International Ski Federation

Fédération Internationale de Ski
Formation	1924
Type	Sports federation
Headquarters	Oberhofen am Thunersee, Switzerland.
Membership	111 members
Official languages	English, French, German and Russian
President	Gian-Franco Kasper
Website	http://www.fis-ski.com

The International Ski Federation, known by its name in French, Fédération Internationale de Ski (FIS)^[1] is the main international organisation for ski sports. Founded by 14 member nations in 1924 in Chamonix, France, the organization now has a membership of 111 national ski associations and is based in Oberhofen am Thunersee, Switzerland.

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, FIS Alpine Ski 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
• Freestyle skiing, see FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships
  • Moguls
  • Aerials
  • Skicross
  • Half-pipe
• Snowboarding^[2], see FIS Snowboarding World Championships
  • Snowboard cross
  • Half-pipe
  • Parallel giant slalom
  • Parallel slalom
• Others/Extreme
  • Grass skiing
  • Roller skiing
  • Speed skiing
  • Telemark skiing

Note: The discipline of Biathlon, which combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting, has its own organisation, the International Biathlon Union (IBU).

FIS Presidents

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

Notes

1. ↑ The French acronym FIS is used in all languages.
2. ↑ "Official snowboard website of the FIS". http://www.fissnowboard.com/. Retrieved 10 January 2010. 

External links

• FIS official website