Sport is our passion.

Sport is our
passion.
For sport that brings people together.
Swiss Olympic shapes
the landscape of sport in
Switzerland.
For ease of reading, the feminine form is not used in reference to people in this brochure.
Jörg Schild,
President Swiss Olympic
It was our Sports Minister, Ueli Maurer, who said that it would be good for our country, domestically and abroad, to have a joint project again. And he’s right! In recent years, several regions
of our country have declared their interest in Switzerland applying to host the Winter Olympic
Games again. And, at the Sports Parliament of 19th November 2010, the Swiss sports federations
unanimously instructed Swiss Olympic to carry out consultations regarding a possible «Swiss
candidature».
But applying makes sense only if it is supported by the whole country. It cannot be decreed
«from above». Only then will we be successful in experiencing Winter Olympic Games in Switzerland for the third time, after 1928 and 1948. I am convinced that the time is ripe for this.
A bold and «typically Swiss» application is required. We want direct routes, consideration of
ecological issues and, above all, real sustainability seen as more than just a catchword. We
already have excellent sporting infrastructure at our disposal in Switzerland today. A considerable number of World Cup-standard ski slopes are available here. So, sustainable means
that, for the area that is to be awarded the Games, we need to consider which medium- or
long-term infrastructure projects that are, in any case, planned and necessary, can be brought
forward, for example for public transport. The population must be able to benefit from Winter
Olympic Games. Let’s go for it!
With all the Olympic ambitions and high-flying goals that, together with its partners, Swiss
Olympic has set itself, let’s not forget all those who support Swiss sport – the volunteers.
More than 285,000 positions have to be filled in sports clubs, from club chairman via coaches
through to referees. In total, more than 735,000 volunteers give more than 73 million manhours a year to sport! They form the foundations of Swiss sport. It is up to every one of us to
hold this work and this commitment in high regard. Often, a sincere «thank you» is enough.
Not just in 2011, the year of volunteers, but any time and anywhere.
Jörg Schild
President Swiss Olympic
Organisation and Structure
Committed, competent and always on the ball:
Swiss Olympic, the strong partner
to the Swiss sports federations.
Swiss Olympic is the National Olympic Committee and the umbrella organisation in the civil law
sphere of Swiss sport. Eighty-three member federations – from A for Aero-Club to W for Wushu
Federation – belong to Swiss Olympic. This means that, indirectly, the umbrella organisation
represents some 1.6 million people practising sport in 20,600 clubs, small and large, full of
tradition and trendy. The success of Swiss Olympic is built on the core values of responsibility,
passion, performance, integrity and leadership.
How Swiss Olympic is organised
The Sports Parliament, the annual meeting of the delegates of all the member federations, is
the highest body of Swiss Olympic. It elects the Executive Council (EC) and the members of the
independent Anti-Doping Commission (ADC) as well as the judges of the penal authority. The EC
consists of fourteen elected members – including two athletes’ representatives, one representative for each of the cantons and the Federal Government – and the IOC members of Switzerland. It lays down the general strategy of the association, controls the office and represents
the association externally.
The Swiss Olympic office has some 80 staff members in Ittigen near Berne and is available as
permanent contact partner to the member federations, the partners of Swiss sport and the
general public. The four departments, Top Sport, Ethics and Education & Training, Marketing,
and Finance, IT and HR, provide advice, together with the specialist team Media and Information, on organisational, financial and legal matters or make contact with the appropriate
experts.
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Mission and Partners
Passion, responsibility and integrity:
Full speed ahead together!
The seven principles of our Charter for Ethics in Sport (p. 23) are an obligation for us all: for
healthy, respectful, fair and successful sport!
