"The Armeesportvereinigung Vorwärts (Army Sports Club Forward), briefly ASV Vorwärts, was the sport organisation of the German Democratic Republic´s National People´s Army (NVA) and its predecessor, the Barracked People´s Police (Kasernierte Volkspolizei).
Together with the sport clubs and the Sportvereinigung Dynamo, the ASV was one of the most important supports of the GDR´s achievement sport system.From their clubs in Potsdam, Frankfurt (Oder), Neubrandenburg, Stralsund or Rostock emerged well-known sportsmen like the boxer Henry Maske or the canoeist Birgit Fischer.
In almost every city with barracks or other army installations the ASV kept a training center. Apart from providing the training equipment, the most important task of the local sections was the promotion of youth sports." - (en.wikipedia.org 30.01.2020)
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