MAG December 2010 December CISMTHE WORLD OF MILITARY ATHLETES LE MONDE DES ATHLETES MILITAIRES N°150 CISM CISM Futsal Cup 2010 Vinkovci, Croatia CISM World 1st World Military Military Cadet Games Basketball Ankara, Turkije Championship Seoul, Korea CISMMAGAzInE CONTENTS Contents Sommaire 02-05 Word of the President & Editorial Secretary General 06-07 Interview President of the International Union of Modern Pentathlon CISM 08-17 41st World Military Modern Pentathlon Championship 18-21 19th World Military Taekwondo Championship Edition 150 December 2010 22-27 35th Parachuting World Championships 27th World Military Wrestling Championship Official publication 28-43 of the International 46-53 44th World Military Swimming and Lifesaving Championship Military Sports Council 54-70 57th World Military Pentathlon Championship 53rd World Military Aeronautical Pentathlon Championship Published by 71-71 th CISM • rue Jacques Jordaens 26 44 World Military Sailing Championship 1000 Brussels • Belgium rd 43 World Military Orienteering Championship Tel.: + 32 (0)2 647 68 52 Fax: + 32 (0)2 647 53 87 72-83 50th World Military Men’s Basketball Championship www.cism-milsport.org st E-mail : [email protected] 1 CISM World Military Women’s Basketball Championship rd Production management 84-93 53 World Military Boxing Championship Alexandre Morisod st Olivier Verhelle 94-109 1 World Military Cadet Games Dirk De Vos 110-115 2nd International Women in CISM Conference 2010 Translation rd Etienne Meunier 116-117 43 World Military Marathon Championship Layout & Production 118-123 Futsal Cup 2010 Dirk De Vos Christel Roda 124-127 CISM Board of Directors Meeting Imprimerie Delferrière - www.delferriere.be 128-129 From one Commission to another 132-135 History of CISM, Christiane Durieux CISMMAGAzInE WORD OF THE PRESIDENT CISM Colonel Hamad KALKABA MALBOUM CISM - President he 65th CISM General Assembly meeting held 2011: between 10 & 15 May 2010 turned a new page • The 5th Military World Games; 2012: T on which to write the future of our sport organi- • The 2nd Military World Cadets Games (for offi cer ca- sation. dets); Indeed, we will need to act without delay to deliver on • The fi rst edition of the World Military Football Cup; the commitments made by the new CISM President, i.e. 2013: Building the visibility, notoriety and prestige of CISM • The 2nd Winter Military World Games; 2014: and its major events whilst endeavouring to consolidate • The 3rd Military World Cadets Game; its fi nancial autonomy as a key requirement in the pre- • The 2nd World Military Football Cup; sent times of international economic crisis, the most direct consequence of which takes the form of cuts in I am convinced that these new initiatives will change our member nations’ contributions toward a balanced the future of our organisation. The measures outlined CISM budget. above will be further supported via the setting up the International CISM foundation, whose offi cial inaugu- With this in mind, it seemed advisable to acquire, in ration is scheduled in Geneva in November 2011. In support of our efforts, the skills of household names this context, this is the appropriate place to express on in communication and marketing circles as experts to behalf of CISM my deepest gratitude to Mr Adolf Ogi, help us meet the needs of potential partners who could past President of the Swiss Confederation and former support within the framework of a win-win proposition Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations in our efforts to promote the values – friendship, solidar- Charge of Sport as an Instrument of Development and ity and peace – that presided over the creation of CISM Peace, who accepted to support our project and become more than 60 years ago in the immediate aftermath of one of its founding members. the atrocities committed in the Second World War. CISM and its main events will need to become visible This new strategy deserves the backing of the whole on TV and in the international press. Our consultant, enlarged CISM family. And since all other major inter- Mr Hedi Hamel, Director General of Swiss company national sports organisations adopted this approach as Sport Extra Time (SET), is already applying himself to some point to consolidate their fi nancial autonomy and this task in cooperation with the local Organising Com- improve their credibility and notoriety, there will be no mittee of the 5th Military World Games in Rio de Ja- need for CISM to reinvent the wheel. neiro. On the marketing front, Mr Clive Grinaker, Director General of Global Sponsorship and Marketing (GSM), a South African company, has already started selling the Global CISM Sponsorship Programme, which will include: 2 December 2010 EDITORIAL OF THE SECRETARY GENERAL CISM CISM