Back Ένωση Διεθνών Ομοσπονδιών Χειμερινών Ολυμπιακών Αγώνων Greek Asociación de Federaciones Internacionales Olímpicas de Deportes de Invierno Spanish Association des fédérations internationales olympiques des sports d'hiver French Associazione delle federazioni degli sport olimpici invernali Italian 冬季オリンピック国際競技連盟連合 Japanese 국제 동계 올림픽 종목 협의회 Korean Association of International Olympic Winter Sports Federations NB Asociația Federațiilor Internaționale a Sporturilor Olimpice de Iarnă Romanian Ассоциация зимних Олимпийских международных федераций Russian สมาคมสหพันธ์กีฬานานาชาติโอลิมปิกฤดูหนาว Thai
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| Abbreviation | WOF |
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| Formation | 1976[1] |
| Type | Nonprofit |
| Purpose | Inter-sport federation organisation |
| Headquarters | Zurich |
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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]
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]
- ^ "Association of International Olympic Winter Sports Federations". Sports History. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
- ^ 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) - ^ a b c "Winter Olympic Federations (WOF)". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2025-03-06.