 million euros annually on this top-class sport funding. However, this amount is not shown separately in the budget.

Top athletes and coaches who belong or have once belonged to a sports promotion group of the Bw are summarized in the category: Sports soldier (Germany) .

Locations of the sports promotion groups

15 sports promotion groups (SpFördGrpBw) under the jurisdiction of the armed forces base

(*) Sports promotion group exclusively for military sport

Former sports promotion groups

  • SportFGrpBw Halle (dissolved in 2006)
  • SportFGrpBw Hannover (dissolved in 2006)
  • SportFGrpBw Holzwickede (dissolved in 2005)
  • SportFGrpBw Mittenwald (dissolved in 2006)
  • SportFGrpBw Munich (dissolved in 2005)
  • SportFGrpBw Potsdam (dissolved in 2008)
  • SportFGrpBw Rostock (dissolved in 2008)
  • SportFGrpBw Stuttgart (dissolved in 2008)
  • SportFGrpBw Tauberbischofsheim , Kurmainz barracks (dissolved in 2006)
  • SportFGrpBw Köln-Wahn (dissolved in 2005)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Federal Audit Office, Comments 2009, p. 158 ( PDF )
  2. ↑ Funding for top-class sport in the Bundeswehr - basic information - , PDF, 13 pages, p. 8f. (Development / key data of the Bundeswehr's elite sport funding).
  3. ↑ Bundesrechnungshof, Comments 2009, No. 28.1
  4. ↑ Bundesrechnungshof, Comments 2009, No. 28

Web links

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