Fédération Internationale de Ski

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The Fédération Internationale de Ski (FIS) is the international ski association. The headquarters of the association is located in Oberhofen am Thunersee in Switzerland. The abbreviation FIS is used in all languages. The competence of the FIS concerns both grassroots and top-class sports, for example, it issues the FIS rules on behaviour on ski slopes.

There are currently 132 member associations (as of 2018).

History

Foundation and the first years
The establishment of the predecessor association CIS (International Ski Commission) was decided on 18 February 1910 in Christiania (NOR) by delegates from ten countries. A year later, in March 1911, the first internationally valid set of rules was adopted.

On February 2, 1924, during the International Winter Sports Week, which was later to be recognized as the First Winter Olympic Games, 36 delegates from 14 countries decided to establish the FIS, which replaced the CIS.

Initially, FIS was only responsible for Nordic skiing. After the Scandinavian countries had given up their resistance, the 11th FIS Congress (24.-26.) However, in February 1930 in Oslo) decided to include the alpine skiing (downhill, slalom and alpine combination) in the regulations, at the request of Great Britain, in which the British ski pioneer Arnold Lunn as co-founder of the Arlberg-Kandahar races had a significant share. The simple sentence “downhill and slalom races can be organised” was laid down in the rules – a sentence that should change skiing sustainably.

1932: A proposal for European Championships was unanimously shelved.
The rules for departure and slalom were adapted.Australia became a FIS member.

In 1933, the first complete FIS World Battles took place in Innsbruck, which can thus be considered the 1st World Championship.

1936: Arranging the World Championships: the first ones are scheduled to take place in Chamonix next year.
Statutes are adapted for the new departure/slalom committee.

In 1938, ski flying, a variation of ski jumping, was recognized as a discipline, but rules were only worked out after the Second World War.

The post-war years
1946: In addition to the cancellation of the World Championships in 1941, three new technical committees were created: cross-country skiing (with the Swedish Sigge Bergman (born 5 July 1931 in Luleå – d.) 6 January 2001 in Rättvik) as well as ski jumping (with the chairman Sigmund Ruud from Norway) and »Damen« (chairman: Elsa Roth, Switzerland).
On September 15, 1946, Austria was reinstated into the FIS.

1949: The Swiss Marc Hodler became chairman of the Downhill slalom committee, which was previously led by Sir Arnold Lunn.

1951: Nordic ski competitions for women were included in the 1952 Winter Olympics.
The development of ski flying will be monitored.Marc Hodler became the new FIS President.