The CHL Sports Clinic has once again been certified as a Luxembourg Olympic Medical Centre by the COSL
03/07/2025
Press release from the Luxembourg Olympic and Sports Committee (COSL) concerning the recertification of the Luxembourg Olympic Medical Centre (CMOL):
The Luxembourg Olympic and Sports Committee (COSL) has reconfirmed the award of the Luxembourg Olympic Medical Centre (CMOL) label to the Sports Clinic of the Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg-Clinique d'Eich (CHL) following a rigorous recertification process. This label, initially awarded in 2008, attests to the clinical, scientific and educational excellence of the Sports Clinic and its ongoing commitment to international standards in sports medicine.
The centre offers recognised expertise in the monitoring of elite athletes, particularly in collaboration with the Luxembourg Institute for High Performance in Sports (LIHPS), but also in the care of patients of all levels facing issues related to physical activity. Thanks to its interdisciplinary approach, specialised equipment and highly qualified medical team, the Cliniquedu Sport in Eich performs more than 35,000 outpatient consultations and 2,300 surgical procedures each year.
The centre also plays a central role in providing medical coverage for major COSL events such as the Olympic Games and the Games of the Small States of Europe (GSSE), while ensuring regular monitoring of COSL sports executives, Sportlycée students and athletes monitored by LIHPS. During these major events, the care of athletes also benefits from the good relations and close collaboration between CMOL doctors and their counterparts from other neighbouring Olympic committees, such as the Deutscher Olympische Sportbund (DOSB).
On a scientific level, the Sports Clinic is continually strengthening its collaborations, notably with the Luxembourg Institute of Research in Orthopaedics, Sports Medicine and Science (LIROMS), a member of the French-speaking ReFORM networkrecognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Together, they actively contribute to research in fields as diverse as clinical biomechanics, injury prevention, mental health in athletes, orthopaedics and sports cardiology. This pooling of expertise is complemented by the presence at the Eich site of the ESSKA (European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy), the most representative learned society in sports orthopaedics inEurope. Numerous collaborations stem from the presence and proximity of these various medical and scientific entities, thus contributing to Luxembourg's international reputation.
The COSL is delighted to be able to continue this fruitful collaboration with the team at the CHL Sports Clinic, serving the health and performance of Luxembourg's athletes.
Photo (from left to right): Ralf Lentz (Secretary General of COSL), Michel Knepper (President of COSL), Dr Christian Nührenbörger (Co-Director of CMOL and Head of the Sports Medicine and Prevention Department at the Sports Clinic – Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg) and Prof. Dr Romain Seil (Member of the COSL Board of Directors, Co-Director of CMOL, President of the COSL Medical and Scientific Commission and member of the IOC Health, Medicine and Science Commission).