International Ski Federation

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International Ski Federation

• Français:	Fédération Internationale de Ski
  Deutsch:	Internationaler Skiverband
  Русский:	Международная Федерация Лыжного Спорта

Sport	Skiing[1]
Jurisdiction	International
Membership	132 members[1]
Abbreviation	FIS
Founded	2 February 1924; 97 years ago (1924-02-02)[1] in Chamonix,  France
Affiliation	IOC[2]
Headquarters	Marc Hodler House Blochstrasse 2 Oberhofen am Thunersee   Switzerland
President	Johan Eliasch
Vice president(s)	Roman Kumpost (2021)[3] (2021)[4] Aki Murasato (2016)[5] Peter Schroecksnadel (2021)[6]
Secretary	Vacant
Operating income	CHF 14.6 million (2018)[7]
Official website
www.fis-ski.com
Official languages: English, French, German and Russian[2]

The Fédération internationale de ski (FIS; English: International Ski Federation) is the highest international governing body for skiing and snowboarding. Founded on 2 February 1924 in Chamonix, France, the FIS 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		158	Telemark skiing	TM
2	Conny Kissling	106	Freestyle skiing	FS
3	Ingemar Stenmark	86	Alpine skiing	AL
4	Marit Bjørgen	84 (114)	Cross-country skiing	CC
5	Lindsey Vonn	82	Alpine skiing	AL
6	Mikaela Shiffrin	69	Alpine skiing	AL
7	Karine Ruby	67	Snowboarding	SB
	Marcel Hirscher	67	Alpine skiing	AL
9	Mikaël Kingsbury	65	Freestyle skiing	FS
10	Annemarie Moser-Pröll	62	Alpine skiing	AL
11	Sara Takanashi	60	Ski jumping	JP
12		58	Telemark skiing	TM
13	Jan Bucher	57	Freestyle skiing	FS
		57	Grass skiing	GS
15	Vreni Schneider	55	Alpine skiing	AL
16	Hermann Maier	54	Alpine skiing	AL
17	Gregor Schlierenzauer	53	Ski jumping	JP
18	Alberto Tomba	50	Alpine skiing	AL
19	Hannu Manninen	48	Nordic combined	NK
20	Matti Nykänen	46	Ski jumping	JP
	Donna Weinbrecht	46	Freestyle skiing	FS
	Bjørn Dæhlie	46	Cross-country skiing	CC
	Renate Götschl	46	Alpine skiing	AL
	Hannah Kearney	46	Freestyle skiing	FS

Updated as of 21 March 2021

Ski disciplines[]

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

FIS Congress history[]

List of all hosts:^[8]

Presidents[]

The Crystal Globe trophy awarded by the FIS to the winner of the Ski Jumping World Cup

#	Name	Nationality	Term
1.	Ivar Holmquist	Sweden	1924–1934
2.	Nicolai Ramm Østgaard	Norway	1934–1951
3.	Marc Hodler	Switzerland	1951–1998
4.	Gian-Franco Kasper	Switzerland	1998–2021[9][10]
5.	Johan Eliasch	Sweden	2021–

Members[]

Official FIS ski museums[]

As of 2017, there are 31 official FIS Ski Museums worldwide in 13 countries which are devoted to the history of skiing, taking into account the region's own history of skiing and tourism.^[11]

List of FIS ski museums (incomplete)[]

• FIS Skimuseum Damüls, Vorarlberg (Austria)^[12]
• FIS-Winter!Sport!Museum! Mürzzuschlag (Austria)^[13]
• FIS-Landes-Skimuseum Werfenweng (Austria)^[14]
• FIS-Ski-Museum Vaduz (Liechtenstein)^[15]

See also[]

• Alpine Skiing Europa Cup
• FIS Alpine Ski World Cup
• FIS Cross-Country World Cup
• FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup
• FIS Nordic Combined World Cup
• FIS Ski Jumping World Cup
• FIS Snowboard World Cup

References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• FIS Official YouTube