Colonel Alexandre Morisod A New Momentum! CISM - Secretary General he second half of 2010 was a very busy period. In people who gain useful experience in their three years at CISM addition to many military world championships and the headquarters but immediately need to plunge into the special- T 1st World Cadet Games held in Turkey, almost 70 ladies ist tasks routinely required in conducting modern business. from 19 different countries met in Durban, South Africa, last October to discuss issues including stronger women participa- The year 2010 has been characterised by exceptional enthu- tion in the different sports and involvement in CISM govern- siasm: the Armed Forces of our 133 Member Nations mobi- ing bodies. Women want to play a prominent role and it does lised despite the crisis to organise and attend nearly 20 military them great credit. From a communication perspective, they world championships as well as a multiplicity of continental will from now on have a standing page on the CISM website… and regional events. Twenty-six countries took part in the 1st and the next edition of the Women in CISM Conference is World Military Cadet Games, the 1st Winter Military World on the programme for 2012, which is good news. The ever Games held last March were a success with more than 40 par- increasing presence of women among sport managers, admin- ticipating countries and the wonderful indoor football tour- istrators and promoters is evidence that women’s involvement nament held in November in Croatia – after a fi rst edition in in CISM is not just symbolical! Serbia in 2009 – once again demonstrated the strong belief of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Toward the end of September, CISM put together with the lo- Slovenia and Croatia as the six countries of the former Fed- gistical support of the Serbian Delegation, a Strategic Semi- erative Socialist Republic of Yugoslavia in friendship, toler- nar focusing on the development of CISM over the next six ance and peace through sport as key factors of understanding to eight years. Challenging oneself to build the future is no among peoples. minor endeavour, especially as the budgets of many Armed Forces have been falling. The participants were not easily The role of CISM as the international military sport or- shaken by the uncertainties of the current global military en- ganisation is gaining new impetus and the forthcoming set- vironment: sport is and must continue to be the main direction ting up of the CISM Foundation as well as our new and to follow. To achieve this, CISM must continue to be able to very attractive programme featuring Cadet Games, Winter rely on the support of all governments and needs to be consid- Games, Summer Games and the (planned) World Military ered a platform which Armed Forces around the world can use Football Cup will undoubtedly support the development as a springboard to promote friendship, solidarity and peace of CISM and its continued prominent place on the global through sport. Advertising CISM through physical education sport scene! and training within the Armed Forces is a proposition that calls for unqualifi ed support. Supporting other organisations with specifi c sport activities in post-confl ict areas can but provide renewed impetus for the role of CISM worldwide through its legendary motto: “Friendship through Sport”. Finally, the future of CISM is decided in a variety of areas including or- ganisational management through structural adjustments at the CISM headquarters, to which Armed Forces second motivated 3 CISMMAGAzInE LE MOT DU PRÉSIDENT CISM Colonel Hamad KALKABA MALBOUM CISM - President a 65ème Assemblée Générale du CISM tenue du 2011 : 10 au 15 mai 2010 a ouvert une nouvelle page • les 5èmes Jeux Mondiaux Militaires ; 2012 : L pour écrire l’avenir de notre organisation spor- • les 2èmes Jeux Mondiaux Militaires des cadets (élèves tive. offi ciers) Il s’agira en effet, de passer sans attendre à l’action en • la 1ère édition de la Coupe du Monde Militaire de vue de la concrétisation des engagements pris par le Football ; 2013 : nouveau Président du CISM, à savoir : • les 2èmes Jeux Mondiaux Militaires d’hiver ; 2014 : • accroitre la visibilité, la notoriété et le prestige du • les 3èmes Jeux Mondiaux Militaires des cadets ; CISM et de ses événements majeurs tout en cherchant • la 2ème édition de la Coupe du Monde Militaire de à asseoir son autonomie fi nancière devenue indispen- Football. sable par ce temps de crise fi nancière internationale dont la conséquence immédiate est la réduction de la Ces nouvelles initiatives vont, j’en suis convaincu, contribution de nos nations membres, à l’équilibre de changer l’avenir de notre organisation. 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