Tag: FIS

  • Candidates for the FIS Council 2014-2016

    Oberhofen / Thunersee, May 7, 2014: The 49th International Ski Congress in Barcelona (SPA) will elect the FIS President and the sixteen members of the FIS Council for the next two-year period from 2014-2016. With the deadline now past, the member National Ski Associations have proposed the following candidates. President: KASPER Gian Franco, SUI Swiss-Ski Association…

  • FIS President Kasper elected as AIOWF President

    Basle, Apr 10, 2014: FIS President Gian Franco Kasper was elected President of the Association of International Olympic Winter Sports Federation (AIOWF) on Tuesday, 8th April 2014 during the SportAccord convention in Belek (TUR). At the same meeting FIS Secretary General Sarah Lewis was appointed as the organisation’s Secretary General. Kasper succeeds International Ice Hockey…

  • Nordic Combined, Lasse Ottesen

    Oberhofen / Thunersee, Mar 25, 2014: “Happy” and “satisfied” are the two terms, Race Director Lasse Ottesen comes up with most these days when he is looking back at the last season and the development of his discipline. Even though the weather and especially the lack of snow in almost all of the venues of…

  • Therese Johaug and Martin Johnsrud Sundby

    Oberhofen / Thunersee, Mar 20, 2014: Norway’s Therese Johaug and Martin Johnsrud Sundby raced into history books as both won the World Cup Final and clinched the FIS Overall Cross-Country World Cup. Sundby with his win on Sunday in Falun became the first skier to win all three Tour competitions in one season. Sundby won…

  • FIS signs agreement with Audi

    Oberhofen / Thunersee, Mar 05, 2014: FIS has signed a three-year agreement with Audi to partner with the “Bring Children to the Snow” campaign. The agreement will see Audi playing a role in both programmes, FIS SnowKidz and World Snow Day. The partnership will see Audi brought closer to the grassroots of snow sports and…

  • 89th Lahti Ski Games get underway today

    Oberhofen, Feb 27, 2014: Olympic medalists are back in action just one week after the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, when Lahti hosts the 89th Lahti Ski Games, with eight FIS World Cup events in Ski Jumping, Cross-Country and Nordic Combined from 28th February -2nd March. Finnish Cross-Country skiing fans will have a chance to…

  • FIS depends ties with sporting goods industry for youth

    Munich – Germany, Jan 24, 2014: With the aim of better promoting snow sports activities for children, the International Ski Federation (FIS) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) and the Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (FESI). The agreement will focus specifically on the…

  • World Snow Day celebrations in Grächen

    Grächen, Jan 22, 2014: The 3rd edition of World Snow Day took place in spectacular fashion on 19th January 2014. Globally, 610 Organisers in 35 countries staged unique events in a friendly and fun environment to celebrate all things on snow. World Snow Day once again saw a huge range of different snow-related activities throughout…

  • WUC Department meets with FIS and ITU

    WUC Department meets with FIS and ITU

    Lausanne, Sept 20, 2013: The World University Championships department has continued its series of work meetings with FISU partner International Federations. Last week the WUC delegates were joined by their Winter Universiade counterparts Milan Augustin (Director) and Jiho Kim (Executive Assistant) when convening with the International Ski Federation (FIS). Sarah Lewis (FIS Secretary General) was…

  • Alpine World/Continental Cup technical staff

    Oberhofen / Thunersee – Switzerland, Sept 18, 2013: Hannes Trinkl (AUT), Emmanuel Couder and Jean-Philippe Vulliet (FRA) will take on the positions of Race Director and Coordinator for the men’s and ladies FIS Alpine World Cup, World Championships and Olympic Winter Games and complete the teams led by Chief Race Directors Markus Waldner (men) and…