Federation of German Marksmen

German shooting sports association

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The Federation of German Marksmen

Bund Deutscher Sportschützen

Formation| 1975 (1975)[1]

President

| Friedrich Gepperth

Parent organization

| International Practical Shooting Confederation
International Precision Rifle Federation
International Metallic Silhouette Shooting Union
World Field Target Federation
Website| bdsnet.de

The Federation of German Marksmen 1975 (registered association), German Bund Deutscher Sportschützen (BDS), is the second largest shooting sports association in Germany after the German Shooting and Archery Federation. Primarily it promotes sport shooting using firearms and as such small and big bore pistols, revolvers, rifles and shotguns. The BDS is the largest sport shooting association for licensed gun owners in Germany. As of 2020 there are about 80 000 individual members in 2.500 clubs. BDS is also the regional representative of IPSC in Germany.

## See also

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* IPSC German Rifle Championship

## External links

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* Official homepage of Bund Deutscher Sportschützen
* International Practical Shooting Confederation

## References

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1. ^ Der Bund Deutscher Sportschützen 1975 e.V. - About us

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* Germany

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IPSC shooting championships

World championships (level 5)

| Handgun World Shoots|

* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1979
* 1981
* 1983
* 1986
* 1988
* 1990
* 1991
* 1993
* 1996
* 1999
* 2002
* 2005
* 2008
* 2011
* 2014
* 2017
* 2022

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Rifle World Shoots|

* 2017
* 2019
* 2022

Shotgun World Shoots|

* 2012
* 2015
* 2018
* 2021
* 2024

Action Air World Shoots|

* 2018
* 2021
* 2024

Continental championships (level 4)

| Handgun|

* African Handgun Championship
* Australasia Handgun Championship
* European Handgun Championship
* Far East Asia Handgun Championship
* Pan-American Handgun Championship
* Latin American Handgun Championship
* North American Handgun Championship
* South American Championship

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Rifle|

* European Rifle Championship

Shotgun|

* European Shotgun Championship
* Pan-American Shotgun Championship

Tournament|

* Australasia Tournament Championship

Action Air|

* European Action Air Championship

Regional championships (level 3)

| Handgun|

* Australian Handgun Championship
* Austrian Handgun Championship
* Canadian Handgun Championship
* Czech Handgun Championship
* Danish Handgun Championship
* Finnish Handgun Championship
* French Handgun Championship
* Hellenic Handgun Championship
* Hungarian Handgun Championship
* Nordic Handgun Championship
* Norwegian Handgun Championship
* Spanish Handgun Championship
* Swedish Handgun Championship
* Swiss Handgun Championship
* US Handgun Championship
* Venezuelan Handgun Championship

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Rifle|

* Australian Rifle Championship
* Czech Rifle Championship
* Finnish Rifle Championship
* French Rifle Championship
* German Rifle Championship
* Hellenic Rifle Championship
* Nordic Rifle Championship
* Norwegian Rifle Championship
* Polish Rifle Championship
* Slovak Rifle Championship
* South African Rifle Championship
* Swedish Rifle Championship

Shotgun|

* Australian Shotgun Championship
* Czech Shotgun Championship
* Finnish Shotgun Championship
* French Shotgun Championship
* Hellenic Shotgun Championship
* Hungarian Shotgun Championship
* Nordic Shotgun Championship
* Italian Shotgun Championship
* Swedish Shotgun Championship

Tournament|

* Finnish Tournament Championship
* Hellenic Tournament Championship
* Norwegian Tournament Championship

Mini-Rifle|

* Nordic Mini Rifle Championship
* Swedish Mini Rifle Championship

Action Air|

* Finnish Action Air Championship

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Regions of the International Practical Shooting Confederation

African zone|

* Namibia
* South Africa
* Zimbabwe

Australasian zone|

* Australia
* Cambodia
* China
* Guam
* Hong Kong
* Indonesia
* Japan
* Kuwait
* Laos
* Macau
* Malaysia
* Mongolia
* New Zealand
* Papua New Guinea
* Philippines
* Singapore
* Sri Lanka
* Taiwan
* Thailand

European zone|

* Andorra
* Armenia
* Austria
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Channel Islands
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Germany
* Gibraltar
* Greece
* Hungary
* Ireland
* Israel
* Italy
* Kazakhstan
* Kyrgyzstan
* Latvia
* Lithuania
* Malta
* Moldova
* Monaco
* Montenegro
* Netherlands
* Northern Ireland
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Russia
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Ukraine
* United Kingdom

Pan-American zone|

| Columbus Regions|

* Aruba
* Barbados
* Cayman Islands
* Colombia
* Costa Rica
* Curaçao
* Ecuador
* El Salvador
* Guatemala
* Honduras
* Jamaica
* Nicaragua
* Panama
* Puerto Rico
* Saint Lucia
* Trinidad and Tobago
* Venezuela

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North American Regions|

* Canada
* USA

South American Regions|

* Argentina
* Bolivia
* Brazil
* Chile
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Suriname
* Uruguay

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