French Federation of Ice Sports

French Federation of Ice Sports (or French Ice Sports Federation; French: Fédération française des sports de glace or FFSG) is the national governing body for a number of ice sports in France.[2]

French Federation of Ice Sports
AbbreviationFFSG
Formation1942 (1942)
TypeNational sports governing body
Location
  • 41-43 rue de Reuilly, 75012 Paris
Region
France
President
Nathalie Pechalat[1]
AffiliationsUEG, FIG
Websitewww.ffsg.org

It manages completely different sports disciplines with the only thing in common being that they are practiced on ice. This explains the structural complexity of the organization.

Sport disciplines

The French Federation of Ice Sports manages several groups of sports:

From 1942 to 2006, the FFSG also managed the French ice hockey, until the creation of the French Ice Hockey Federation on April 29, 2006.

Mission
See the section "Missions" in the French Wikipedia.

Presidents of the FFSG
Name Dates of presidency "Home" sport Notes
1 Georges Guérard 1941–1961
2 Édouard Lafonta 1962–1963
3 Philippe Potin 1964–1967 Ice hockey Heir of the brand "Félix Potin" and ice hockey philanthropist
4 Jacques Favart 1968-1969 Figure skating President of the ISU from 1967 to 1980
5 Antoine Faure 1970–1971 Ice hockey[3] President of the Étoile Sportive Briançonnaise (ESB)
6 Jean Heckly 1972–1980 Speed skating
7 Pierre Courbe-Michollet 1980–1984
8 Jean Ferrand 1984–1990 Ice hockey
9 Bernard Goy 1990–1998 Ice hockey
10 Didier Gailhaguet 1998–2004 Figure skating 1st term of office, resigned following the 2002 Winter Olympics figure skating scandal
11 Norbert Tourne 2004–2006 Speed skating
12 Claude Ancelet 2006–2007
13 Didier Gailhaguet 2007–2020 Figure skating 2nd term of office, resigned following a scandal brought to light by Sarah Abitbol
14 Nathalie Péchalat 2020–present Figure skating (ice dance)

References
  1. Myers, Paul (14 March 2020). "Ex champion elected head of French ice sports federation". rfi. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  2. "Atlas national des fédérations sportives 2012" (PDF) (in French). 2012. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
  3. Marc Branchu. "Histoire d'un club" (in French). Retrieved 2016-01-19.
  • Le livre d'or du patinage d'Alain Billouin, éditions Solar, 1999
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