We are committed to promoting top sport, providing targeted support for popular sporting
activities and, on behalf of the International Olympic Committee IOC, working actively to
establish the Olympic values among the general public. Selecting and heading the Swiss delegations to the Olympic Games is one our most important tasks. Swiss Olympic wants to lead
Switzerland, in the medium term, to become one of the best 8 (winter) and best 25 (summer)
nations according to number of medals. Through close cooperation with the Swiss Sports Aid
Foundation, which concentrates fully on the individual promotion of Swiss competitive athletes, this support is provided in a targeted and effective way to athletes with their sights set on
international competition.
Swiss Olympic’s most important partners are the 83 member federations. The aim of the
umbrella organisation is to assist and encourage them so that they can operate efficiently
and on a sound footing. The Federal Office of Sports FOSPO is, at one and the same time, the
official body for sports matters at national level, a training centre and a sports science centre of
excellence. Swiss Olympic and FOSPO work in close cooperation together in specialist fields such
as the fight against doping, initial and further training for coaches, encouragement of junior
athletes, the recruits’ school for elite athletes and sports science. The Sport-Toto-Gesellschaft
STG (Swiss sports lottery company) is, financially, the most important partner of the sports sector organised under private law. In 2010 it made 24,976,734 francs available to Swiss Olympic.
The Anti-Doping Switzerland Foundation ADS is the independent centre of excellence for the
fight against doping in Switzerland. The Federal Government provides approximately half of
its funding, Swiss Olympic the other half. The Swiss Olympic Disciplinary Chamber for Doping
Cases DC is responsible for assessing positive cases of doping in the first instance.
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National olympic Committee
Olympic Games for ever!
Selecting athletes for the Olympic Games is one of the main tasks of Swiss Olympic. The overriding aim is to offer every individual Olympic athlete representing Switzerland the best possible conditions for a successful performance on his / her personal D-Day – no matter which
continent the Games take place on and no matter what the time zone or season. To do this,
in the years leading up to the Games, Swiss Olympic works closely together with all kinds of
partners: the athletes, their coaches and the sports federations, with doctors, scientists and
specialist institutes, with tour operators, the media and sponsors and, of course, with the respective local organising committee. Olympic Games for ever!
In the odd-numbered years, the summer and winter «European Youth Olympic Festivals» (EYOF)
take place respectively. There, talented young athletes compete for Olympic medals at continental level. Since 2010 the IOC has also been organising «Youth Olympic Games» every two
years. There, the Olympic idea is experienced to the full in selected sports and ethics programmes. Swiss Olympic is also responsible for selecting athletes for both of these events.
Winter Olympic Games candidature
At the Sports Parliament in November 2010, the representatives of the Swiss Olympic member
federations issued instructions for a candidature for Winter Olympic Games to be considered.
No fewer than five Swiss regions have confirmed this decision with a definite expression of
interest. Following the awarding of the 2018 Olympic Games to Pyeongchang in South Korea,
the Swiss Olympic Executive Council decided, in August 2011, to concentrate in their further
discussions on the Davos / St. Moritz region. The delegates of the member federations of Swiss
Olympic will decide, at an extraordinary Sports Parliament in April 2012, whether they wish to
enter Switzerland in the running to host the Winter Olympic Games 2022.
The Olympic values as an obligation
Each of the Olympic values of best performance, friendship and respect come to fruition particularly impressively during the Olympic Games. But between the Games too, the Olympic
movement has the permanent task of spreading the Olympic spirit among the population.
As National Olympic Committee, Swiss Olympic carries out this intention in Switzerland, in
accordance with the wishes of the IOC.
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A look back at 2010
Highlight of the golden
Winter Games
«Passion. Power. Performance.» The Swiss Olympic team lived the motto at the 2010 Olympic
Games 2010 in Vancouver to perfection. Simon Ammann (ski jumping), Dario Cologna (crosscountry skiing), Didier Défago (Alpine skiing), Carlo Janka (Alpine skiing) and Mike Schmid (ski
cross) bagged a total of six gold medals, securing more wins than ever before at Winter Games.
