International Ski Federation
The International Ski Federation / Federation 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.
The federation organises the following ski sport disciplines, for which it oversees World Cup competitions and World Championships:
- Alpine Skiing (incl Alpine combined)
- downhill
- super-g
- giant slalom
- slalom
- Nordic Skiing
- Others/Extreme
An exception from the ski sports organised by FIS is the rising-popularity discipline of biathlon, which has its own organisation, IBU.
See also: skiing topics
Footnotes
- The French acronym FIS is used in all languages. FIS has three "official" languages, English, French and German.
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Referenced By
History of skiing | List of skiing-related topics | Oberhof | Skiing | Telemark skiing
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