President of the Confederation:Madam Doris Leuthard, Federal Counsellor Minister in charge of sports:Sir Ueli Maurer, Federal Counsellor President of Swiss Olympic:Sir Jörg Schild
Land surface : 41 290 km²
Population : 7,6 millions
Capital : Berne
Language : german, french, italian, romansh
Currency : swiss franc
GDP per capita ($PPP) : 70'000 francs
Budget of State (2009): 60 milliards francs Budget of the ministry responsible for sports:
145 millions francs Principal financing source for sport:
- public sport (Confederation, cantons, communes)
- private sport (Swiss Olympic, federations, clubs, lotteries, sponsors, etc.) National sports federations : 82 Sports societies: 22'600 Sports people member of a club : 1,5 millions
National and international political priorities in the sports sector (2009)
- national: promotion of physical activity and sport, formation, elite sport and ethic and security in sport (anti-doping, violence, bribery, etc.)
- international: development of sport policies through EPAS, provide attractive frame conditions to International Sports Federations established in Switzerland, bilateral exchanges with targetted counties
Organisation of sport in the country (2009)
Public sport tasks: support to mass sport (health promotion), physical education at school, subsidiary support to some Swiss Olympic activities
Private sport tasks: encourage the population to make sport, encourage and support the performance sport, support and co-ordination of National Sports Federations activities
Results of the last Olympic Games Summer Games (Beijing, 2008) Total of available medals: 6 Total of won medals: ( … th by gold ranking)
Gold: 2 ; Silver: 0 ; Bronze: 4 Winter Games (Turin, 2006)
Total of available medals : 14 Total of won medals: ( … th by gold ranking)
Gold: 5 ; Silver: 4 ; Bronze: 5
World champion in 2009 (including non olympic sport): 23 titles of world champions
European champion (in 2009): 24 titles of european champions
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