On top of that, Switzerland also won three bronze medals thanks to the men’s curling team,
Olivia Nobs (snowboard cross) and Silvan Zurbriggen (Alpine skiing) as well as 18 positions in the
top 8. This fulfilled the expectations of the Swiss Olympic delegation leaders. The successes in
Olympic core sports are just reward for the years of preparation, with logistics and organisation
planned down to the smallest detail. In order to prepare the Olympic athletes from Switzerland
fully for the conditions in Vancouver, a task force led by Dr. Christian Schlegel, Chief Medical
Officer of the Swiss Olympic team and Senior Consultant at the Swiss Olympic Medical Center of
the Grand Resort Bad Ragaz, had drawn up recommendations on how to overcome the difficulties that could be expected, such as extreme cold, jet lag or flu viruses.
In August 2010 the Swiss junior athletes followed this up at the «Youth Olympic Games» in Singapore, launched by the IOC for the first time. The summer sports talents aged between 14 and
18 years secured themselves a gold and a silver plus two bronzes and a rucksack full of valuable
international experiences. In January 2012 Swiss Olympic will be sending a highly-motivated
Swiss delegation of junior athletes to the first «Youth Olympic Games» for winter athletes,
which will be held in neighbouring Innsbruck.
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A look back at the past year
In the service of sport
The «Swiss Olympic Volunteer» platform launched on 1st January 2010, which offers volunteers a
network and rewards them with reductions and privileges for their great dedication to sport, is
enjoying a gratifying level of popularity. Some 25,000 voluntary helpers had already registered
after one year. Federations and clubs manage their members’ details on «Swiss Olympic Volunteer». A fast-growing number of promoters is finding experienced, competent and motivated
helpers in the pool of volunteers.
As from the 2011 / 2012 school year, there are five «Swiss Olympic Sport Schools» and 43 «Swiss
Olympic Partner Schools» in Switzerland. At vocational training level, since 2009 Swiss Olympic
has been awarding a «Vignette» (label of recognition) to competitive sports-friendly organisations that take on trainees and that facilitate a career in competitive sport for their trainees
alongside the basic vocational training. As from the 2011 / 2012 school year, eight Swiss cantons
are already running a coordination office for talents and organisations taking trainees, necessary for awarding the «Vignette».
Since the end of 2010, twelve sports medicine institutions of national importance have carried
the «Swiss Olympic Medical Center» quality label. Here, sports federations can find knowhow, services, capacity and infrastructure to carry out sports medicine programmes. At regional level, 23 «Sports Medical Bases approved by Swiss Olympic» offer expert regional contact
points for sports medicine questions. This sports medicine network is also open to athletes and
amateur sportsmen and sportswomen.
At the end of 2010, «cool and clean», together with the Pat Schafhauser Foundation, launched
the four-year campaign «Respect on and off the Ice» in favour of hard but fair, clean and respectful ice hockey in Swiss stadiums. The sponsors and partners of the campaign support the
prevention of violence and harm to health on and alongside the ice rink.
With the motto «On the rocks», in July 2011 more than 4,500 Gigathletes conquered, in one
weekend, 11,111 metres of hill climbs in Valais between Rhonetal and Gornergrat – from the
height of summer into perpetual ice. And, in the years to come, the Gigathlon will also cast its
spell on thousands of Gigathletes, especially when, in 2013, the third largest one-week Gigathlon will be taking place.
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Umbrella organisation of Swiss sport
Federation management
Supporting and challenging!
Swiss Olympic’s most important partners are the 83 member federations. Supporting them so
that they can operate efficiently and stand on a firm footing for success financially, ethically and
in terms of sport is a core aim of the umbrella organisation. Around half of Swiss Olympic’s budget goes to the federation fees distributed to the federations annually and, thus, constitutes the
biggest item of expenditure.
