International Ski and Snowboard Federation
The International Ski and Snowboard Federation, also known as FIS, is the highest international governing body for skiing and snowboarding. It was previously known as the International Ski Federation until 26 May 2022 when the name was changed to include snowboard.
Founded on 2 February 1924 in Chamonix, France during the [1924 Winter Olympics|inaugural Winter Winter Olympic Games|Olympic Games], FIS is responsible for the Olympic skiing disciplines, namely 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 has a membership of 132 national ski associations, and is based in Oberhofen am Thunersee, Switzerland.
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Most World Cup wins
At least 50 World Cup wins in all disciplines run by the International Ski and Snowboard Federation for men and women:| Rank | Wins | Discipline | Code | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 |  Ski disciplinesThe federation organises the following ski sport disciplines, for which it oversees the FIS Games as well as World Cup competitions and World Championships:
FIS Congress historyFounding and the first yearsAfter ski club federations and national associations were created in Norway, Russia, Bohemia and Great Britain, Switzerland, United States, Austria and Germany and Sweden, Finland and Italy, and competitions had begun such as the Nordic Games, early international cross-country races, international participation at Holmenkollen and Club Alpin Français International Winter Sports Weeks, an international Ski Congress was convened to develop standard rules for international competitive skiing.The founding of a predecessor association, the International Ski Commission, was decided on February 18, 1910, in Christiania, Norway by delegates from ten countries to the first International Ski Congress. This Congress then met every year or so to hear from the CIS and refine and adopt rule changes. The commission was to consist of two members - a representative of Scandinavia and Central Europe. Ultimately, two Scandinavians sat on the commission. A year later, in March 1911, the first internationally valid set of rules was approved. At that time, the commission was enlarged to five members, and Oslo was elected as headquarters. In 1913, the number of members of the commission was increased to seven: two Norwegians, two Swedes, a Swiss, a German and an Austrian. On February 2, 1924, in Chamonix as part of the "International Winter Sports Week", which was later to be recognized as the first Olympic Winter Games, 36 delegates from 14 countries decided to found the FIS, which replaced the CIS. Initially, the FIS was only responsible for Nordic skiing. FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1925 in Janské Lázně, Czechoslovakia, were given status as the first official World Championships. After the Scandinavian countries had relented, it was decided at the 11th FIS Congress to also include alpine skiing in the rules. This was upon a proposal by Great Britain, in which the British ski pioneer Arnold Lunn played a major role as co-founder of the Arlberg-Kandahar races. The simple sentence "Downhill and slalom races may be organized" was written into the rules - a sentence that was to change skiing in the long term. The first FIS Alpine World Ski Championships were held 19–23 February 1931 in Mürren, Switzerland. Ski flying, a variation of ski jumping, was recognized as a discipline in 1938, but rules were not finalized until after World War II. Presidents
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