International Ski and Snowboard Federation
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Sport | Skiing[1] and Snowboarding[2] |
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Jurisdiction | International |
Membership | 132 members[1] |
Abbreviation | FIS |
Founded | 2 February 1924[1] in Chamonix, France |
Affiliation | IOC[3] |
Headquarters | Marc Hodler House Blochstrasse 2 Oberhofen am Thunersee, Switzerland |
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The International Ski and Snowboard Federation, also known as FIS (French: Fédération Internationale de Ski et de Snowboard), is the highest international governing body for skiing and snowboarding. It was previously known as the International Ski Federation (Fédération Internationale de Ski) until 26 May 2022 when the name was changed to include snowboard.[9][2][10][11]
Founded on 2 February 1924 in Chamonix, France during the inaugural Winter Olympic Games, FIS is responsible for the Olympic skiing disciplines, namely Alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, ski jumping, Nordic combined, freestyle skiing, and snowboarding. The FIS is also responsible for setting the international competition rules. The organization has a membership of 132 national ski associations, and is based in Oberhofen am Thunersee, Switzerland.[9]
Most World Cup wins
[edit]At least 50 World Cup wins in all disciplines run by the International Ski and Snowboard Federation for men and women:
Rank | Wins | Discipline | Code | |
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1 | ![]() |
164 | Telemark skiing | TM |
2 | ![]() |
114 | Cross-country skiing | CC |
3 | ![]() |
106 | Freestyle skiing | FS |
4 | ![]() |
95 | Alpine skiing | AL |
5 | ![]() |
87 | Freestyle skiing | FS |
6 | ![]() |
86 | Alpine skiing | AL |
7 | ![]() |
82 | Alpine skiing | AL |
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82 | Cross-country skiing | CC | |
9 | ![]() |
74 | Cross-country skiing | CC |
10 | ![]() |
67 | Snowboarding | SB |
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67 | Alpine skiing | AL | |
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67 | Nordic combined | NK | |
13 | ![]() |
63 | Ski jumping | JP |
14 | ![]() |
62 | Alpine skiing | AL |
15 | ![]() |
58 | Telemark skiing | TM |
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58 | Speed skiing | SS | |
17 | ![]() |
57 | Freestyle skiing | FS |
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57 | Grass skiing | GS | |
19 | ![]() |
55 | Alpine skiing | AL |
20 | ![]() |
54 | Alpine skiing | AL |
21 | ![]() |
53 | Ski jumping | JP |
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53 | Grass skiing | GS | |
23 | ![]() |
50 | Alpine skiing | AL |
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50 | Cross-country skiing | CC |
Updated as of 3 February 2024
Ski disciplines
[edit]The federation organises the following ski sport disciplines, for which it oversees the FIS Games as well as World Cup competitions and World Championships:
Disciplines | World Championships |
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Alpine combined | FIS Alpine World Ski Championships |
Downhill | |
Super-G | |
Giant slalom | |
Slalom | |
Parallel |
Disciplines | World Championships |
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Cross-country skiing | FIS Nordic World Ski Championships |
Ski jumping | |
Nordic combined | |
Ski flying | FIS Ski Flying World Championships |
Disciplines | World Championships |
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Moguls | FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships |
Aerials | |
Skicross | |
Half-pipe | |
Big air | |
Ski Ballet/Acro Ski | (defunct with FIS) |
Disciplines | World Championships |
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Parallel giant slalom | FIS Snowboarding World Championships |
Parallel slalom | |
Big air | |
Slopestyle | |
Snowboard cross | |
Half-pipe |
Disciplines | World Championships |
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Para-alpine skiing | FIS Para Alpine World Championships |
Para-nordic | FIS Para Nordic World Championships |
Para-snowboard | FIS Para Snowboard World Championships |
Disciplines | World Championships |
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Grass skiing | FIS sprint slalom, giant slalom, super combined, super-G, parallel slalom – World Cup (s) |
Speed skiing | FIS speed skiing championships |
Telemark skiing | Sprint, classic, parallel sprint, team parallel sprint – World Cup (s) |
Masters | FIS World Criterium Masters (amateur, senior) |
Roller skiing | (amateur, senior) |
FIS Congress history
[edit]Founding and the first years
[edit]After ski club federations and national associations were created in Norway (1883 and 1908), Russia (1896), Bohemia and Great Britain (1903), Switzerland (1904), United States, Austria and Germany (all in 1905) and Sweden, Finland and Italy (all in 1908), and competitions had begun such as the Nordic Games,[12] early international cross-country races (Adelboden, 1903), international participation at Holmenkollen (1903)[13] and Club Alpin Français (CAF) International Winter Sports Weeks, an international Ski Congress was convened to develop standard rules for international competitive skiing.
