Top sports in the army
The Swiss Armed Forces support federations and their athletes through various funding programmes to establish themselves in international elite sport, strengthen competitive sport and enable long-term international success.
The Armed Forces offer the following funding opportunities:
- Top sports recruit school (RS)
- Top sports repeat courses (WK)
- Employment as a temporary military top athlete (ZM)
- Qualified athlete
The support measures of the Swiss Armed Forces are fundamentally subsidiary, which means that they are only effective in conjunction with the measures of the federation. The integration of the support programmes into the federation's planning (competitive sports support concept) is a prerequisite for benefiting from the Swiss Armed Forces' support for elite sports.
Commitment, military behaviour and visibility
The army's promotion of top elite sport is not only important for sport, but also for the army. Sports soldiers are ambassadors for the army. For this reason, correct military behaviour and 100% commitment to the army are required.