International Ski Federation
This article is missing information about history of the FIS.(February 2014) |
Sport | Skiing[1] |
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Jurisdiction | International |
Membership | 132 members[1] |
Abbreviation | FIS |
Founded | 2 February 1924[1] in Chamonix, France |
Affiliation | IOC[2] |
Headquarters | Marc Hodler House Blochstrasse 2 Oberhofen am Thunersee Switzerland |
President | Johan Eliasch |
Vice president(s) | Roman Kumpost (2021)[3] Dexter Paine (2021)[4] Aki Murasato (2016)[5] Peter Schroecksnadel (2021)[6] |
Secretary | Vacant |
Operating income | CHF 14.6 million (2018)[7] |
Official website | |
www | |
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, 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.
Most World Cup wins[edit]
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 disciplines[edit]
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 history[edit]
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)
Presidents[edit]
# | 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 | Sweden | 2021– |
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
- 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 museums[edit]
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 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
References[edit]
- ^ 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.