The federations and types of sport are classified by Swiss Olympic. The classification takes into
account the results of the elite athletes, the work with junior athletes, the significance of the type
of sport and the federation’s work over the last four years. This classification serves as a parameter for the federation support and for calculating the contributions to top sport. A mediumterm planning period (4-year cycle) is taken into account.
Three Swiss Olympic federation managers for elite competitive sport and two of them for junior
competitive sport assist the sports federations with their work. With the handbook on federation
planning drawn up specifically for that purpose, on the one hand, Swiss Olympic is setting a clear
example regarding the improvement of quality and is asking the federations to help shape this
development. On the other hand, this handbook is a pragmatic work tool for the (further) development of the elite sport programme of the respective federation as well as a process-oriented
planning and reporting tool for the federation and Swiss Olympic. The aim of the handbook on
federation planning is to make available to the elite-sports federations, run on a professional
and / or voluntary basis, fundamental principles and a tool for drawing up an elite-sports federation blueprint.
The Swiss Sport Management Center SSMC is a joint project of the University of Fribourg (VMI),
the University of Lausanne (IDHEAP), the Federal Office of Sports and Swiss Olympic, which bring
in their specific know-how, in order to strengthen management knowledge in the Swiss sports
organisations, federations and clubs.
Together with federations, Swiss Olympic has also created the Vereinsmanagement-Ausbildung
VMA (Club Management Training course). This is aimed at federation and club chairmen, committee members, project managers, Y+S coaches and at people who wish to assume an executive
role in their club in the future. The module-based training can be completed at several locations
in Switzerland and is accredited with a certificate. The new on-line tool sportclic.ch serves as
reference work for the Club Management Training course (see p.18).
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Olympic Spirit
Olympic Spirit
Excellence –
Friendship – Respect
The Olympic ideal is a philosophy of life, which was originally promoted by Baron Pierre de
Coubertin and is founded on body, will and spirit by uniting sport, culture and education. This
worldwide philosophy is an integral part of the Olympic movement and of the celebrations of
the Olympic Games. Today, the Olympic movement fights, among other things, for three central
values, which encompass qualitative, humane and moral aspects: Excellence – Friendship –
Respect.
Swiss Olympic also brings the Olympic values into school classrooms. The umbrella organisation
has published various teaching aids and materials under the name «Olympic Spirit», which
combine sport and ethical values. Teaching aids and materials are available for lower school
and middle school as well as for secondary school levels I and II. There are basic and additional teaching materials for all ages and levels. Exercise books for pupils and lesson ideas for
teaching staff can be ordered from Swiss Olympic. In addition, with talks at universities, series
of lectures and specific training courses, Swiss Olympic works to establish the Olympic Spirit
firmly among the wider population.
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Swiss Sports Aid Foundation
The independent Swiss Sports Aid Foundation was formed in 1970 and is a non-subsidised,
charitable, non-profit-making organisation. It sponsors more than 400 competitive Swiss
sporting hopefuls with some 2.5 million francs a years. The Sports Aid funds go directly, in the
form of individual grants, sponsorships and prizes to talented athletes from more than 50
sporting disciplines.
Many talented young Swiss athletes train hard to achieve their sporting goals. But talent, commitment and determination alone are not enough in sport. Particularly for the junior ages and
in minority sports where there is an absence of media interest, big sponsors and prize money,
talented competitive young athletes and their families face a big financial challenge.
The Swiss Sports Aid Foundation is needed to ensure that promising young talents do not fall
at the financial hurdles. For more than 40 years, it has been supporting talented Swiss athletes
financially on their way to the top of world sport and, in this way, contributing to Swiss victories at international competitions. Current and former sporting greats such as Simon Ammann,
Sarah Meier and Nino Schurter were able to count on the support of Sports Aid on their way to
the top.
Since it was first held in 1977, the Sports Aid Super10Kampf has developed into one of the most
popular events in Switzerland and is a great advertisement for Sports Aid. Stars from the worlds
of Swiss sport and show business transform Zurich’s Hallenstadion (covered stadium) into a
gladiators’ arena with 12,000 enthusiastic spectators – an unforgettable experience both for
fans and for competitors.
