Military sports

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The military sports are sport mainly practiced by the military, the subject of international competitions, with an objective relates to the physical training of military, preparation for combat, skill, toughness, the development of physical qualities of the warfighter and improve the professional proficiency based on the different areas of the military action: land, sea and air.

History

Since the founding of the International Military Sports Council in 1948, was purpose of this organization structure a body of evidence that adapt and serve as training for the different branches of the armed forces.

Sports

There are 26 disciplines recognized by CISM; some are exclusively military sports.

• Aeronautical pentathlon^*
• Basketball
• Boxing
• Cross-country running
• Cycling (Cyclo-cross, Mountain biking, and Road)
• Equestrian (Dressage, Endurance, Eventing, and Jumping)
• Fencing
• Football
• Golf
• Handball
• Judo
• Marathon
• Military pentathlon^*

• Modern pentathlon
• Naval pentathlon^*
• Orienteering
• Parachuting (Accuracy landing and Formation skydiving)
• Sailing
• Shooting
• Skiing (Alpine, Biathlon, Cross-country, Mountaineering, Orienteering, and Patrol)
• Swimming (includes Lifesaving)
• Taekwondo
• Track and field
• Triathlon
• Volleyball
• Wrestling

Notes:

1. ^* — purely military sport

See also

• International Military Sports Council
• Military World Games
• World Military Championships

External links

• Military sports from site of the CISM