!!!Schwimmsport

Swimming: E. von Pfuel (1779-1866), a Prussian officer who was 
working for Austria, introduced swimming lessons to Austria and 
founded the first military swimming school in Prague in 1810 (special 
teaching methods). Swimming schools were opened in Klosterneuburg, 
Vienna and Graz before 1850. In 1887 the First Vienna Amateur Swimming 
Club (EWASC) was founded, which held championships in 1888 and 
produced the first Austrian Olympic champion, P. Neumann. The 
"Austrian Swimming Committee", the predecessor of the 
"Association of Austrian Swimming Clubs" (VOeS), was founded 
in 1899. After 1900 swimming was made popular through the "Vienna 
Workers´ Swimming Club" (founded in 1909); the same 
organisation also built swimming pools, gave lessons, organised 
competitions and founded a life-guard service in 1930. In 1994 the 
VOeS, responsible for competitions in all swimming disciplines in 
Austria, had over 75,000 members in 166 clubs.


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