At the Sports Aid Nachwuchs (Young Athletes’) Prize, in spring each year, the two young athletes of the previous year are honoured. For the prize-winners, this means valuable financial
support, the first time they receive real recognition and the opportunity to be presented to a
broad public by regional and national media.
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cool and clean
«cool and clean» is the prevention programme in Swiss sport. It works to achieve fair and clean
sport. The programme is open to some 550,000 youngsters and young adults aged between
10 and 20 years and to the people in charge of them. Every two to three years, the «cool and
clean» Games are held in Magglingen, with some 700 competitors. The programme is backed
by Swiss Olympic, the Federal Office of Sports (FOSPO) and the Federal Office of Health (FOPH)
with financial support from the Smoking Prevention Fund.
«cool and clean» is founded on five commitments:
1. I want to achieve my goals!
2. My behaviour is fair!
3. I achieve without taking drugs!
4. I say no to smoking and cannabis and, if I drink at all, I do so responsibly.
5. I …! / We …! (own commitment)
An important element of «cool and clean» is the «Smoking-free sport» competition. It helps
clubs and groups to create a smoking-free sporting environment. «cool and clean» also offers
assistance with organising smoking-free sporting events and enforcing a smoking ban at sports
grounds.
As part of the four-year «Respect on and off the ice» campaign, since the end of 2010, «cool
and clean» has, together with the Pat Schafhauser Foundation, been striving to achieve hard
but fair, clean and respectful ice hockey. The campaign is aimed at coaches as well as young
players up to 20 years of age. The target group also includes the active teams, officials, referees
and stadium visitors.
The «cool and clean» Dance Academy is a dance project for youth sports leaders and their
10-to-20-year-old young charges. Its long-term goal is a large-capacity performance at the
Swiss Gymnastics Festival of 2013 in Biel in cooperation with the Swiss Gymnastics Federation.
The project will go ahead in spring 2012.
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Projects and Programmes
Swiss Olympic Gigathlon
«The Gigathlon gets
Switzerland moving!»
Gigathlon is a sporting journey of adventure though the most stunning areas of Switzerland. As
a Single, Couple or Team of Five, sportsmen and sportswomen in the five disciplines of In-line
skating, Running, Swimming, Mountain-biking and Cycling conquer mountains and ravines,
lakes and plains. However, on the way to the finishing line, the Gigathletes not only meet each
other and form friendships but, above all, they also learn more about themselves. All competitors are united by their readiness to achieve their personal physical best performance, their
enthusiasm and admiration for the almost unbelievable diversity of Swiss landscapes – and
the caprices of Nature. In places where trees have long since refused to grow, the Gigathletes
struggle their way, at below-zero temperatures, through snow storms and, then, the next day,
are on their way again at very summery temperatures of 30 degrees C. That’s why the Swiss
Olympic Gigathlon also attaches great importance to ensuring that the event is carried out in
an environmentally-friendly way. In 2010 it was recognised for this by ecosport.ch, the national
information platform for sustainable sporting events. Not least because of its eventful nature,
the ultimate adventure for endurance athletes has, over the years, developed into one of the
most popular sporting events in Switzerland. And not only among top athletes: as part of its
promotion of popular sport, Swiss Olympic can, with the Gigathlon, also persuade many Swiss
amateur sportsmen and sportswomen to set themselves clear sporting goals and see the competition and the adventure that awaits them as a challenge.
The Gigathlon success story began in 1998 as the sporting «Reise des Stroms» (Journey of the
Current): from the water sources in the Ticino Alps via hydroelectric power stations and on to
Zurich into the headquarters of an electric power station. Since then, it has been held nine
times, taking the competitors into and through the various regions of Switzerland. The journey
of adventure of a small group of determined amateur sportsmen turned into a major sporting
occasion, which has retained its adventurous character. The next Gigathlon will be held in
summer 2012 and, then, in 2013, a big one-week Gigathlon will take place once again.
