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History of FIS

World Cup Wins Standing

1Amélie Reymond115Telemark skiingTM
2Conny Kisling106Freestyle skiingFS
3Mikeala Shiffrin97Alpine skiingAL
4Mikaël Kingsbury90Freestyle skiingFS
5Ingemar Stenmark86Alpine skiingAL
6Marit Bjørgen84 (114)Cross-country skiingCC
7Lindsey Vonn82Alpine skiingAL
8Karine Ruby67SnowboardingSB
9Annemarie Moser-Pröll62Alpine skiingAL
10Marcel Hirscher58Alpine skiingAL
11Jan Bucher57Freestyle skiingFS
Jan Němec57Grass skiingGS
13Vreni Schneider55Alpine skiingAL
Sara Takanashi55Ski jumpingJP
15Hermann Maier54Alpine skiingAL
16Gregor Schlierenzauer53Ski jumpingJP
17Alberto Tomba50Alpine skiingAL
18Hannu Manninen48Nordic combinedNC
Phillipe Lau48Telemark skiingTM
20Matti Nykänen46Ski jumpingJP
Donna Weinbrecht46Freestyle skiingFS
Bjørn Dæhlie46Cross-country skiingCC
Renate Götschl46Alpine skiingAL
Hannah Kearney46Freestyle skiingFS
RankAthleteWC winsDisciplineCode
1Amélie Reymond115Telemark skiingTM
2Conny Kisling106Freestyle skiingFS
3Mikeala Shiffrin97Alpine skiingAL
4Mikaël Kingsbury90Freestyle skiingFS
5Ingemar Stenmark86Alpine skiingAL
6Marit Bjørgen84 (114)Cross-country skiingCC
7Lindsey Vonn82Alpine skiingAL
8Karine Ruby67SnowboardingSB
9Annemarie Moser-Pröll62Alpine skiingAL
10Marcel Hirscher58Alpine skiingAL
11Jan Bucher57Freestyle skiingFS
Jan Němec57Grass skiingGS
13Vreni Schneider55Alpine skiingAL
Sara Takanashi55Ski jumpingJP
15Hermann Maier54Alpine skiingAL
16Gregor Schlierenzauer53Ski jumpingJP
17Alberto Tomba50Alpine skiingAL
18Hannu Manninen48Nordic combinedNC
Phillipe Lau48Telemark skiingTM
20Matti Nykänen46Ski jumpingJP
Donna Weinbrecht46Freestyle skiingFS
Bjørn Dæhlie46Cross-country skiingCC
Renate Götschl46Alpine skiingAL
Hannah Kearney46Freestyle skiingFS

FIS Presidents

1Ivar HolmquistSweden1924 - 1934
2Nicolai Ramm ØstgaardNorway1934 - 1951
3Marc HodlerSwitzerland1951 - 1998
4Gian-Franco KasperSwitzerland1998 - 2021
5Johan EliaschGreat Britain2021 -
#NameNationalityTerm
1Ivar HolmquistSweden1924 - 1934
2Nicolai Ramm ØstgaardNorway1934 - 1951
3Marc HodlerSwitzerland1951 - 1998
4Gian-Franco KasperSwitzerland1998 - 2021
5Johan EliaschGreat Britain2021 -

The federation organizes the following ski sport disciplines, for which it oversees World Cup competitions and World Championships. The FIS World Championships are held every other year, normally in February and March of off numbered years.

The FIS Alpine World Ski Championship includes medal events in downhill, super-G, giant slalom, slalom and the Nation's Team Event.

The FIS Nordic World Ski Championship bring together the disciplines of Nordic Combined, Ski Jumping and Cross-Country Skiing.

The FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboard World Championships joined forces in 2015 in Kreischberg (AUT) to form the largest winter sports World Championship with 25+ medals awarded in the areas of moguls, aerials, ski cross, snowboard cross, ski big air, snowboard big air, ski slopestyle, snowboard slopestyle, ski half pipe, snowboard half pipe, parallel slalom and parallel giant slalom.

The FIS Ski Flying World Championships are held every other year on even years.

FIS additionally organises World Championsips in its non-Olmypic disicplines including Telemark, Speed Skiing, Grass Skiing and Masters in addtion to numerous FIS Junior World Ski Championships staged annually.

Whilst the existence of skiing as means of transport is very ancient, its practice as a sport is relatively recent. It was not developed in Norway until after 1850, when the first races were held around the town of Christiania, which later became the city of Oslo. From 1870 onwards, the Alpine countries were in turn affected by the rapid expansion of skiing as a sport: the first competitions in Germany in 1879, the foundation of the first Swiss Club in 1893 at Glaris initiated by Christoph Iselin. National Ski Associations appeared in turn in Russia (1896), Czechoslovakia (1903), the United States (1904), Austria and Germany (1905) and Norway, Finland and Sweden (1908).

From 1910 to 1924, the International Skiing Commission strove to monitor the development of competitive skiing throughout the world. In 1924, at the time of the first Olympic Winter Games, this Commission gave birth to the Federation International de Ski.

31 official FIS ski museums around the world are devoted to showcase skiing's history. In 13 countries, winter sports afficionados can learn more about the origins of their sports.

For a full list of all museums, see the document below.

FIS Official Ski Museums
FIS Official Ski Museums List.pdf
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FIS Official Ski Museums List.pdf
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