The Internationale Fachmesse für Sportartikel und Sportmode, more commonly referred to as ISPO, is the world's largest

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for

sporting goods Sports equipment, also called sporting goods, are the tools, materials, apparel, and gear, which varies in shapes, size, and usage in a particular sport. It includes balls, nets, rackets, protective gears like helmets, goggles, etc. Since the p ...

and

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Description

Since its inception in 1970, the ISPO takes place once a year (end of January or early February) at Neue Messe München where the following categories are being displayed: Outdoor,

Skiing Skiing is the use of skis to glide on snow for basic transport, a recreational activity, or a competitive winter sport. Many types of competitive skiing events are recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and the International S ...

, Boarding,

Running Running is a method of terrestrial locomotion by which humans and other animals move quickly on foot. Running is a gait with an aerial phase in which all feet are above the ground (though there are exceptions). This is in contrast to walkin ...

, Fitness, Sportswear, Beachwear, Teamsports,

Soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

, Nordic Sports,

Biking Cycling, also known as bicycling or biking, is the activity of riding a bicycle or other types of pedal-driven human-powered vehicles such as balance bikes, unicycles, tricycles, and quadricycles. Cycling is practised around the world fo ...

, Racket,

Triathlon A triathlon is an endurance multisport race consisting of Swimming (sport), swimming, Cycle sport, cycling, and running over various distances. Triathletes compete for fastest overall completion time, racing each segment sequentially with the ...

, and Kids.
ISPO Munich is part of the ISPO Family which also includes other

s such as ISPO BIKE (previously Bike EXPO), ISPO BEIJING and the service providers ISPO JOBS and ISPO CONNECT. Each year, the ISPO awards the ISPO BrandNew to Start-Up companies in the sport industry that present especially innovative business models or products. The ISPO has an ISPO Award, which is awarded to particularly innovative, creative, high-performing or ecological products and is voted by an independent jury who convene before the show takes place. ISPO hosts the annual ISPO Night Run in the Olympiapark, Munich's largest running event at night.https://www.ispo.com/events/ispo-munich-nightrun

External links

www.ispo.com - ISPO Websitewww.auma.de - Website of the Association of the German Trade Fair Industry

-ISPO BrandNew Website

- ISPO Major Supplier

References

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