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The Fédération internationale de ski (FIS; English: International Ski Federation) is the highest international governing body for skiing and snowboarding. Founded on 2 February 1924 in Chamonix, France during the inaugural Winter Olympic Games, the FIS is responsible for the Olympic disciplines of 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 now has a membership of 118 national ski associations and is based in Oberhofen am Thunersee, Switzerland.
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Sport | Skiing[1] |
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Jurisdiction | International |
Membership | 132 members[1] |
Abbreviation | FIS |
Founded | 2 February 1924[1] in Chamonix, ![]() |
Affiliation | IOC[2] |
Headquarters | Marc Hodler House Blochstrasse 2 Oberhofen am Thunersee ![]() |
President | ![]() |
Vice president(s) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Secretary | ![]() |
Operating income | ![]() |
Official website | |
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Most World Cup winsEdit
More than 45 World Cup wins in all disciplines run by International Ski Federation for men and ladies:
Rank | Wins | Discipline | Code | |
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1 | Amélie Wenger-Reymond | 158 | Telemark skiing | TM |
2 | Conny Kissling | 106 | Freestyle skiing | FS |
3 | Ingemar Stenmark | 86 | Alpine skiing | AL |
4 | Marit Bjørgen | 84 (114) |
Cross-country skiing | CC |
5 | Lindsey Vonn | 82 | Alpine skiing | AL |
6 | Mikaela Shiffrin | 73 | Alpine skiing | AL |
7 | Mikaël Kingsbury | 70 | Freestyle skiing | FS |
8 | Karine Ruby | 67 | Snowboarding | SB |
Marcel Hirscher | 67 | Alpine skiing | AL | |
10 | Annemarie Moser-Pröll | 62 | Alpine skiing | AL |
11 | Sara Takanashi | 60 | Ski jumping | JP |
12 | Phillipe Lau | 58 | Telemark skiing | TM |
13 | Jan Bucher | 57 | Freestyle skiing | FS |
Jan Němec | 57 | Grass skiing | GS | |
15 | Vreni Schneider | 55 | Alpine skiing | AL |
16 | Hermann Maier | 54 | Alpine skiing | AL |
17 | Gregor Schlierenzauer | 53 | Ski jumping | JP |
18 | Alberto Tomba | 50 | Alpine skiing | AL |
19 | Hannu Manninen | 48 | Nordic combined | NK |
20 | Matti Nykänen | 46 | Ski jumping | JP |
Donna Weinbrecht | 46 | Freestyle skiing | FS | |
Bjørn Dæhlie | 46 | Cross-country skiing | CC | |
Renate Götschl | 46 | Alpine skiing | AL | |
Hannah Kearney | 46 | Freestyle skiing | FS |
Updated as of 21 March 2021
Ski disciplinesEdit
The federation organises the following ski sport disciplines, for which it oversees 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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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 historyEdit
List of all hosts:[8]
- 1910 – Christiania (I)
- 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)
PresidentsEdit
# | Name | Nationality | Term |
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1. | Ivar Holmquist | Sweden | 1924–1934 |
2. | Nicolai Ramm Østgaard | Norway | 1934–1951 |
3. | Marc Hodler | Switzerland | 1951–1998 |
4. | Gian-Franco Kasper | Switzerland | 1998–2021[9][10] |
5. | Johan Eliasch | Great Britain Sweden |
2021– |
MembersEdit
- 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
- North 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
- South 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 museumsEdit
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.[11]
List of FIS ski museums (incomplete)Edit
- FIS Skimuseum Damüls, Vorarlberg (Austria)[12]
- FIS-Winter!Sport!Museum! Mürzzuschlag (Austria)[13]
- FIS-Landes-Skimuseum Werfenweng (Austria)[14]
- FIS-Ski-Museum Vaduz (Liechtenstein)[15]
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ a b c "Facts & Figures". www.fis-ski.com. 17 September 2018. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
- ^ a b "General Regulations". www.fis-ski.com. June 2018. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
- ^ "Roman Kumpost". www.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
- ^ "Dexter Paine". www.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
- ^ "Aki Murasato". www.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
- ^ "Peter Schroecksnadel". www.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
- ^ "Accounts. Comptes. Rechnung 01.01.2018 – 31.12.2018" (PDF). fis-ski.com. 25 February 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
- ^ List of past Congress summaries Archived 14 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine fis-ski.com
- ^ "FIS President". www.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
- ^ "Ski: FIS-Präsident Gian Franco Kasper tritt zurück". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). 23 November 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
- ^ "FIS Official Ski Museums". www.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
- ^ "Kulisse Pfarrhof Ski Museum | Culture | REGION". damuels.travel. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
- ^ "Home- Winter!Sport!Museum!". www.wintersportmuseum.com. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
- ^ "Skimuseum Werfenweng" (in German). Retrieved 22 August 2019.
- ^ "Skimuseum ist Geschichte". Vaterland online. Retrieved 22 August 2019.