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Traditional sports include Swiss wrestling or "Schwingen". It is an old tradition from the rural central cantons and considered the national sport by some. Hornussen is another indigenous Swiss sport, which is like a cross between baseball and golf. Steinstossen is the Swiss variant of stone put, a competition in
The Swiss Olympic Association [a] is the National Olympic Committee and the umbrella organisation for organised Swiss sport under private law. It has 104 members (81 national sports federations and 23 partner organisations), to which some two million people belong, practising sports in about 19,000 clubs. [ 1 ]
The close proximity to the mountains in all areas in Switzerland has greatly influenced the leisure of Swiss people. The growth of ski and mountaineering resorts in the Swiss mountains have caused the Swiss to become very sports conscious. Apart from skiing and mountaineering, Swiss-style wrestling (Schwingen) is still
International Sport and Leisure; Industry: Sports marketing ... 2001 () Fate: Collapsed: International Sport and Leisure (ISL) was a Swiss sports marketing company ...
Swiss sport stubs (3 C, 150 P) Pages in category "Sport in Switzerland" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent ...
Swiss instrumental outfit L’eclair has built its fanbase exponentially since its maiden North American tour last summer, and ahead of a new round of live shows in the region beginning Friday ...
The Swiss Athletics Championships (German: Leichtathletik Schweizermeisterschaften, French: Championnats Suisses Elites d’Athlétisme) is an annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Swiss Athletics Federation, which serves as the national championships for the sport in Switzerland. The two-day event is typically held in mid ...
The Swiss Gymnastics Federation (French: Fédération Suisse de Gymnastique) is the governing body of gymnastics in Switzerland. Based in Aarau , it is a member of the Swiss Olympic Association . Founded in 1985, by merging the Federal Gymnastics Society (founded 1832) and the Swiss Association for Women's Gymnastics (founded 1908), [ 1 ] the ...