International Ski Federation

The International Ski Federation / Fédération 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 and it is based in Oberhofen am Thunersee, Switzerland.

Related Topics:
Ski - 1924 - Chamonix - Oberhofen am Thunersee - Switzerland

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

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• Alpine Skiing (incl Alpine combined)
• Downhill
• Super-G
• Giant Slalom (GS)
• Slalom
• Nordic skiing
• cross-country skiing
• ski jumping
• Nordic combined
• Telemark skiing
• Others/Extreme
• freestyle skiing
• speed skiing
• roller skiing
• snowboarding

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

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See also: skiing topics

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