French Federation of Ice Sports
French Federation of Ice Sports is the national governing body for a number of ice sports in France.
It manages completely different sports disciplines whose only commonality is that they are practiced on ice. This explains the structural complexity of the organization.
Sport disciplines
The French Federation of Ice Sports manages several groups of sports:- Artistic sports: figure skating, ice dance, synchronized skating, and ballet on ice
- Performance sports on ice rink: speed skating, and short track
- Performance sports on ice track: bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton
- Team sport: curling
Presidents of the FFSG
| Name | Dates of presidency | "Home" sport | Notes | |
| 1 | Georges Guérard | 1941–1961 | ||
| 2 | Édouard Lafonta | 1962–1963 | ||
| 3 | Philippe Potin | 1964–1967 | Ice hockey | Heir of the brand "Félix Potin" and ice hockey philanthropist |
| 4 | Jacques Favart | 1968-1969 | Figure skating | President of the ISU from 1967 to 1980 |
| 5 | Antoine Faure | 1970–1971 | Ice hockey | President of the Étoile Sportive Briançonnaise |
| 6 | Jean Heckly | 1972–1980 | Speed skating | |
| 7 | Pierre Courbe-Michollet | 1980–1984 | ||
| 8 | Jean Ferrand | 1984–1990 | Ice hockey | |
| 9 | Bernard Goy | 1990–1998 | Ice hockey | |
| 10 | Didier Gailhaguet | 1998–2004 | Figure skating | 1st term of office, resigned following the 2002 Winter Olympics figure skating scandal |
| 11 | Norbert Tourne | 2004–2006 | Speed skating | |
| 12 | Claude Ancelet | 2006–2007 | ||
| 13 | Didier Gailhaguet | 2007–2020 | Figure skating | 2nd term of office, resigned following a scandal related to alleged coverup of sexual abuse cases among coaches and skaters. Former skate Sarah Abitbol published a book that year detailing abuse when she was a teenager. |
| 14 | Nathalie Péchalat | 2020–2022 | Figure skating | |
| 15 | Gwenaëlle Noury | 2022–present | Figure skating |