After Mr. Fugi Fuchs was introduced to the tug-of-war sport by his friend Rudolf Ullmark during the Baltic Games 1964, he established a Swiss tug-of-war team, consisting of ski instructors, who participated in the European Championships 1965. At the next TWIF meeting in 1967 in Ostend, Belgium Mr. Fuchs was elected TWIF President as successor of Tage Andersson who had to step down due to health reasons. Mr. Fuchs remained in office until his death in 1983, serving TWIF as President for 16 years. Switzerland participated in 219 TWIF competitions and won their first title at the European Championships in 1981 after they had participated for 16 years in TWIF competitions. But since that year they have won 6 World Games titles, 33 World titles and 23 European titles. Switzerland hosted 3 European Championships and 2 World Championships.