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.

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[edit] Ski disciplines

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

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

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