Sports union
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 SPORTUNION logo
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| Founded | 1889 as Christian German Gymnastics Association |
| Place of foundation | Vienna |
| president | Peter McDonald |
| Association headquarters | Vienna , Austria |
| Homepage | http://sportunion.at |
The Sportunion Österreich is one of the three umbrella sport associations in Austria .
history
The sports union was founded in 1889 under the name Christian German Gymnastics Association as a spin-off from the Austrian Gymnastics Federation and re-established under the name
Gymnastics and Sports Union on May 2, 1945 by former members of the Christian-German Gymnastics Association and the Reichsbundessport of Catholic youth.
It currently looks after (as of 2019) over 921,000 members in around 4,370 clubs. The headquarters of the General Secretariat is in Vienna . Like the ASVÖ , the Sportunion is independent of parties according to its statutes . However, numerous top officials are closely associated with the ÖVP . It belongs to the Fédération Internationale Catholique d'Education Physique et Sportive (FICEP) and the Fédération Internationale Sportive de l'Enseignement Catholique (FISEC).
The Sport Union promotes the performance as well as the width and health sports and is also active in such sectors as individual health and wellness . It is geographically divided into the nine federal states. Each federal state has its own competencies and many degrees of freedom.
As the only sports umbrella organization in Austria, the Sportunion has received the ISO 9001 certification for quality management and the Austria quality mark .
In May 2019, the "Trend Sports Festival" was launched in cooperation with Uniqa Insurance Group .
President
- 2008 to 2014: Peter Haubner
- November 2014 to February 2018: Hartwig Löger
- February to June 2018: Michaela Steinacker
- since July 2018: Peter McDonald
50 years of the Austrian Gymnastics and Sports Union in 1995
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Austrian Gymnastics and Sports Union in 1995, the Austrian Post issued a special postage stamp.
Web links
- Website of the Sportunion Österreich (federal)
- Entry on Gymnastics and Sports Union, Austrian in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
- Initiative against doping, for clean sport
- Fédération Internationale Sportive de l'Enseignement Catholique (FISEC)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Peter McDonald is the new Sportunion President . Article dated July 1, 2018, accessed July 1, 2018.
- ^ Austria Forum: 50 Years of the Austrian Gymnastics and Sports Union
- ↑ sportunion.at | About us
- ↑ Discover health that is fun at the UNIQA Trend Sport Festival 2019, on May 29, 2019, accessed on May 30, 2019 in Ots.at.
- ↑ Sportunion sets the course for the future
- ↑ Hartwig Löger on the website of the Austrian Parliament
- ↑ http://austria-forum.org/af/Wissenssammlungen/Briefmarken/1995/Turn-_und_Sportunion >