The Winter Olympic Federations (WOF), formerly Association of International Olympic Winter Sports Federations (AIOWF), is a nonprofit organisation of international sports federations that compete in the Winter Olympic Games.
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 Winter Olympic Games in particular.
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. Its current president is Ivo Ferriani, Honorary President of the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation and it is headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland.
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 International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (Honorary President) Secretary General Colin Grahamslaw World CurlingCouncil Members Einars Fogelis International Luge Federation Kim Jae-youl International Skating Union Beau Welling World Curling Alexander Ospelt International Ski and Snowboard Federation Treasurer Fredi Schmid International Skating Union
Members
International sports federations that govern a sport in the programme of the Winter Olympic Games are members of the WOF. As of March 2025, it has seven full members and one associate member.
Full members
Sport International federation Acronym National associations Year founded President Official website Notes Biathlon International Biathlon Union IBU 61 1993 Tim Farcnik Bobsleigh & Skeleton International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation IBSF 74 1923 Heike Groesswang Curling World Curling 71 1966 Beau Welling Ice hockey International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF 84 1908 Franz Reindl Luge International Luge Federation FIL 53 1957 Einars Fogelis Ice skating International Skating Union ISU 101 1892 Kim Jae-youl Skiing & Snowboarding International Ski and Snowboard Federation FIS 132 1924 Alexander Ospelt
Associate members
Sport International federation Acronym National associations Year founded President Official website Notes Ski mountaineering International Ski Mountaineering Federation ISMF 55 2008 Regula Meier
See also Association of Summer Olympic International Federations International Olympic Committee Association of IOC Recognised International Sports Federations SportAccord International World Games Association List of international sports federations
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References
External links Winter Olympic Federations at olympics.com International Sports Federations at olympics.com