The founding of a predecessor association, the International Ski Commission (CIS), was decided on February 18, 1910, in Christiania, Norway by delegates from ten countries to the first International Ski Congress.[14] This Congress then met every year or so to hear from the CIS and refine and adopt rule changes. The commission was to consist of two members - a representative of Scandinavia and Central Europe. Ultimately, two Scandinavians sat on the commission. A year later, in March 1911, the first internationally valid set of rules was approved. At that time, the commission was enlarged to five members, and Oslo was elected as headquarters.
In 1913, the number of members of the commission was increased to seven: two Norwegians, two Swedes, a Swiss, a German and an Austrian.
On February 2, 1924, in Chamonix as part of the "International Winter Sports Week", which was later to be recognized as the first Olympic Winter Games, 36 delegates from 14 countries (Great Britain, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Finland, France, Yugoslavia, Norway, Poland, Romania, US, Switzerland, Sweden, Hungary and Italy) decided to found the FIS, which replaced the CIS.
Initially, the FIS was only responsible for Nordic skiing. FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1925 in Janské Lázně, Czechoslovakia, were given status as the first official World Championships. After the Scandinavian countries had relented, it was decided at the 11th FIS Congress (February 24–26, 1930 in Oslo) to also include alpine skiing (downhill, slalom and alpine combined) in the rules. This was upon a proposal by Great Britain, in which the British ski pioneer Arnold Lunn played a major role as co-founder of the Arlberg-Kandahar races. The simple sentence "Downhill and slalom races may be organized" was written into the rules - a sentence that was to change skiing in the long term.[15] The first FIS Alpine World Ski Championships were held 19–23 February 1931 in Mürren, Switzerland.
Ski flying, a variation of ski jumping, was recognized as a discipline in 1938, but rules were not finalized until after World War II.
List of Ski Congresses
[edit]- 1910 – Christiania (I)[16]
- 1911 – Stockholm (II)
- 1912 – Munich (III)
- 1913 – Bern/Interlaken (IV)
- 1914 – Christiania (V)
- 1922 – Stockholm (VI)
- 1923 – Prague (VII)
- 1924 – Chamonix (VIII)
- 1926 – Lahti (IX)
- 1928 – St. Moritz (X)
- 1930 – Oslo (XI)
- 1932 – Paris (XII)
- 1934 – Sollefteå (XIII)
- 1936 – Garmisch-Partenkirchen (XIV)
- 1938 – Helsinki (XV)
- 1946 – Pau (XVI)
- 1949 – Oslo (XVII)
- 1951 – Venice (XVIII)
- 1953 – Igls (XIX)
- 1955 – Montreux (XX)
- 1957 – Dubrovnik (XXI)
- 1959 – Stockholm (XXII)
- 1961 – Madrid (XXIII)
- 1963 – Athens (XXIV)
- 1965 – Mamaia (XXV)
- 1967 – Beirut (XVI)
- 1968 – Barcelona (XVII)
- 1971 – Opatija (XVIII)
- 1973 – Nicosie (XIX)
- 1975 – San Francisco (XXX)
- 1977 – Bariloche (XXXI)
- 1979 – Nice (XXXII)
- 1981 – Puerto de la Cruz (XXXIII)
- 1983 – Sydney (XXXIV)
- 1985 – Vancouver (XXXV)
- 1988 – Istanbul (XXXVI)
- 1990 – Montreux (XXXVII)
- 1992 – Budapest (XXXVIII)
- 1994 – Rio de Janeiro (XXXIX)
- 1996 – Christchurch (XL)
- 1998 – Prague (XLI)
- 2000 – Melbourne (XLII)
- 2002 – Portorož (XLIII)
- 2004 – Miami (XLIV)
- 2006 – Vilamoura (XLV)
- 2008 – Cape Town (XLVI)
- 2010 – Antalya (XLVII)
- 2012 – Kangwonland (XLVIII)
- 2014 – Barcelona (XLIX)
- 2016 – Cancún (L)
- 2018 – Costa Navarino (LI)
- 2021 – Online (LII)
- 2022 – Vilamoura (LIII)
Presidents
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# | Name | Nationality | Term |
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1. | Ivar Holmquist | ![]() |
1924–1934 |
2. | Nicolai Ramm Østgaard | ![]() |
1934–1951 |
3. | Marc Hodler | ![]() |
1951–1998 |
4. | Gian-Franco Kasper | ![]() |
1998–2021[17][18] |
5. | Johan Eliasch | ![]() ![]() |
2021–present |
Members
[edit]Albania
Algeria
American Samoa
Andorra
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Bermuda
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Brazil
British Virgin Islands
Bulgaria
Cameroon
Canada
Cayman Islands
Chile
People's Republic of China
Colombia
Costa Rica
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Denmark
Dominica
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Eritrea
Estonia
Eswatini
Ethiopia
Fiji
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Great Britain
Greece
Grenada
Guatemala
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
India
Iran
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Republic of Korea
Kosovo
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macau
North Macedonia
Madagascar
Malaysia
Malta
Morocco
Mexico
Moldova
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Pakistan
Panama
Palestine
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Romania
Russia
San Marino
Senegal
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Sweden
Switzerland
Chinese Taipei
Tajikistan
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Turkey
Ukraine
United States
Vanuatu
United States Virgin Islands
United Arab Emirates
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Venezuela
Zimbabwe
Official FIS ski museums
