Federazione Italiana Sport Invernali

The Federazione Italiana Sport Invernali (FISI) (English: Italian Winter Sports Federation), is the winter sports federation for Italy. Part of the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI), it deals with all federations conducting sports for the Winter Olympics, including skiing, skating, biathlon, bobsleigh, and luge.

History

Founded in Turin in 1908 as L'Unione Ski Clubs Italiani (Italian Union of Ski Clubs), the organization was disbanded in 1910. Three years later, a second organization called Federazione Della Ski (Ski Federation) was formed in Milan which lasted until 1918. In 1920, a third organization called Federazione Italiano Della Sci (Italian Ski Federation) was formed also in Milan. This consisted of the nordic skiing disciplines (cross country skiing, nordic combined, and ski jumping) allowed in 1908 though bobsleigh (and skeleton) would be included in 1930 and alpine skiing the following year. The sports federation participated in the first Winter Olympics at Chamonix, France in 1924. Because of the inclusion of bobsleigh, the Italian Ski Federation changed their name to FISI in 1934. Luge would be included in 1966.

FISI is headquartered in Milan.

References

Official FISI website (Italian)
FISI profile on the Italian National Olympic Committee's (CONI) (Italian)

Sports governing bodies in Italy (ITA)

Summer Olympic Sports	Aquatic sports (Diving, Swimming, Synchronized Swimming, Water Polo) Archery Athletics Badminton Basketball Boxing Canoeing Cycling Equestrian Fencing Field Hockey Football Golf Gymnastics Handball Judo - Karate - Wrestling Modern Pentathlon Rugby 7's Rowing Sailing Shooting sport Sporting clays Table Tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball inc. Beach Weightlifting Wrestling

Winter Olympic Sports	Ice sports (Curling, Figure, Speed, Short Track skating, Ice Hockey) Winter sports (Alpine skiing, Nordic skiing, Biathlon, Bobsleigh, Luge, Skeleton, Ski jumping, Ski touring, Snowboarding)

Other IOC Recognised Sports	Air sports Auto racing Bandy Baseball & Softball Billiard Sports Boules Bowling Bridge Chess Cricket Dance sport Floorball Korfball Lifesaving Motorcycle sport Mountaineering and Climbing Netball Orienteering Pelota Vasca Polo Powerboating Racquetball Roller sports (In-line hockey, Rink hockey, Roller speed skating) Rugby Sport climbing Squash Sumo Surfing Tug of war Underwater sports Water Ski Wushu

Italian National Olympic Committee Italian Paralympic Committee

National members of the International Ski Federation

Disciplines Alpine skiing Cross-country skiing Nordic skiing Freestyle skiing Ski jumping Snowboarding

African	ERI KEN EGY GHA LES RSA ZIM

Asian	CHN JPN KAZ HKG IND IRA KGZ KOR KUW MGL NEP PAK PRK PHI THA TJK TLS TPE

European	AUT AZE BIH BEL CRO CYP CZE DEN ESP EST FIN FRA GBR GER GRE HUN IRL ISL ISR ITA KOS LAT LTU LUX MKD MLT MNE MON NED NOR POL POR RUS SLO SRB SUI SVK SWE TUR UKR

Oceania	AUS NZL

Pan American	ARG BAR BER BHA BRA CAN CAY CHI COL CRC ISV IVB JAM HON MEX PER PUR URU USA VEN

Others	ALB ALG AND ARM ASA BLR BOL BUL CMR ESA ETH FIJ GEO GRN GUA HAI LIB LIE MAD MAR MDA PAK PHI PLE ROU RSM SEN SUD SWZ TOG TRI UZB

Pinnacle events Alpine Worlds Alpine World Cup Nordic Worlds Freestyle Worlds

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