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]

Among other tasks, the AIOWF encourages cooperation among its members and is in charge of coordinating the competition calendar. The AIOWF 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.

Designation Name Country Sport Federation
President Ivo Ferriani  Italy International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation
Secretary General Colin Grahamslaw  United Kingdom World Curling Federation
Council Members Einars Fogelis  Latvia International Luge Federation
Kim Jae-youl  South Korea International Skating Union
Beau Welling  United States World Curling Federation
Olle Dahlin  Sweden International Biathlon Union
Luc Tardif  France International Ice Hockey Federation
Treasurer Fredi Schmid   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

Sport International federation (IF) Acronym National associations Year IF founded President Official website Notes
Biathlon International Biathlon Union IBU 61 1993 Sweden Olle Dahlin biathlonworld.com
Bobsleigh & skeleton International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation IBSF 74 1923 Italy Ivo Ferriani ibsf.org
Curling World Curling Federation WCF 71 1966 United States Beau Welling worldcurling.org
Ice hockey International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF 82 1908 France Luc Tardif Sr. iihf.com
Luge International Luge Federation FIL 53 1957 Latvia Einars Fogelis fil-luge.org
Ice skating International Skating Union ISU 101 1892 South Korea Kim Jae-youl isu.org
Skiing & snowboarding International Ski and Snowboard Federation FIS 132 1924 United Kingdom Johan Eliasch fis-ski.com

Associate members

Sport International federation (IF) Acronym National associations Year IF founded President Official website Notes
Ski mountaineering International Ski Mountaineering Federation ISMF 55[4] 2008 Switzerland Regula Meier ismf-ski.org [5][a]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Also a member of Association of IOC Recognised International Sports Federations (ARISF).

References

  1. ^ "Association of International Olympic Winter Sports Federations". Sports History. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
  2. ^ a b Müller, Stephan (2025-01-13). sport-record.de. p. 2 https://sport-record.de/organizations/if.pdf. Retrieved 2025-03-06. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ^ a b c d "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. Retrieved 2025-03-06.
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_International_Olympic_Winter_Sports_Federations
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