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 (downhill, super-g, giant slalom, slalom, and alpine combined)
• Nordic Skiing (cross-country skiing, Telemark skiing, ski jumping, nordic combined)
• Others (freestyle skiing, speed skiing, roller skiing, snowboarding, ...)

An exception from ski-based sports organised by FIS is the rising-popularity discipline of biathlon, which has its own organisation.

See also: skiing topics

Footnotes

1. The French acronym FIS is used in all languages. FIS has three "official" languages, English, French and German.

External links

• FIS Homepage