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International Council For Ski Mountaineering Competitions
The International Council for Ski Mountaineering Competitions (ISMC) located in the ''Floridablanca 84'' in Barcelona was part of the Union Internationale des Associations d'Alpinisme (UIAA) and responsible for ski mountaineering and vertical race competitions. The ISMC, which was founded in 1999 as follow-up institution of the Comité International du Ski-Alpinisme de Compétition (CISAC), merged into the International Ski Mountaineering Federation (ISMF) in 2008. ISMC competitions * European Cups of Ski Mountaineering since 1992 * European Championships of Ski Mountaineering since 2001, prior by the CISAC since 1992 * World Championships of Ski Mountaineering The World Championships of Ski Mountaineering are biannually held ski mountaineering competitions. History The events were originally sanctioned by the International Council for Ski Mountaineering Competitions (ISMC). The first official world ma ... since 2002 * World Cups of Ski Mountaineering since 2004 Age classes: 23 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barcelona
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Chinese Mountaineering Association
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Polski Związek Alpinizmu
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Liechtensteiner Alpenverein
Liechtensteiners are Germanic people native to Liechtenstein linked strictly with Swiss Germans and Swabians Swabians (german: Schwaben, singular ''Schwabe'') are a Germanic people who are native to the ethnocultural and linguistic region of Swabia, which is now mostly divided between the modern states of Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria, in southwestern .... There were approximately 34,000 Germanic Liechtensteiners worldwide at the turn of the 21st century. Notes References Sources * * {{Europe-ethno-group-stub Germanic ethnic groups ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan Mountaineering Association
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Federazione Italiana Sport Invernali
The Italian Winter Sports Federation ( it, Federazione Italiana Sport Invernali; FISI), 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 Dello Ski (Ski Federation) was formed in Milan which lasted until 1918. In 1920, a third organization called Federazione Italiana Dello 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, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Club Alpino Italiano
The Club Alpino Italiano is the senior Italian alpine club which stages climbing competitions, operates alpine huts, marks and maintains paths, and is active in protecting the Alpine environment. It was founded in Turin in 1863 by the then finance minister, and mountaineer, Quintino Sella; together with the Swiss Alpine Club, founded in the same year, it is the second oldest Alpine Club in the world, only preceded by the British Alpine Club. After First World War and the annexation of Trento and Trieste to Italy, it absorbed the "Società degli Alpinisti Tridentini" and the "Società Alpina delle Giulie". As of December 2018, it had 322,022 members, 507 sections and 309 sub-sections; the greatest numbers of members came from Lombardy (88,057), Veneto (54,948), and Piedmont (51,396). Its most famous achievement is the 1954 Italian Karakoram expedition to K2 that made the first successful ascent of K2. The CAI operates 433 mountain huts, 224 bivouacs and 106 smaller huts and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iran Mountaineering Federation
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Hellenic Federation Of Mountaineering And Climbing
Hellenic Federation of Mountaineering and Climbing ( el, Ελληνική Ομοσπονδία Ορειβασίας Αναρρίχησης, EOOA), located in Athens, is the Greek federation of mountaineering and climbing, competition climbing and ski mountaineering Ski mountaineering (abbreviated to skimo) is a skiing discipline that involves climbing mountains either on skis or carrying them, depending on the steepness of the ascent, and then descending on skis. There are two major categories of equipmen .... Since 2002 Georges Moissidis, and since 2003 Nassos Tzartzanos have been honorary members of the Federation. References External links * {{Sports governing bodies in Greece Mountaineering and Climbing Organizations based in Athens Climbing organizations Organizations with year of establishment missing Competition climbing organizations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Alpine Club
The German Alpine Club (german: links=no, Deutscher Alpenverein, DAV for short) is the world's largest climbing association and the eighth-largest sporting association in Germany. It is a member of the German Olympic Sports Confederation and the competent body for sport and competition climbing, hiking, mountaineering, hill walking, ice climbing, mountain expeditions, as well as ski mountaineering. It is an association made up of local branches known as 'sections'. History The German Alpine Club was founded as on 9 May 1869 in Munich by 36 former members of the Austrian Alpine Club around the Ötztal curate Franz Senn. It was founded in order to promote the development of tourism in the Eastern Alps through the building of mountain huts, and establishment of hiking trails, and via ferratas. The association had a large membership from the beginning, attracting 1,070 members in the first ten months. The German and the Austrian societies merged in 1873 to form the German and A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Federation Of Mountaineering And Climbing
The French Federation of Mountaineering and Climbing (french: Fédération Française de la Montagne et de l’Escalade, FFME), located in Paris, is the France, French federation of mountain and climbing sports, especially of non-motorized alpine sports like mountaineering, canyoning, climbing, mountain touring and hiking, snowshoe hiking and ski mountaineering. The FFME is member of the French National Olympic and Sports Committee. The foundation of the FFME in 1987 was the result of the fusion of the ''French Federation of Mountaineering'' (french: Fédération Française de la Montagne, FFM), founded in 1942 by the high commissariat of sports (french: Haut Commissariat aux Sports) in addition to the existing Club Alpin Français (CAF), and the climbing association ''French Federation of Climbing'' (french: Fédération Française d’Escalade, FFE), which was founded in 1985. A further fusion of the FFME and the CAF in the beginning 2000s failed. In 2002, the FFME supported the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