Projects and Programmes
Swiss Olympic Volunteer
For Swiss sport
735,000 volunteers form the foundations of Swiss sport. Every year, they give more than 73 million man-hours to sport. «Swiss Olympic Volunteer powered by erdgas» channels and coordinates this enormous volunteering energy into Swiss sport and offers the volunteers additional
recognition and esteem.
Swiss Olympic Volunteer is for anyone who gets involved in Swiss sport on a voluntary basis
or who would like to do so. The platform was started up on 1st January 2010 and is already
enjoying a gratifying level of popularity: after one year, some 25,000 voluntary helpers had
already registered.
They are all kept informed about new events und can put their names down for events. Every
time they help out, they receive Volunteer Points, which they can redeem in the Volunteer
Shop. Swiss Olympic Volunteer is 100 per cent self-financing thanks to the presenting Partner
erdgas. Events such as the Gigathlon, the beach volleyball tournament «Grand Slam Gstaad»,
the European Figure Skating Championships, the Tortour cycle race, the Sports Aid Super10Kampf and the Sports Night Basel, as well as clubs such as the GCK Lions already use Swiss
Olympic Volunteer for their volunteer administration. Alongside ecosport.ch, «cool and clean»
and sportclic.ch, Swiss Olympic Volunteer is one of the four Swiss Olympic programmes which
assist sports promoters with the planning and implementation of their sporting events.
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Projects and Programmes
sportclic.ch: best practice for
sports management
sportclic.ch is the new Web tool for sports management in Swiss sport and provides lasting
support, according to level, for the work of running sports clubs, sports federations and sports
promotion companies. There are numerous specimens of drafts, checklists, questionnaires,
guidelines, rules, copies and Web links, supplemented with tips based on practical experience
of the everyday running of sports organisations. The documents are organised according to a
standard process architecture, geared to a sports organisation. As regards content, sportclic.ch
concentrates on business management and administrative topics. These are updated and
expanded on a continuous basis.
sportclic.ch is aimed at the two target groups SMALL – smaller sports clubs and sports organisations with no professional employees – and LARGE – bigger sports clubs, sports federations
and sports organisations with their own offices. sportclic.ch is fully networked with the SOMIT
platform, the Internet-based course in management skills for sports organisations.
www.sportclic.ch
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Projects and Programmes
Other projects and programmes
It’s not usually the «evil stranger» who commits sexual violence but, instead, besides people
from the victim’s own family circles, also people in positions of trust, such as coaches. Sports
clubs can do a lot to help prevent this by establishing, in their club, the eight Swiss Olympic
measures for the prevention of sexual assaults. If someone notices something conspicuously
wrong, it is important to take the right action: not acting hastily or rashly but, instead, proceeding in accordance with the intervention plan specifically drawn up for that purpose.
ecosport.ch is the national information platform for sustainable sporting events and is backed
by Swiss Olympic and four Federal Offices. With various means and resources, it promotes and
facilitates the implementation of measures in the environmental and social spheres at sporting
events.
Promoters and organisers find practical assistance and approaches to problem-solving on the
subjects of waste and littering, traffic and transport, energy and infrastructure, nature and
landscape, food, noise, ethics and social matters. In addition, they can publish their own
experiences on the Internet platform or benefit from the experiences of others.
Every year, two prizes are awarded to sports promoters and sports clubs which implement
innovative and environmentally-friendly measures.
Fortunately, fraud in the world of sports in Switzerland is rare. However, as in every other
sphere of society or business, sport also runs the risk of abuse, against which sports federations and their clubs need to protect themselves. With the guide «Transparency in organised
sport», Swiss Olympic helps to provide basic knowledge particularly regarding club liability. At
the same time, the aim is to demonstrate how transparency can be increased and the risk of
legal action minimised in organised sport.
