International Ski Federation

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The International Ski Federation/Fédération Internationale de Ski (FIS)^[1] is the main international organisation of ski sports. Founded by 14 member nations in 1924 in Chamonix, France, today it has a membership of 101 national ski associations and is based in Oberhofen am Thunersee, Switzerland.

Contents 1 Ski disciplines 2 FIS Presidents 3 Notes 4 External links

[edit] Ski disciplines

The federation organises the following ski sport disciplines, for which it oversees World Cup competitions and World Championships:

• Alpine Skiing (incl Alpine combined), see FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, Alpine skiing World Cup
  • Downhill
  • Super-G (Super Giant Slalom)
  • Giant Slalom (GS)
  • Slalom
• Nordic skiing, see FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
  • Cross-country skiing (aka XC skiing)
  • Ski jumping
  • Nordic combined
  • Telemark skiing
• Freestyle skiing, see FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships
  • Moguls
  • Aerials
  • Skicross
  • Half-Pipe
• Snowboarding, see FIS Snowboarding World Championships
  • Alpine Snowboarding
  • Freestyle Snowboarding
• Others/Extreme
  • Grass skiing
  • Roller skiing
  • Speed skiing

An exception from the ski sports organised by FIS is the rising-popularity discipline of Biathlon (XC skiing + rifle shooting), which has its own organisation, the International Biathlon Union (IBU).

[edit] FIS Presidents

President	Term	Nationality
Ivar Holmquist	1924–1934	Image:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
Nicolai Ramm Østgaard	1934–1951	Image:Flag of Norway.svg Norway
Marc Hodler	1951–1998	Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland
Gian-Franco Kasper	1998–current	Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland

[edit] Notes

1. ^ The French acronym FIS is used in all languages. FIS has three "official" languages, English, French and German.

[edit] External links

• FIS official websitebs:Međunarodna skijaška federacija

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