Association of Summer Olympic International Federations

Association of Summer Olympic International Federations

Abbreviation	ASOIF
Formation	30 May 1983; 38 years ago (1983-05-30)
Type	Nonprofit
Purpose	Inter-sport federation organisation
Headquarters	Lausanne
Official language	English, French
President	Francesco Ricci Bitti
Vice President	Uğur Erdener
Executive Director	Andrew Ryan

The Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) is a non-profit association of international sports federations that compete in the Summer Olympic Games. It is headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland, the same city where the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is also headquartered.

ASOIF Council[]

The council is composed of a president and six members, all from different federations. One of the six members is elected as vice-president. The president and all the members are elected for 4- year mandates. The executive director is nominated by the council on the proposal of the president as an executive position. The executive director is also on the council, but without voting rights.

Designation	Name	Country	Sport Federation
President	Francesco Ricci Bitti	Italy	International Tennis Federation, (Honorary Life President)
Vice President	Uğur Erdener	Turkey	World Archery Federation
Council Members	Sebastian Coe	United Kingdom	World Athletics
	Ingmar De Vos	Belgium	International Equestrian Federation
	Marisol Casado	Spain	International Triathlon Union
	Morinari Watanabe	Japan	International Gymnastics Federation
		Serbia	United World Wrestling
Executive Director	Andrew Ryan	United Kingdom

Members[]

There are 34 ASOIF members:^[1]

Sport	Federation	Acronym	President	Official website
Aquatic sports	Fédération Internationale de Natation	FINA	Julio Maglione	fina.org
Archery	World Archery Federation	WA	Uğur Erdener	worldarchery.org
Athletics	World Athletics	WA	Lord Sebastian Coe	iaaf.org
Badminton	Badminton World Federation	BWF	Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen	bwfbadminton.org
Baseball/Softball (Associate Member)	World Baseball Softball Confederation	WBSC	Riccardo Fraccari	wbsc.org
Basketball	International Basketball Federation	FIBA	Hamane Niang	fiba.basketball
Boxing	International Boxing Association	AIBA	Umar Nazarovich Kremlev	aiba.org
Canoeing	International Canoe Federation	ICF	José Perurena	canoeicf.com
Cycling	Union Cycliste Internationale	UCI	David Lappartient	uci.ch
Dancesport	World DanceSport Federation	WDSF	Shawn Tay	worlddancesport.org
Equestrian	Fédération Équestre Internationale	FEI	Ingmar De Vos	fei.org
Fencing	Fédération Internationale d'Escrime	FIE	Alisher Usmanov	fie.org
Field hockey	International Hockey Federation	FIH	Narinder Druv Batra	fih.ch
Football	Fédération Internationale de Football Association	FIFA	Gianni Infantino	fifa.com
Golf	International Golf Federation	IGF	Peter Dawson	igfgolf.org
Gymnastics	Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique	FIG	Morinari Watanabe	fig-gymnastics.com
Handball	International Handball Federation	IHF	Hassan Moustafa	ihf.info
Judo	International Judo Federation	IJF	Marius Vizer	ijf.org
Karate (Associate Member)	World Karate Federation	WKF	Antonio Espinós	wkf.net
Modern pentathlon	Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne	UIPM	Klaus Schormann	pentathlon.org
Roller sports (Associate Member)	World Skate	WS	Sabatino Aracu	worldskate.org
Rowing	Fédération Internationale des Sociétés d'Aviron	FISA	Jean-Christophe Rolland	worldrowing.com
Rugby union	World Rugby	WR	Bill Beaumont	worldrugby.org
Sailing	World Sailing	WS	Quanhai Li	sailing.org
Shooting	International Shooting Sport Federation	ISSF	Vladimir Lisin	issf-sports.org
Sports climbing (Associate Member)	International Federation of Sport Climbing	IFSC	Marco Maria Scolaris	ifsc-climbing.org
Surfing (Associate Member)	International Surfing Association	ISA	Fernando Aguerre	isasurf.org
Table tennis	International Table Tennis Federation	ITTF		ittf.com
Taekwondo	World Taekwondo	WT	Choue Chung-won	worldtaekwondo.org
Tennis	International Tennis Federation	ITF	David Haggerty	itftennis.com
Triathlon	World Triathlon	WT	Marisol Casado	triathlon.org
Volleyball	Fédération Internationale de Volleyball	FIVB	Ary Graça	fivb.com
Weightlifting	International Weightlifting Federation	IWF	Dr Michael Irani (Interim)	iwf.net
Wrestling	United World Wrestling	UWW		unitedworldwrestling.org

History[]

On 30 May 1983, the 21 International Federations governing the sports included at the time on the programme of the 1984 Summer Olympic Games decided to form the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF).

ASOIF was formed, as stated in the first article of its constitution 'to co-ordinate and to defend the common interests of its members' and to 'ensure close co-operation between its members, and members of the Olympic Movement and other organisations'. These needs were identified in order to preserve the unity of the Olympic movement while maintaining 'the authority, independence and autonomy of the member International Federations.'

The members of ASOIF meet once a year in a General Assembly. The General Assembly usually precedes the joint meeting between the executive board of the International Olympic Committee and the International Federations where a multitude of topics are discussed in the common interests of the Olympic Movement.

In 2015, the Organising Committee for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 had proposed five new sports in response to the new flexibility provided by Olympic Agenda 2020, the IOC's strategic roadmap for the future of the Olympic Movement. Olympic Agenda 2020 gives host cities the option of suggesting new sports and events for inclusion in their edition of the Games. Karate, skateboarding, sports climbing, surfing and baseball/softball will be added to the Olympic Programme in Tokyo 2020. ASOIF has amended its statutes to enable IFs "governing sports included within the events programme for a specific edition of the Summer Olympic Games" to become "Associate Members".

ASOIF is administered by an executive body, the council, which consists of seven individual members, most of which are presidents of Summer Olympic International Federations.

The ASOIF General Secretariat is located in Lausanne and is administered by the ASOIF Executive Director.

See also[]

• International Olympic Committee (IOC)
• Association of International Olympic Winter Sports Federations (AIOWF)
• Association of the IOC Recognised International Sports Federations (ARISF)
• SportAccord

Notes and references[]

External links[]

• ASOIF website
• ASOIF at IOC website