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INTERNATIONAL SKI FEDERATION


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
Ski disciplines
FIS Presidents
Notes
External links

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


Speed skiing


Roller 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).

FIS Presidents


President Term Nationality
Ivar Holmquist 1924–1934
Nicolai Ramm Østgaard 1934–1951
Marc Hodler 1951–1998
Gian Franco Kasper 1998–current

Notes


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

External links



FIS official website

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