International Ski Federation


The Fédération Internationale de Ski is the world's highest governing body for international winter sports. Founded in Chamonix on 2 February 1924, it 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:
RankWinsDisciplineCode
1 Amélie Reymond115Telemark skiingTM
2 Conny Kissling106Freestyle skiingFS
3 Ingemar Stenmark86Alpine skiingAL
4 Marit Bjørgen84
Cross-country skiingCC
5 Lindsey Vonn82Alpine skiingAL
6 Karine Ruby67SnowboardingSB
Marcel Hirscher67Alpine skiingAL
8 Mikaela Shiffrin66Alpine skiingAL
9 Annemarie Moser-Pröll62Alpine skiingAL
Mikaël Kingsbury62Freestyle skiingFS
11 Jan Bucher57Freestyle skiingFS
Jan Němec57Grass skiingGS
13 Vreni Schneider55Alpine skiingAL
Sara Takanashi55Ski jumpingJP
15 Hermann Maier54Alpine skiingAL
16 Gregor Schlierenzauer53Ski jumpingJP
17 Alberto Tomba50Alpine skiingAL
18 Hannu Manninen48Nordic combinedNK
Phillipe Lau48Telemark skiingTM
20 Matti Nykänen46Ski jumpingJP
Donna Weinbrecht46Freestyle skiingFS
Bjørn Dæhlie46Cross-country skiingCC
Renate Götschl46Alpine skiingAL
Hannah Kearney46Freestyle skiingFS

Ski disciplines

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

Alpine skiing

Nordic skiing

Freestyle skiing

Snowboarding

Others

Unofficial

Note: The discipline of Biathlon, which combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting, has its own organisation, the International Biathlon Union.

FIS Congress history

List of all hosts:

Presidents

#NameNationalityTerm
1.Ivar HolmquistSweden1924–1934
2.Nicolai Ramm ØstgaardNorway1934–1951
3.Marc HodlerSwitzerland1951–1998
4.Gian-Franco KasperSwitzerland1998–

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.
List of FIS ski museums (incomplete)