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Finances
Investment in sport
Swiss Olympic finances the total budget of approximately 43 million Swiss Francs, primarily from proceeds from the Sport-Toto-Gesellschaft
(Swiss sports lottery company). Some two-thirds of all revenue comes from sports betting in Switzerland. Other income is provided by the public
sector, sponsorship deals and interest earned.
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3 % Sports Aid
1 % Contributions from internal organisations
1 % Contributions from third parties
8 % Advertising revenue
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History
Active for almost a century:
Swiss Olympic sticks at it
Swiss Olympic, the umbrella organisation of the Swiss Sports federations, was formed in 1997
from the amalgamation of the Swiss Olympic Committee and the Swiss Sports Federation, under
the name Swiss Olympic Association. Initially the German version of the name was used, but in
2001 the English version was adopted for general use.
A brief history
1912 Following the Olympic Games in Stockholm, the committee, which was responsible for
selecting, leading and organising the Swiss Athletes Delegation, is turned into a permanently
effective institution – the Swiss Olympic Committee (SOC). Swiss IOC member Baron Godefroy de
Blonay is the motivating force for this. In addition, almost all the national sports federations
then in existence act as sponsors.
1 922 The Swiss National Association for Physical Education is founded and devotes its activities
«to the service of physical education to improve the welfare of the population». Nine federations join the Swiss National Association for Physical Education at its foundation.
1 938 The Sport-Toto-Gesellschaft (STG) (Swiss sports lottery company) is created, and its profits
from sports betting have been flowing into Swiss sport ever since.
1 962 The Swiss National Association for Physical Education moves into the House of Sports in
Berne, built by the Sport-Toto-Gesellschaft.
1 966 Because of the weak performance of the Swiss delegation at the 1964 Winter Olympic
Games in Innsbruck, the National Committee for Top-Class Sport is created, an association of
the Swiss National Association for Physical Education, SOC, STC, SSC (Swiss Sports Committee) and
SSSM (The Swiss Sports School Magglingen).
1 970 The Swiss National Association for Physical Education and the SOC set up the Swiss Sports
Aid Foundation, intended to procure funding for top-class athletes.
1 977 The Swiss National Association for Physical Education is renamed the Swiss Sports Federation (SSF).
1997 The SOC and the SSF merge to form the Swiss Olympic Association, so as to streamline and
simplify the organisational structures of Swiss sport under private law. At the same time the
National Committee for Top-Class Sport is dissolved after 30 years of activity and its tasks are
taken over by the new unified association.
2001 The Swiss Olympic Association adopts its new logo.
2007 Swiss Olympic moves into the new House of Sports in Ittigen near Berne.
2 009 Sports Aid was incorporated into Swiss Olympic and moved into the House of Sport. However, Sports Aid, which was founded in 1970, remains an independent foundation, which concentrates on the individual support of athletes.
2 010 Switzerland won six gold medals at the Olympic Games in Vancouver – more than ever
before in the history of the Winter Games.
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Working together for respectful, fair and successful sport!
The seven principles of
the Charter for Ethics in Sport
1 Equal treatment for all!
There must be no discrimination on the basis of nationality, age, gender, sexual orientation,
social background, religious or political affiliations.
2 Sport in harmony with the social sphere!
The demands of training and competition must be compatible with education, work and
family life.
3 Encouragement of personal and shared responsibility!
Athletes must be actively involved in decisions affecting them.
4 Respectful encouragement, not excessive pressure!
Sporting goals must not be achieved at the expense of the physical or psychological wellbeing of athletes.
5 Teaching fairness and environmental responsibility!
Athletes must behave with respect for each other and the environment.
6 Against violence, exploitation and sexual assault!
Prevention without misguided taboos: be alert, raise awareness and intervene rigorously.
7 Rejection of drugs and addictive substances!
Provide continuous information and intervene immediately in the event of consumption.
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