Winter Olympic Federations

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Winter Olympic Federations
AbbreviationWOF
Formation1976;49 years ago (1976) [1]
Type Nonprofit
PurposeInter-sport federation organisation
Headquarters Zurich
Location
  • English, German
President
 Ivo Ferriani

The Winter Olympic Federations (WOF), formerly Association of International Olympic Winter Sports Federations (AIOWF), is an association of winter sports federations recognized by the International Olympic Committee that compete in the Olympic Winter Games. [2] [3]

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Among other tasks, the WOF encourages cooperation among its members and is in charge of coordinating the competition calendar. The WOF is the qualified spokesperson dealing with specific issues related to winter sports in general and the Olympic Games in particular. [3]

From its establishment to 2000, it was named Association of International Winter Sports Federations (AIWF). It added "Olympic" in its title in 2000, to become AIOWF. It again renamed itself on 14 November 2023 to WOF. [2] Its current president is Ivo Ferriani of the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation and it is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. [3]

WOF Council

The Council is composed of a President and four Members, all from different Federations. One of the five Members is elected as secretary general. The President and all the Members are elected for 4-year mandates. The Treasurer is nominated by the Council on the proposal of the President as an executive position. The Treasurer is also on the Council, but without voting rights.

DesignationNameCountrySport Federation
President Ivo Ferriani Flag of Italy.svg  Italy International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation
Secretary GeneralColin GrahamslawFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom World Curling Federation
Council MembersEinars FogelisFlag of Latvia.svg  Latvia International Luge Federation
Kim Jae-youlFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea International Skating Union
Beau WellingFlag of the United States.svg  United States World Curling Federation
Olle DahlinFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden International Biathlon Union
Luc TardifFlag of France.svg  France International Ice Hockey Federation
TreasurerFredi SchmidFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland International Skating Union

Members

Sport federations that govern a sport in the program of the Winter Olympics are members of the WOF. [3] As of March 2025, it has seven full members and one associate member.

Full members

SportInternational federation (IF)AcronymNational associationsYear IF foundedPresidentOfficial websiteNotes
Biathlon International Biathlon Union IBU611993 Flag of Sweden.svg Olle Dahlin biathlonworld.com
Bobsleigh & skeleton International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation IBSF741923 Flag of Italy.svg Ivo Ferriani ibsf.org
Curling World Curling Federation WCF711966 Flag of the United States.svg Beau Welling worldcurling.org
Ice hockey International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF821908 Flag of France.svg Luc Tardif Sr. iihf.com
Luge International Luge Federation FIL531957 Flag of Latvia.svg Einars Fogelis fil-luge.org
Ice skating International Skating Union ISU1011892 Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Jae-youl isu.org
Skiing & snowboarding International Ski and Snowboard Federation FIS1321924 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Johan Eliasch fis-ski.com

Associate members

SportInternational federation (IF)AcronymNational associationsYear IF foundedPresidentOfficial websiteNotes
Ski mountaineering International Ski Mountaineering Federation ISMF55 [4] 2008 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Regula Meier ismf-ski.org [5] [a]

See also

Notes

References

  1. ↑ "Association of International Olympic Winter Sports Federations". Sports History. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
  2. 1 2 Müller, Stephan (2025-01-13). "IFs - International Sports Federations" (PDF). sport-record.de. p. 2. Retrieved 2025-03-06.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Winter Olympic Federations (WOF)". International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 2025-03-06.
  4. ↑ "Expanding the ISMF Family: now 55 National Members!". International Ski Mountaineering Federation. Retrieved 2025-03-06.
  5. ↑ "International Ski Mountaineering Federation Gains Associate Membership in Winter Olympic Federations". International Ski Mountaineering Federation. 2024-10-21. Retrieved 2025-03-06.
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