Swiss ski

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Swiss ski
Swiss-Ski logo
Founded 1904
Place of foundation Olten
president Urs Lehmann
societies 730
Members 100,000
Association headquarters Muri near Bern
Homepage http://www.swiss-ski.ch

The Swiss Ski Association Swiss-Ski is the umbrella organization for Swiss snow sports. Since it was founded in 1904, it has been one of the most important and successful sports associations in Switzerland. Swiss-Ski is organized as an association in accordance with Art. 60 ff. Of the Civil Code and unites the following eleven disciplines at the level of top-class sport under the umbrella of its headquarters in Muri near Bern :

Swiss-Ski specifically promotes top-class sport ; around 300 athletes belong to a Swiss Ski team; they are supported by around 160 trainers and supervisors. Another core task of Swiss-Ski is the promotion of popular sport . The association organizes the following events in the areas of Alpine skiing, Nordic skiing, snowboarding and freestyle:

  • Grand Prix Migros, Famigros, JUSKILA youth ski camp, Swisscom SnowDay school / family & friends, Audi Snowboard Series, Swiss Freeski Tour, Audi Skicross Tour, Audi Shred Days, Dario Cologna Fun Parcours, Simon Ammann Jump Parcours, BKW Swiss Cup, Leonteq Biathlon Cup , Helvetia Nordic Trophy, Swiss Loppet, SwissPass Smile Challenge, Swiss Masters Cup, Swiss Regio Cup, Swiss Youth Cup

Swiss-Ski is a member of the International Ski Federation (FIS), the International Biathlon Union (IBU), the European Ski Federation (ESF) and the Swiss Olympic Association . The following organizations are also affiliated with Swiss-Ski: Swiss Snowsports, Association of Swiss Cross-Country Skiing Schools (VSLS), Loipen Schweiz, Romandie ski de fond (RSF), PluSport Disabled Sports Switzerland. In addition, 12 regional associations and the professional associations Swiss Grasski and Swiss Speed ​​Ski function as sub-associations of Swiss-Ski. Around 730 clubs are connected to Swiss-Ski through these regional associations. Swiss-Ski has a total of around 100,000 members and can fall back on 10,000 volunteers. The association employs around 60 people at its headquarters in Muri near Bern .

history

Switzerland's first ski club was founded in Glarus in 1893; Eleven years later, on November 20, 1904, 16 ski clubs met in Olten to found the Swiss Ski Association (SSV). The founding clubs came from all over Switzerland; These included Adelboden, Bern, Biel, Davos, Engelberg, Geneva, Gotthard, Glarus, Grindelwald, La Chaux-de-Fonds, St. Gallen, St. Imier, St. Moritz, Vevey-Montreux, Zurich and Zweisimmen. In a first step, the representatives issued rules for competition operations.

After the national establishment, the Swiss Ski Association finally joined the Swiss Olympic Committee in 1922. Two years later, the first Olympic gold medal was celebrated at the Winter Olympics in Chamonix within the ski association. Four years later, the Olympic Winter Games were held in St. Moritz for the first time in Switzerland.

The number of members grew steadily from then on. The first post-war Winter Olympics took place in St. Moritz in 1948. At that time, over 500 clubs were already represented in the ski association and more than 40,000 registered members.

A milestone followed in 1981: Switzerland won the Nations Cup in the Alpine Ski World Cup for the first time . Six years later, one of the highlights in the association's history followed, winning a total of 14 medals at the domestic Alpine World Ski Championships in Crans-Montana . With eight World Cup titles, the 1987 Ski World Cup is still the most successful in history for the Swiss Ski Association. The most successful Swiss World Cup drivers to date were also able to shine at these historic world championships: Vreni Schneider won the gold medal in the giant slalom in Crans-Montana and celebrated a total of 55 victories in her World Cup career between 1984 and 1985. The most successful Swiss World Cup rider Pirmin Zurbriggen was victorious in Crans-Montana in both the Super-G and the giant slalom. In the course of his career he was able to win a total of 40 World Cup races.

In 2000, a comprehensive reform package was approved at an extraordinary general assembly. The association management was professionalized and the central board was replaced by a seven-member presidium. In addition, the name was changed from “Schweizerischer Skiverband (SSV)” to “Swiss-Ski” in order to ensure a uniform appearance in all four national languages.

The former Swiss downhill specialist and downhill world champion Urs Lehmann has chaired the association since 2008 .

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Facts & Figures Swiss Ski. Retrieved December 27, 2019 .