International Ski Federation

Fédération Internationale de Ski
Formation 2 February 1924
Type Sports federation
Headquarters Oberhofen am Thunersee, Switzerland
Membership
123 members
Official language
English, French, German, Russian
Gian-Franco Kasper
Website fis-ski.com

The Fédération Internationale de Ski (FIS; English: International Ski Federation) is the world's highest governing body for international winter sports. Founded in Chamonix on 2 February 1924, it 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

More than 45 World Cup wins in all disciplines run by International Ski Federation for men and ladies:

Rank Wins Discipline Code
1 Switzerland Amélie Reymond 115 Telemark skiing TM
2 Switzerland Conny Kisling 106 Freestyle skiing FS
3 Sweden Ingemar Stenmark 86 Alpine skiing AL
4 Norway Marit Bjørgen 84
(114)		 Cross-country skiing CC
5 United States Lindsey Vonn 82 Alpine skiing AL
6 France Karine Ruby 67 Snowboarding SB
7 Austria Annemarie Moser-Pröll 62 Alpine skiing AL
8 Austria Marcel Hirscher 58 Alpine skiing AL
9 United States Jan Bucher 57 Freestyle skiing FS
Czech Republic Jan Němec 57 Grass skiing GS
11 Switzerland Vreni Schneider 55 Alpine skiing AL
Japan Sara Takanashi 55 Ski jumping JP
13 Austria Hermann Maier 54 Alpine skiing AL
14 Austria Gregor Schlierenzauer 53 Ski jumping JP
15 Italy Alberto Tomba 50 Alpine skiing AL
16 Finland Hannu Manninen 48 Nordic combined NK
France Phillipe Lau 48 Telemark skiing TM
18 Finland Matti Nykänen 46 Ski jumping JP
United States Donna Weinbrecht 46 Freestyle skiing FS
Norway Bjørn Dæhlie 46 Cross-country skiing CC
Austria Renate Götschl 46 Alpine skiing AL
United States Hannah Kearney 46 Freestyle skiing FS

Ski disciplines

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

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

FIS Congress history

List of all hosts:[1]

  • 2008 – Cape Town (XLVI)
  • 2010 – Antalya (XLVII)
  • 2012 – Kangwonland (XLVIII)
  • 2014 – Barcelona (XLIX)
  • 2016 – Cancun (L)
  • 2018 – Costa Navarino (LI)

Presidents

The Crystal Globe trophy awarded by the FIS to the winner of the Ski Jumping World Cup
# NameNationalityTerm
1. Ivar HolmquistSweden1924–1934
2. Nicolai Ramm ØstgaardNorway1934–1951
3. Marc HodlerSwitzerland1951–1998
4. Gian-Franco KasperSwitzerland1998–

Members

See also

References

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