International Ski Federation Totally Explained

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The International Ski Federation/Fédération Internationale de Ski (FIS) 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.

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
Snowboarding, see FIS Snowboarding World Championships
- Alpine Snowboarding
- Freestyle Snowboarding
Others/Extreme

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

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