The current swimming badges are the official proof of safe swimming and are suitable for swimming clubs, schools, public pools, and all authorised examiners. Since January 1, 2020, there is no longer a distinction between youth and adult swimming badges – the badges in bronze, silver, and gold represent different performance levels in swimming, regardless of age.

The high-quality badges can be either sewn on or ironed on, making them ideal for attaching to swimwear, towels, or sports bags.

Features

Requirements for the different badges

Requirements Bronze:
- One approx. 2 m deep dive from the water surface retrieving an object (e.g., small diving ring)
- A dive from the starting block or 1 m springboard
- Head-first jump from the pool edge and 15 minutes of swimming. During this time, at least 200 m must be covered, with 150 m in a recognisable swimming style on the front or back and 50 m in the other body position (changing body position during swimming in the lane without holding on)
- The theoretical test includes knowledge of swimming pool rules

Requirements Silver:
- Head-first jump from the pool edge and 20 minutes of swimming. During this time, at least 400 m must be covered, with 300 m in a recognisable swimming style on the front or back and 100 m in the other body position (changing body position during swimming in the lane without holding on)
- 10 m distance diving pushing off from the pool edge underwater
- Twice approx. 2 m deep dive from the water surface retrieving an object each time (e.g., small diving ring)
- Jump from 3 m height or two different jumps from 1 m height
- The theoretical test covers knowledge of swimming pool rules and behaviour for self-rescue (e.g., behaviour in exhaustion, releasing cramps)

Requirements Gold:
- Head-first jump from the pool edge and 30 minutes of swimming. During this time, at least 800 m must be covered, with 650 m in a recognisable swimming style on the front or back and 150 m in the other body position (changing body position during swimming in the lane without holding on)
- Start jump and 25 m freestyle swimming
- 50 m backstroke with scissor kick without arm movement or back crawl
- 10 m distance diving from the swimming position (without pushing off from the pool edge)
- Three approx. 2 m deep dives from the water surface retrieving an object each time (e.g., small diving ring) within 3 minutes
- One jump from 3 m height or two different jumps from 1 m height
- 50 m transport swimming: pushing or pulling
- Start jump and 50 m breaststroke in no more than 1:15 minutes
- The theoretical test includes knowledge of swimming pool rules as well as aid in bathing, boating, and ice accidents (self-rescue, simple rescue of others)