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As of 2017, there are 31 official FIS Ski Museums worldwide in 13 countries which are devoted to the history of skiing, taking into account the region's own history of skiing and tourism.[19]
List of FIS ski museums
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- FIS Skimuseum Damüls, Vorarlberg (Austria)[20]
- FIS-Winter!Sport!Museum! Mürzzuschlag (Austria)[21]
- FIS-Landes-Skimuseum Werfenweng (Austria)[22]
- FIS-Ski-Museum Vaduz (Liechtenstein)[23]
See also
[edit]- Alpine Skiing Europa Cup
- FIS Alpine Ski World Cup
- FIS Cross-Country World Cup
- FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup
- FIS Nordic Combined World Cup
- FIS Ski Jumping World Cup
- FIS Snowboard World Cup
- International Snowboard Federation
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Facts & Figures". FIS-ski.com. 17 September 2018. Archived from the original on 29 October 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
- ^ a b "Decisions of the 53rd International Ski Congress". FIS-ski.com. 26 May 2022. Archived from the original on 27 June 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
The new name of the organisation is the International Ski and Snowboard Federation. The acronym of the organisation will remain FIS.
- ^ a b "General Regulations". FIS-ski.com. June 2018. Archived from the original on 29 October 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
- ^ "Roman Kumpost". FIS-ski.com. Archived from the original on 17 July 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
- ^ "Dexter Paine". FIS-ski.com. Archived from the original on 17 July 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
- ^ "Aki Murasato". FIS-ski.com. Archived from the original on 17 July 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
- ^ "Peter Schroecksnadel". FIS-ski.com. Retrieved 6 March 2020.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Accounts. Comptes. Rechnung 01.01.2018 – 31.12.2018" (PDF). FIS-ski.com. 25 February 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 July 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
- ^ a b "History of FIS". FIS-ski.com. 17 September 2018. Archived from the original on 17 July 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
The International Ski Federation - Fédération Internationale de Ski, Internationaler Ski Verband - is abbreviated in all languages as FIS.
- ^ "Behind the decision: It's all in a name". FIS-ski.com. 1 June 2022. Archived from the original on 6 January 2023. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
the General Assembly voted to formally change the name of the International Ski Federation to be the International Ski and Snowboard Federation ... Since the acronym FIS is widely recognised in the world of international sports, the Organization will remain FIS, but now with "Snowboard" as an official part of the long-form name.
- ^ Roepke, Michele (8 June 2022). "FIS gets a new name, hint: snowboard starts with "S" too". TownLift.com. Park City News. Archived from the original on 29 September 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
- ^ Edgeworth, Ron (1994) “The Nordic Games and the Origins of the Olympic Winter Games” Archived 18 August 2021 at the Wayback Machine Citius, Altius, Fortius
- ^ Vaage, Jakob (1968) The Holmenkollen Ski Jumping Hill and the Ski Museum Archived 16 April 2023 at the Wayback Machine Oslo: Tanum OCLC 492547534 Page 19
- ^ FIS Congress History Archived 4 August 2022 at the Wayback Machine at FIS
- ^ Ski-ing and Olympism Archived 3 August 2022 at the Wayback Machine Olympic Review
- ^ List of past Congress summaries at fis-ski.com Archived 14 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "FIS President". FIS-ski.com. Archived from the original on 17 July 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
- ^ "Ski: FIS-Präsident Gian Franco Kasper tritt zurück". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). 23 November 2019. Archived from the original on 27 November 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
- ^ "FIS Official Ski Museums". FIS-ski.com. Archived from the original on 17 July 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
- ^ "Kulisse Pfarrhof Ski Museum | Culture | REGION". damuels.travel. Archived from the original on 22 August 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
- ^ "Home- Winter!Sport!Museum!". WinterSportMuseum.com. Archived from the original on 3 February 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
- ^ "Skimuseum Werfenweng" (in German). Archived from the original on 22 August 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
- ^ "Skimuseum ist Geschichte". Vaterland online. Archived from the original on 22 August 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
External links
[edit]- International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Skiing governing bodies
- International sports organisations based in Switzerland
- Oberhofen am Thunersee
- Sports organizations established in 1924
- 1924 establishments in France
- Association of International Olympic Winter Sports Federations
- Snowboarding governing bodies