The International Ski and Snowboard Federation, known by its French initials FIS, is the governing body of winter sports such as Alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, ski jumping, freestyle and snowboarding. It was founded at an international congress in Chamonix, during the first Winter Olympic Games, by delegates from fourteen national associations. FIS sets the competition rules, organises the World Cup and the World Championships, and works with the International Olympic Committee. It has its headquarters in Oberhofen am Thunersee in Switzerland, and it added snowboarding to its remit in the 2000s.
Before and after
- 1924Founding of Colombia men's national football team
- 7 January 1924Founding of International Hockey Federation
- 21 January 1924Death of Vladimir Lenin
- from 25 January 1924 to 5 February 1924The first Winter Olympic Games open at Chamonix
- 2 February 1924Founding of International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- 3 February 1924Death of Woodrow Wilson
- 21 February 1924Birth of Robert Mugabe
- 3 April 1924Birth of Marlon Brando
- 3 June 1924Death of Franz Kafka
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